Item: Cisco Umbrella
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Umbrella

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Umbrella to secure student access to the internet on our fleet of Chromebooks. We are required to provide content filtering on student devices, and the ability to do so on hardware that is outside our domain is a key business problem. Cisco Umbrella makes this easy and ensures that we are in compliance on this important need.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Content filtering on hardware outside domain
Provide logging and research on blocked content
Easy to deploy and manage on Chromebook

Cons

More detailed info/error logging on user agent

Return on Investment

Reduce the need for over managing, as it is very easy to deploy and upkeep.

Hybrid Work Experience

did not use for hybrid work

Alternatives Considered

Have not used similar products

Key Insights

Do you think Cisco Umbrella delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Umbrella's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Umbrella live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Umbrella go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Umbrella again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, Webex App, Microsoft Teams

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco Umbrella is perfect for the scenario that we needed it for, which is providing reliable and up to date content filtering on our fleet of Chromebooks. it was easy to configure, and deploy, and provides the flexibility and effectiveness that we require to meet our mandates.

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Cisco Umbrella key for content filtering