If you’re looking for a product that will deliver maximum protection against cyber threats and also simplifies the task of managing your security system, you should strongly consider Rhino Networks’ Cisco Umbrella product. In this article, we’ll consider some of the reasons why Cisco Umbrella would be ideal for your business security needs, and why you should choose it over some competitors’ products. In addition to the threat protection it provides, you can count on using less bandwidth with Umbrella handling things, and you can also anticipate that any compliance issues you have will be fully addressed.
Why choose Cisco Umbrella?
There are obviously all kinds of cyber security products on the market these days, and probably most of them will do an adequate job for you. However, if you want the broadest possible coverage while still managing all compliance requirements, you want to give Umbrella a closer look. You’ll also get the most consistent experience from all devices and all company users, regardless of who it is, what kind of device they might be using, and where they might be using the device from. Here are some other reasons to look closely at Umbrella:
- Advanced cloud tools – with the advanced cloud tools provided by Umbrella, you can expect quicker response times, a safe and secure Internet, and effective blockage of all threats before they can be launched into your system.
- DNS security – Umbrella has an extremely robust DNS layer of security, and this delivers significant extra protection for all users at your location. In addition, you can count on the same kind of reliable protection for roaming users whenever they happen to be on the road, whether that’s out of state or out of country.
- Umbrella compliance – Umbrella provides an end-to-end compliance strategy that will ensure nothing gets overlooked, and your business is not left liable for non-compliance with regulatory bodies. Once you install Umbrella, you can relax and have peace of mind, knowing that all compliance issues are being taken care of, and that your company is adequately covered in all areas.
- Umbrella SASE – Umbrella SASE provides a distinct alternative to the security used by most traditional data centers, and it does this by combining security services and networking into a single service made available through the cloud.
- Umbrella customers – Cisco Umbrella is currently being used by more than 24,000 satisfied clients, all of them relying on Umbrella for maximum protection against threats and simplified security management. Clients of Umbrella have written glowing testimonials describing how useful the product has been for them and how it has simplified their security strategy and made it more effective.
Umbrella architecture
The cloud infrastructure of Cisco Umbrella provides the fastest and most secure Internet performance for upwards of 100 million users in both the public and private sectors. The cloud architecture provides the foundation for the product’s ability to reduce latency by as much as 73%, and it also has the capability of delivering the highest detection rate for cyberattacks in the entire industry. All this happens while providing 100% DNS service uptime. You’ll always know exactly what the status of your network is because you will have a rolling 30-day view of all operational messages.
This provides total transparency into network activity, and keeps you fully apprised of all significant events. The actual network activity and volume of traffic won’t bog down your computing requests in the least. All routing requests are made to the closest data center, and this provides the utmost in network performance, along with automated failover. All you have to do is point your DNS to the Cisco Umbrella global network, and all devices that are connected receive protection on the spot, as well as ongoing protection against Internet cyber threats.
Umbrella threat protection
Umbrella has the capability of tapping into Cisco Talos, which is one of the foremost commercial threat intelligence systems anywhere in the world. Using this threat intelligence, Umbrella is able to discover and prevent a very wide range of malicious attacks from occurring, blocking activity from a number of malicious domains, URLs, IPs, and even individual files that are sometimes used in conjunction with cyberattacks.
The global cloud architecture and fully supportive research teams enable you and your business to detect and identify all Internet threats much more quickly and effectively, so that adequate response measures can be taken. With this kind of global intelligence resource available, it becomes possible to predict and therefore deter virtually all cyberattacks before they ever have a chance of reaching endpoints in your network.
The interactive intelligence at the foundation of the system is constantly learning from relationships between IPs, domains, networks, and malware, everywhere on the Internet. This allows it to quickly and automatically identify the type of infrastructure being used by an attacker and how it’s being staged for a potential upcoming threat.
Integrations with other products
Cisco Umbrella is in partnership with a number of today’s foremost IT companies, and that has facilitated our integration with security intelligence and enforcement. Cisco Umbrella incorporates a bi-directional API, which allows for easy protection from any security appliances you have on premises, to devices and locations that are outside your immediate perimeter. It will be extremely easy to integrate your existing security stack with our security enforcement and intelligence capabilities.
You’ll be able to take advantage of all components of the Cisco ecosystem, and support literally thousands of Wi-Fi users, branch locations, off-network users, and other types of users. You can also protect Meraki networks from a number of the most prevalent Internet threats such as ransomware, malware, and C2 callbacks, all this with zero additional latency. The Cisco security portfolio is actually connected to your own platform and your existing infrastructure to deliver a consistent and much simpler experience for all users. This is made possible by SecureX, which is a platform featuring cloud-native extended detection and response capabilities.
Umbrella’s Compliance Strategy with regulations
If there’s one thing that’s certain about cybersecurity regulations, it’s that they’re constantly changing. Incorporating regulations from everything including HIPAA to GDPR to PCI, updates are being made routinely to regulations, and that means it becomes necessary to adapt your security measures accordingly. If you happen to miss one or two of these requirements, it could expose your company to penalties and sanctions.
With Cisco Umbrella, you won’t have to worry about any of that. Since Umbrella has an integrated, comprehensive approach to handling all regulations, the chances are minimal that anything will get overlooked. Here is how it achieves such broad compliance:
- Identify all parties involved in compliance – most departments within your organization will need to be involved in supporting total compliance, and that’s why Umbrella takes into account the roles that must be played by billing, marketing, sales, operations, and all other teams.
- Educating all departments – we help you to make sure all departments understand their roles in achieving compliance and specific benchmarks. Employees need to be encouraged to be proactive in identifying areas that could fall outside the compliance spectrum.
- Executive buy-in – most things won’t get done in a corporation if there isn’t solid support from upper management. With Umbrella, you’ll be able to convince management that you have a product that can fully protect your network, provided that total support is delivered by those in positions of power.
- Proactive not reactive – establish a company culture that encourages proactive detection rather than simply reacting to threats as they occur. This is much healthier for your network, and much better for your company in the long run. More threats will be identified and uncovered with this kind of total commitment to cybersecurity.
