
Explore Cisco Umbrella and cloud security basics as a beginner-friendly introduction, with no prior networking knowledge required, and learn how to set up Cisco Umbrella properly in common scenarios.
Explore why DNS layer security is a game changer for networks with Cisco Umbrella, a leading cloud security solution. See how Cisco Marella enables rapid, scalable protection in hours.
Before we start to look at what Umbrella can do, it is important to get an understanding of the underlying technology. This lecture gives a high level description of DNS.
Now that you have a basic understanding of how DNS fits in, we'll cover the more detailed way that DNS works.
Cisco Umbrella is a cloud-based recursive DNS service for enterprise security. Configure your network to use Umbrella's two IP addresses; anycast routes queries to the nearest location and applies policies.
Umbrella is in many ways an alternative to other DNS services that don't offer security or filtering functionality. This lecture covers why you would use Cisco Umbrella.
Walk through deploying Umbrella on a network, configuring DNS to Umbrella, creating a network and policy, and testing blocking of phishing, malware, and adult domains with customizable block pages.
Deploy the umbrella roaming client via the dashboard using Windows or Mac installers, or AnyConnect, then assign devices to a policy and monitor synchronization and protection.
Cisco Umbrella is one of the most exciting products in the Cisco security range. Because it's a cloud product, It's super fast to deploy and can change your companies security posture in a meaningful way. Though it's fast and easy to deploy the knowledge provided in this course will get you up to speed much faster and save you from potential mistakes. You will also learn about how it can be used in incident investigation. This course covers not only the theory but also allows you to watch over my shoulder as I set things up properly.
Umbrella gives you visibility across all devices, ports, and cloud services, anywhere. It is a fantastic tool, helping to protect you from Phishing, Malware and ransomware attacks.