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Umbrella DNS Security Advantage

Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1

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    Matthew B.

Best DNS Security

  • January 06, 2019
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What do you like best about the product?
All traffic is filtered threough the cisco umbrella and keeps threats away. I love this feature, simply just does what it is supposed to do.
What do you dislike about the product?
Can be overwhelming with all the options and learning curves
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solve the problems with DNS security. Basically adding an extra firewall in place for monitoring and filtering.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out if you are looking for great DNS protection for your company.


    Joseph R.

Best for businesses

  • January 05, 2019
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What do you like best about the product?
Open DNS is quite possibly the most convenient internet security product out there. It's super easy to use & to setup and once you setup everything you won't need to comeback unless you want to see statistics.
What do you dislike about the product?
The website design might be a little confusing at first but once you know how to navigate through the website you're all good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using Open DNS we're blocking in our business harmful websites, gambling websites or any other websites that might distract our workers.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
This is a great and inexpensive tool for all businesses. You might want to use it if you want to block certain websites on your network.


    Elizabeth C.

It is a necessity

  • January 05, 2019
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What do you like best about the product?
Filters all my web traffic before it even hits my office or remote users laptops.
What do you dislike about the product?
Configuration is a little tricky with the appliances, in-house DNS server and firewall, but still manageable.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This has been especially helpful at our locations that have limited bandwidth.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Ensure that you have the ability to limit the DNS IP accessed from each device on your network.


    Dale M.

Security

  • January 05, 2019
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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. 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,
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
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
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great solution for IT crew to keep their coworkers safe.


    Banking

Best in class Cloud based dns protection

  • December 19, 2018
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
High availability of the dns servers, minimal configuration at each branch.
Centralized cloud infrastructure enables Cisco to constantly upgrade security policies without affecting branch level.
What do you dislike about the product?
Connector deployment and integration s for identity awareness is not easy process
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
And any customer base with any form of cpe can securely browse internet and get protected from variety of attacks
Also supports roaming clients which is better when user is off the network


    Food Production

Cisco Umbrella great

  • November 30, 2018
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What do you like best about the product?
I love that it is open dns. It's really easy also to track where people are going on our network and when threats are being blocked.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't think there is much to dislike. I don't know that its sped up our network though but that's not that big a deal.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Have seen a dramatic cut down in spam and e-mails trying to get you to click on a link.


    John J. B.

Fastest ROI we've ever seen!

  • November 10, 2018
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What do you like best about the product?
For customers using central DHCP management, the Umbrella deployment is as simply as deploying an on-prem VA (or more) and redirecting your DHCP clients to the Umbrella VAs. That, plus a few settings in the cloud portal to define your internal domains, and you're good to go! This deployment took a grand total of 3 days, and actually would have taken less had we not had a few sites that were still doing DHCP on the local router. Additionally, this product gives us so much more visibility than we had before, and the OpenDNS connectors that we had to install on our DC DNS servers allow us to even attribute traffic to specific users without having to cross reference with other systems.
What do you dislike about the product?
So far we honestly don't have any complaints.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have closed the gap between our larger offices that do have firewalls for web filtering, and our smaller offices that used to have to rely on Cloud Website Security installed on each endpoint for filtering. Now it doesn't matter where we have a firewall. We still have a layer of web filtering for each and every device on our entire network. Adding ACLs to prevent DNS circumvention have made this a very robust and seamless product.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Ask your Cisco rep for a POC and I guarantee you'll be amazed at how simple this is to set up.


    Higher Education

Cisco Umbrella

  • November 01, 2018
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Intelligent blocking of internet traffic and reporting allows us to control what is moving in and out of our network and who is making the attempt, allowing us to correct any problems
What do you dislike about the product?
It was a little complex to set up initially, but works well once policies are in place
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Prevents access to unauthorized content, potentially hazardous sites and command and control traffic through our internet connection
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Get it. Now. Don't wait


    Marcos R.

The definitely Cloud DNS filter

  • September 29, 2018
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What do you like best about the product?
Cisco Umbrella cloud service is too easy to deploy
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing, I think that Cisco Umbrella is the perfect Cloud DNS filter service
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We had to deploy a guest WiFi service with a filtered web service where our guests can connect safety to internet, and we could not to configure anything in their machines


    Information Technology and Services

Simple and Effective

  • August 06, 2018
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
As an MSP Open DNS Umbrella offers a single portal to manage all your OpenDNS customers. The policy builder is simple and easy to use, and the basic implementation of the system can be done (including the deployment of VAs and AD connectors) within an hour.

PSA integration and deployment from an RMM also makes deployment of this product very painless.
What do you dislike about the product?
With the MSP version AD integration is only possible with the use of a virtual appliance for the AD connector to talk to. This restricts the deployment to smaller or purely cloud based customers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We currently Open DNS Umbrella for providing a comprehensve DNS level security for customers who do not require a content filtering platform.

We also have a number of customers who work and offer services to vulnerable children and adults. Open DNS allows our customer to provide a safe and secure environment for their service users.