Umbrella DNS Security Essentials
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Great way to easily protect your home network and users
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy to configure if you have popular networking equipment that they have step by step instructions for. The interface allows you to monitor what hits against your filters were made.
What do you dislike about the product?
For routers that aren't on their instruction list, you're left to figure out how to configure. Not hard if you have a bit of experience in this area, but I image less experienced users may struggle.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reduction in crappy ads, inappropriate sites veiwed on company machines.
good security part in a whole client security scenario
What do you like best about the product?
easy to use and implent, nice portal for logging, actual filters
What do you dislike about the product?
you must know the details of your networks in all location, otherwise you will get in trouble with the solution
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
DNS connect to bots or criminal side, data transfer, botnets, hackers
Recommendations to others considering the product:
i would use this produvt, because it very actual at the attacks
Ease and peace of mind
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to deploy. Clear steps all the way and know exactly what to expect and how
What do you dislike about the product?
when, for any reason, tunnel to umbrella is down, users are not getting any DNS response
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Web security with zero day defense, lock-down functionality so users cannot bypass the protection, concrete and thorough reporting
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Easy and fast to deploy with clear vision. Works in combination (or not) with other security products. Integrates easily on existing Cisco infrastructure.
Top Notch Cloud Based Security
What do you like best about the product?
I believe that Cisco Umbrella provides top notch security at an even deeper level than standard security programs which helps to ensure my marketing campaigns are never interrupted by malware or harmful attackers. The program is compatible with many other anti-virus programs and can be integrated as an additional layer of protection for local networks/devices.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think Cisco Umbrella really has a lot going for them as their customer service team and technical team have been extremely helpful if needed, and the program has never shut down or been compromised in my time using it. I cant complain about it at the present time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am keeping my confidential marketing and campaign data safe from prying hackers or competitors through a cloud based security program. The benefits of a cloud based security service are amazing and vary greatly. I keep data and workplace information safe and sound without the fear of possibly getting infiltrated and infected.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I definitely feel Cisco Umbrella should be considered for most business and individual needs pertaining to sensitive work data on the web or on a local network.
Great Layer of Security for your network
What do you like best about the product?
Low weight client, you forget its there! Also for mobile users everywhere the device travels it must follow your DNS rules, you can filter categories and specific sites to be blocked no matter where they connect from. The on-site virtual appliances work great on-site and have never had an issue. What I like best is the cloud dashboard for configuring the product, very easy to use and very easy to integrate with AD to get actionable data.
What do you dislike about the product?
I cannot really think of anything I have ever disliked about this product to be honest, it does a great job and is a great layer for security. If anything remember you cannot rely solely on this tool, its just one of many layers all businesses should add on to their existing security packages. Sometimes AD info is not 100% free flowing but it could be issue on my end that has nothing to do with Umbrella product at all.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ability to block categories / urls of web traffic which even computers / devices must follow when they leave the building. Greater visibility into what people are doing outside of the building. I like the cloud component of this as well because as soon as I block something in the cloud management, its going to be blocked by all my devices in my building as well as every mobile device with the client loaded.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Definitely try the trial out and see what your current products are missing that it blocks. It will prove its value on this alone out of the box. Also keep in mind DNS is the first thing used when anyone clicks a bad / malicious link. This can block it before anything ever even occurs at that level. For those wondering what if someone clicks a static IP link, this does intercept that as well, not just host based. Also the DNS traffic is 100% encrypted with this product. MY IPS product by default had issues on the firewall level because most things trying to hide encrypt the DNS traffic. Just be aware is all.
Useful for rapid Investigations
What do you like best about the product?
I used Cisco Umbrella during WannaCry Campaign to check if some of our customer were affected and block all the DNS requests on time. We also found several others indication of compromises that helped us to localize other infections on endpoints and correctly review our security policies
What do you dislike about the product?
1) Some customers are scared about using Cloud bases applications.
2) To extend visibility behind nat gateways is required to install a virtual appliance. I suggest to consider to integrate this feature in the Cisco Security solution in order to accelerate the adoption by Cisco Security customers.
2) To extend visibility behind nat gateways is required to install a virtual appliance. I suggest to consider to integrate this feature in the Cisco Security solution in order to accelerate the adoption by Cisco Security customers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
End user protection both on and off corporate network. The Off network protection is able to protect the endpoint wherever you are with very low bandwidth requirements (like remote locations or low performance mobile networks) and without obliging the user to connect via VPN in order to be protected by corporate rules.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
For an effective visibility consider to deploy on the whole company (HQ, Branches, Remote Workers) and to integrated it with SIEM in order to better investigate incident
Easy solution
What do you like best about the product?
It provides effective solutions to institutes, schools, universities, libraries and other learning centers, as far as internet is concerned. With your help, communication between different departments in a study center is more efficient. All connected through the network provided by this company.
What do you dislike about the product?
It has certain security problems that should be fixed. Another drawback that I find with this service is that when searching for a non-existent domain, it sends you to an OpenDNS search space, called OpenDNS Guide, this site shows search results as if the web domain really existed, when in fact it does not it's like that
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Connection between the different departments of the university, including the internal schools to this and the library. Facilitating communication between different workers and administrative staff.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is easy to use, easy to configure and manage. It is ideal for institutes, educational centers, libraries, schools and universities, as well as at home. This security improvement fixes certain problems present in previous versions.
DNS on steroids
What do you like best about the product?
With the new appliances that are available for on-site deployment, being able to integrate with AD for increased granularity in metrics and visibility is superb. They also allow for split DNS processing for internal and external DNS queries which also further harden the DNS infrastructure from client workarounds.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial deployment can be interesting as the permissions required for some of the agent/scripts is not something that may be in place already.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Umbrella allows for the filtering on DNS queries to enhance security at a very base level -- allowing for lower workloads on IPS/firewalls in the organization.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Just give it a try with a good partner, you will not regret it.
Open DNS Umbrella Review
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to install, great product. Backed by Cisco Threat Intel group Talos.
What do you dislike about the product?
The product is not the most user friendly and does take a little bit of training to get all the functionality.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The malware protection alone slowed down the volume of calls received because of infected computers which has been a wonderful addition.
Great router-level security for home
What do you like best about the product?
It's free, relatively simple to set up (although maybe not for a less tech-savvy person), and does a very nice job speeding things up and protecting you from the big stuff. Support and documentation is brilliant.
What do you dislike about the product?
So far, nothing at all! Occasionally, I'm not able to log in, the "Logging you in" page just spins unless I close the browser and clear the cache.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This has greatly sped up DNS resolution and protects our lab machines from phishing and other content problems.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
While their enterprise solution, Umbrella, might work better for bigger enterprise applications, this is a great starting point for protecting your users!
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