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Cisco Umbrella

8.9 /10

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What is Cisco Umbrella?

Cisco Umbrella offers flexible, cloud-delivered security when and how you need it. It combines multiple security functions into one solution, so you can extend protection to devices, remote users, and distributed locations anywhere.

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Awards & Recognition

Cisco Umbrella won the following awards in the Secure Access Service Edge category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

7 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Product Impact

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2023

Cisco Umbrella Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

93 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+96 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cisco Umbrella?

2% Negative

0% Neutral

98% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Caring

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

Enablement for Security Teams

Zero Trust

Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)

Network Sandboxes

Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)

Viable Alternative VS Traditional MPLS

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI)

SD-WAN

Data Analytics / BI / AI

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

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Cisco Umbrella Reviews

Ravi Kiran N.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: Initial Implementation

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Submitted Apr 2022

Easy cisco SDWAN integration

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cisco Umbrella from other similar products?

Complete SASE solution including SDWAN from one vendor

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of integration in Viptela

What do you dislike most about this product?

Vendor specific, should scale to work with other SDWAN providers with ease

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If the SDWAN solution is Cisco, then Umbrella is a value add.

Pros

Efficient Service
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Saves Time

Cons

Vendor Friendly Policies

Marcos P.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Apr 2022

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cisco Umbrella from other similar products?

From our personal experience we can say that cisco is a very useful tool as Cisco Umbrella offers flexible security in the cloud when and how we need it, it also offers security functions in a single solution. Like we can say the log reports are excellent.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

What we like most about this tool is that it is very easy to configure, as it is cloud based and adds our home network and office network into the overall cloud dashboard. Another feature that we can highlight is that it offers a free trial for 14 days, so you can maximize it to explore and check if it meets your requirements.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Since we have been using this product we have not been able to find any fault with it since it is a high quality tool for our organization.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

In our experience using this product we can recommend it as it is a very good solution for secure DNS lookup. So I suggest that it is very useful for the use of it.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Jacob H.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cisco Umbrella from other similar products?

In our very personal experience with this product we have not felt that it is a bad tool since this product is a unique tool since the investigation function facilitates the search for threats on the network. This investigation feature gives us critical information such as IP addresses, domains, and malware hashes to identify and defend against attackers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

What we like most about this tool is that the dashboard allows you to see the threats you have protected against and updates against a common database of bad URLs and malicious links that is updated in real time

What do you dislike most about this product?

We can say that this tool is unique, and we have not found any flaws in the product, so we are very comfortable with it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

We can recommend this product as Umbrella helps limit access to prohibited or dangerous content. It is especially useful for limiting activities on our guest network.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Cisco Umbrella Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

93 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+96 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Cisco Umbrella?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Secure Web Gateway (SWG) Protects corporate users and networks from web-based malware, controls employee behavior on the Internet, and helps prevent data loss.

Enablement for Security Teams Enablement for Security to know the layers of protection deployed and not just rely on the carrier to only provide the connection.

Zero Trust Provides features that enable a zero trust architecture, including device authentication and user contextual risk based authentication.

Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) Provides protective capabilities that leverage effective web request inspection prior to reaching the API such as Next-Gen WAF, RASP, DDoS etc.

Network Sandboxes Sandboxes are used to safely execute suspicious code without risking harm to the host device or network.

Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) Next-generation firewall capabilities that include web filtering, advanced threat protection, intrusion prevention system, and Domain Name System security.

Viable Alternative VS Traditional MPLS Organizations may want to migrate away from traditional MPLS and leverage a platform to provision convergence and flexibility regarding deployment of security.

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) Intermediary between an organization's users and one or more cloud services, allowing the enforcement of certain types of security policies in the cloud.

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) Separate your users' web browsing activity from the local network and its infrastructure, preventing browser-based attacks on the network.

SD-WAN Separates the data and control plane from its hardware, virtualizing the network.

Data Analytics / BI / AI Integration of capability to mine data from incoming sources (SIEM, logs, vulnerability tools, threat databases, etc) in real-time and apply rules.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

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Cisco Umbrella Reviews

Ravi Kiran N.

Easy cisco SDWAN integration

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Marcos P.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jacob H.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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