We use Cisco Umbrella to block student access to pornographic and non-education websites. I also use the solution to block access and restrict student permission to download from malicious websites.
Umbrella DNS Security Advantage
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decent content filter
What do you like best about the product?
I like their web interface for contant filtering. I can easily specify internal and external ip schems. Blocking a site is simple. No proxy settings required i point the firewall / router to open dns ip's and specify the ip in the portal and done.
What do you dislike about the product?
The unbrella roamin g clinet does not play well with O365. Kept changing my dns from what my dhcp scope handed out to 127.0.0.1
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Contentfiltering wiht out putting extra load on the firewall
To Notch Malware Protection, But Some Application Issues Could Be Improved
What do you like best about the product?
Cisco Umbrella provides top notch protection from known and emerging threats. Since implementing the product, my team has reduced the amount of time that is spent on troubleshooting malware related issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
The current version of the endpoint protection software does not have an option to update itself automattically. Previous versions of the software had this ability. The current version forces us to spend a significant amount of time scripting and monitoring application updates.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cisco Umbrella has reduced the amount of malware related issues that my team needs to spen time troubleshooting. This has led to better revenue due to decreased technician costs.
Simple -Secure-Satisfied
What do you like best about the product?
Used to stress about online threats but Umbrella changed the game. Easy setup, blocks bad stuff, keeps my organization safe without slowing things down.
Totally recommend!
Totally recommend!
What do you dislike about the product?
High Cost of product and dont justifiy its features
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps us block bad URLs, trace and monitor DNS logs and provides visibility into the use of risky cloud apps, third-party VPNs, crypto sites, torrent sites and AI sites by users that are not approved for use. So overall, it provides us control over our organization's DNS traffic.
Blocks internet access and restricts students from downloading content from malicious websites
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Cisco Umbrella is easy to monitor, manage, and deploy.
What needs improvement?
The solution is very expensive in Brazil.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Cisco Umbrella for five to six years.
How was the initial setup?
The solution’s initial setup is easy.
What other advice do I have?
We have different profiles for students and tutors for internet access. Students cannot access applications like Instagram and WhatsApp, but tutors are permitted to access these applications. We use Cisco Umbrella for access security, and I don't use another layer of security.
Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
A DNS security solution that is useful for web filtering
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for DNS security and web filtering. Our industries include banking and insurance.
What is most valuable?
The customer experience is very good, and the product improves security posture.
What needs improvement?
Cisco Umbrella is difficult to manage and needs to include a dashboard. It needs to improve pricing as well.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Cisco Umbrella's stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the tool's scalability an eight out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The tool's deployment is easy; I rate it a nine out of ten. The speed of deployment depends on various factors, including our communication with other customer contacts.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
Cisco Umbrella is the best solution for DNS security in the market. Our customers are enterprise businesses. I rate it an eight out of ten.
Stable, scalable and strong Cisco offering
How has it helped my organization?
Cisco Umbrella improves web security posture.
What is most valuable?
Meraki features and cloud-based functionality are advanced and easy to manage centrally.
Reporting is a separate product. However, other features are embedded within the devices themselves. So, if you have one box, everything is included, which is good.
What needs improvement?
A more user-friendly interface like Kaspersky and lower costs including licensing, support, and renewals would be beneficial.
For how long have I used the solution?
My company has been using it since 2005.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable product.
How are customer service and support?
The customer service and support are excellent, exceeding expectations.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used Sophos, FortiGate, and Palo Alto firewalls.
Cisco Umbrella is manageable and well-supported by various vendors and partners, including Cisco Direct. It offers diverse technologies and features. However, now Sophos and FortiGate offer better tools and firewalls than Cisco.
Forti excels in SD-WAN services and integrates various functionalities like FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and Wi-Fi controller within a single device.
How was the initial setup?
It is easy to implement. It is not straightforward, but it is easy. It is easier than before.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The licensing cost is very high. We have to pay for support, renewal, and maintenance. FortiNet is cheaper compared to Cisco Umbrella.
What other advice do I have?
Consider your budget. If you can afford it, Cisco Umbrella is a stable and scalable solution.
It's a strong Cisco product.
Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.
A highly stable solution that can be used for DNS filtering and as a secure gateway
What is most valuable?
We use Cisco Umbrella for DNS filtering and as a secure gateway.
What needs improvement?
Users need to have a bit of understanding regarding setting policies in Cisco Umbrella. I would like to have more applications being recorded. If you want to do things the right way in the console, functions have to be more automated in terms of classification, application, and recording.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Cisco Umbrella for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the solution a nine out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Around 170 users are using Cisco Umbrella in our organization.
I rate the solution an eight out of ten for scalability.
How are customer service and support?
The solution should provide more helpful technical support to help us understand some settings.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The solution’s initial setup is straightforward.
On a scale from one to ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy, I rate the solution's initial setup a seven out of ten.
What about the implementation team?
A basic setting can be done in minutes. If you want to go deep, it would take several hours. The solution's deployment time depends on how deep you want to go.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution’s pricing is reasonable.
What other advice do I have?
Cisco Umbrella filters more traffic and gives us insights into what's being accessed. Cisco Umbrella is useful for protecting endpoints and internet access. Cisco Umbrella is deployed on the cloud in our organization.
Cisco Umbrella is detecting threats more often because we've set it up more effectively than the other security solutions we have in place. It's catching threats in the first place because it's more strict.
We're using the Meraki firewall. Some Cisco Umbrella settings are directly linked to the Meraki console, which was quite easy for us.
Cisco Umbrella is very efficient and needs to be deployed on all endpoints. The solution requires some settings. Depending on how much you set it up, you should check its usage because it would require some day-to-day administration.
Overall, I rate Cisco Umbrella an eight out of ten.
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What do you like best about the product?
Protect navigation, user control are best
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing dislike, the administration are intituive
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
are solve the problem with the navigation users and control access to network
Excellent and essential protection
What do you like best about the product?
Umbrella implementation and integration is very simple and straightforward.
It covers both on-premise and roaming clients.
Policy is quite simple to manage and understand.
There's a policy tester to assist with troubleshooting specific scenarios.
It covers both on-premise and roaming clients.
Policy is quite simple to manage and understand.
There's a policy tester to assist with troubleshooting specific scenarios.
What do you dislike about the product?
We found Umbrella DNS protection quite an excellent product as long as dns protection is all that you seek.
As an actual web proxy (umbrella sig) we found it quite lacking in terms of features.
For example- the ability to use private IP was not possible, which causes a security risk when you want to restrict access to online services from specific trusted locations and sources.
As an actual web proxy (umbrella sig) we found it quite lacking in terms of features.
For example- the ability to use private IP was not possible, which causes a security risk when you want to restrict access to online services from specific trusted locations and sources.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's an excellent solution to protect the entire organization from web risks based on dns reputations, provided by Talos.
Review for Cisco Umbrella
What do you like best about the product?
Cisco Umbrella is the application used for security purpose where we can identify threats and it is cloud based firewall which helps us to implment with various features and also gives protection for layer security attacks.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing much to dislike about this application.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The Cisco Umbrella is Firewall which helps to configure the requirements at ease along with high-protection by securing the infrastructure. This application provides helps to have secure VPN, alarm if there are any threats.
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