Cisco Umbrella is a cloud-delivered security service that provides the most secure, reliable, and fastest internet experience to more than 100 million business and consumer users every day. It enforces security at the DNS layer and blocks requests to malicious domains before a connection is even established, effectively stopping threats over any port or protocol before they reach your network or endpoints. Cisco Umbrella protect your enterprise from malware, phishing, ransomware, and more at DNS layer.

DNS-layer security proactively blocks malicious requests before they reach your network or endpoints. Umbrella can prevent devices from connecting to malicious sites in the first place, before a malware file is downloaded, or an IP connection is even established.

The Umbrella DNS Security Advantage package includes all the capabilities of DNS Security Essentials plus it enables organizations to proxy risky domains for URL blocking and file inspection using AV engines and Cisco AMP. For organizations looking for deeper context during incident investigations, DNS Security Advantage offers unmatched threat intelligence in the Investigate console and on-demand enrichment API.