Ransomware makes up 154 million of the threats Cisco blocks monthly; information stealers make up 246 million more. However, the continued evolution of online threats from ransomware and persistent bad actors is only one small piece of the risk management…
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Cisco Umbrella for Government: DNS Security Integrated With CISA Protective DNS
Cisco Umbrella for Government has achieved FedRAMP Moderate authorization*. Eligible customers can now leverage Cisco Umbrella for Government for robust DNS security and to meet the mandate for CISA’s Protective DNS with enhanced protection for on-premises and roaming client users.…
Cisco Umbrella: A Leader in the GigaOm Radar for DNS Security
GigaOm analysts placed Cisco Umbrella as a GigaOm Radar DNS leader in security, scalability, support and more! Learn what sets Cisco Umbrella apart. The post Cisco Umbrella: A Leader in the GigaOm Radar for DNS Security appeared first on Cisco…
Go Big & Go Chrome: Strengthen Cybersecurity in Education, the Enterprise & Beyond
Speed and performance might make you think of motorcycles with big shiny chrome parts, but that’s not what this post is about (apologies). Instead, it’s about the speed and performance of a secure Chromebook user experience. Today, we’re going to…
Millions of Cisco Umbrella Roaming Client Users to Benefit From Upgrading to Cisco Secure Client
The Cisco Umbrella Roaming Client has long provided DNS security for millions of Umbrella users. In response to customer feedback, and as Negisa Taymourian covered in her blog post last month, we’ve introduced a more advanced client: Cisco Secure Client…
Marriott Leads the Way in the Fight to Protect Children Online
Marriott has rapidly deployed Cisco DNS-layer security across thousands of properties to advance human rights by limiting access to CSAM materials. The post Marriott Leads the Way in the Fight to Protect Children Online appeared first on Cisco Umbrella. This…
Your Free Upgrade to Cisco Secure Client Awaits
More than ever modern cybersecurity leaders need to strengthen their protection for their remote users with advanced cloud security. Cisco Umbrella provides always-on security on and off the corporate network. If you’re an existing Cisco Umbrella customer, you’re already familiar…
Retail Wins with Umbrella
Retailers face new cybersecurity challenges as the industry becomes more digitized. Vendors are processing increasing amounts of customer data and attracting unwanted attention from bad actors that steal consumers’ personally identifiable information (PII). Additional challenges include social engineering (phishing), ransomware,…
The Perfect Blend: Qdoba’s SASE Transformation
Grab a burrito, settle in, and learn how Qdoba Mexican Eats revamped its security and network with cloud-delivered magic. It’s a spicy story: Qdoba’s support costs alone have been slashed by over $300,000 per year, while security posture and…
The Perfect Blend: Qdoba’s SASE Information
Grab a burrito, settle in, and learn how Qdoba Mexican Eats revamped its security and network with cloud-delivered magic. It’s a spicy story: Qdoba’s support costs alone have been slashed by over $300,000 per year, while security posture and…
Mitigating Risks of AI Apps: Keeping Your Users Productive & Your Data Safe
The CISO Dilemma How can information security leaders ensure that employee usage of artificial intelligence tools to help increase organizational productivity is not putting sensitive company data at risk of leakage? A look at most LinkedIn or news feeds will…
Cisco Umbrella for Government: Enabling Advanced Public Sector Cybersecurity
I am proud to announce that Cisco Umbrella for Government has achieved FedRAMP In Process status for FedRAMP Moderate authorization. This reflects our commitment to providing one of the most comprehensive and reliable cloud-native cybersecurity solutions to federal, state, and…
Creating a Cybersecurity Program That Complies With the FTC Safeguards Rule
In October 2021, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced changes to the Safeguards Rule, requiring greater security measures from “non-banking” organizations handling and transacting consumer financial data. The deadline for compliance is June 9, 2023. What does the…
Cisco Umbrella® Now Integrates With Protective DNS
U.S. Government customers can now leverage Cisco to meet the mandate for CISA’s Protective DNS with enhanced protection for on-premises and roaming client users. Protective DNS is offered by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to detect and…
Revisions to the FTC Safeguards Rule Affect Auto Dealers
Emerging regulations, like the revised U.S. FTC Safeguards Rule, are largely focused on proactive threat defense to drive effective security. Interestingly, the revised U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Safeguards Rule now covers auto dealers and other “non-banking financial institutions.” This is…
FTC Safeguards Rule: Get Compliant and Get on With Business
Are you writing loans at your car dealership, printing checks, issuing your own store credit card — or otherwise handling consumer financial data? You may not consider yourself a “financial institution” — but the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sure…
Embrace SASE With Cisco
To build anything, you need tools. To solve problems, you need solutions. From building a security infrastructure to modernizing our networks to accelerating digital transformation – everything requires a bridge to take us from here to there. We live in…
Cisco Umbrella Delivered Better Cybersecurity and 231% ROI
Security resilience is all about reducing risk and thriving in uncertainty. The Cisco Security Outcome Report 2nd edition, showed that cybersecurity success was linked to five main security team behaviors, two of which are ‘Be proactive about technology refreshes’ and…
Cisco Umbrella + Cisco Duo Are Better Together
Moving to the cloud and securing applications and data globally is paramount to protect your business. Bad actors are always looking for ways to exploit the reality of digital communication. Zero Trust reflects this evolving threat landscape and has become…
Cisco Listed as a Representative Vendor in Gartner® Market Guide for Single-Vendor SASE
Since 2019, when Gartner first described the emerging cybersecurity concept of secure access service edge (SASE) as “The Future of Network Security in the Cloud”, SASE has evolved into a security and networking architecture that delivers protection against sophisticated threats,…
Hitachi’s SASE: How Umbrella & Duo Delivered Identity and Security
Imagine transforming from a traditional work environment with clear network boundaries and infrastructure to a scattered army of thousands of employees working in all sorts of ways – accessing apps, accessing platforms and accessing cloud-based services. Now, layer in identity,…
Cisco Enhances Cloud DLP With Unified Management and More
The accelerating pace of change in today’s hybrid workplace presents corporate IT teams with two key challenges: Finding a smarter way to manage multi-cloud connectivity and finding a smarter way to protect their organizations from even smarter cyber attackers. Keeping…
Introducing the New and Improved Cisco Umbrella APIs
What’s the one thing that most security professionals can agree on? It’s that good security is about so much more than great point products. Why? Because best of breed solutions are limited in what they can do for your overall…
The Network Resiliency Strategy for the Umbrella Infrastructure is Key to Our Business Growth and World-Class Innovation
At Umbrella, we choose to expect the unexpected and continue to improve from the lessons learned. We plan for failures as an unavoidable natural occurrence. This is critical in allowing us to build a resilient infrastructure to guarantee the highest…
Umbrella Infrastructure Network Resiliency Strategy
At Cisco Umbrella, we choose to expect the unexpected, to plan for failures as an unavoidable natural occurrence, and to build a resilient infrastructure to guarantee the highest uptime and user experience to our customers. To achieve such goals, we…
Umbrella Infrastructure Network Resiliency Strategy
At Cisco Umbrella, we choose to expect the unexpected, to plan for failures as an unavoidable natural occurrence, and to build a resilient infrastructure to guarantee the highest uptime and user experience to our customers. To achieve such goals, we…
Cisco Umbrella Tops AV-TEST Results for Security Efficacy
Cisco Umbrella has topped the charts – for the third time in a row – in an independent, third-party security efficacy test by AV-TEST, an organization that evaluates and rates security products. The AV-TEST results scored Cisco Umbrella higher than…
Cisco Umbrella Tops AV-TEST Results for Security Efficacy
Cisco Umbrella has topped the charts – for the third time in a row – in an independent, third-party security efficacy test by AV-TEST, an organization that evaluates and rates security products. The AV-TEST results scored Cisco Umbrella higher than…
Extending SD-WAN Segmentation to Umbrella Cloud Security
One of the key value propositions of leveraging a Cisco SD-WAN architecture is the ability to implement a highly effective segmentation strategy. Implementing this allows organizations to separate devices into isolated networks such that there is no communication between each…
Extending SD-WAN Segmentation to Umbrella Cloud Security
One of the key value propositions of leveraging a Cisco SD-WAN architecture is the ability to implement a highly effective segmentation strategy. Implementing this allows organizations to separate devices into isolated networks such that there is no communication between each…
September’s Threats: MuddyWater, Majusaka, and SocGholish
In this month’s edition of Cybersecurity Threat Spotlight, we’re digging into three of the cyberthreats currently impacting users: the APT MuddyWater, the RAT Majusaka and the malvertising campaign SocGholish. Want to learn more about how Cisco Umbrella helps protect users?…
September’s Threats: MuddyWater, Majusaka, and SocGholish
In this month’s edition of Cybersecurity Threat Spotlight, we’re digging into three of the cyberthreats currently impacting users: the APT MuddyWater, the RAT Majusaka and the malvertising campaign SocGholish. Want to learn more about how Cisco Umbrella helps protect users?…
Umbrella Extends Protection to Unmanaged iOS and Android Devices
We are thrilled to announce Cisco Umbrella DNS-layer security is now available on any modern unmanaged, personal Android or iOS device, providing awesome, always-on, go-anywhere protection against cyberthreats. Mobile phones are hot targets for cybercriminals Mobile devices are increasingly becoming…
Why Using DNS for Protection Should Be Your First Line of Defense
With continued hybrid work, anywhere, anytime access is key to employee productivity and retention. But this level of access adds additional security concerns. As different vulnerabilities emerge, organizations will need to develop new network security strategies; hackers are paying attention,…
New Security for a World Where Everyone and Everything Are Connecting
In today’s digital world, we are more connected than ever before. This connectivity has enabled us to generate new opportunities and collaborate in new ways, but it also means that there are more gaps and vulnerabilities that put data at…
Should You Use DNS Data to Drive Better Security Decisions?
We face hundreds of decisions every day. From choosing vendors to partner with to equipping employees for handling hybrid work, decisions are the everyday work of our lives. Teams depend on their leaders to choose wisely. One of the toughest…
From Frost & Sullivan: Recognizing Leadership in Secure Web Gateway Solutions
The past two years unleashed the full force of a cloud-based evolution. Overnight, security leaders around the globe were forced to make sense of their new boundary-free environments as they scrambled to support a remote workforce. And even in a…
CrimsonRat, AvosLocker & MaliBot
In the latest edition of the Cybersecurity Threat Spotlight, the Cisco Secure threat analysts examine the expansion of an advanced persistent threat (APT) group, the evolution of a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering, and the rise of mobile malware. Want to learn…