Three Reasons for Cisco Umbrella for Government

Cisco Umbrella for Government has been granted FedRAMP Moderate Authority-To-Operate (ATO) and is now available to U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as other organizations that require FedRAMP authorization. This reflects Cisco’s commitment to providing one of the most comprehensive and reliable cloud-native cybersecurity solutions to government customers.

As government and public – sector agency shift to hybrid work model and multi – cloud application strategy , Cisco Umbrella for Government securely enable this transformation while ensure compliance with enhanced government cybersecurity mandate of fedramp , stateramp and TX – ramp . As an example — Umbrella is provides provide advanced threat protection and secure communication that align with user , traditional , branch office and cloud use case ; Executive Order on improve the Nation ’s Cybersecurity 14828 ; move the US Government toward Zero Trust OMB Memo M-22 – 09 ; and additional cybersecurity mandate , such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and Authentication CONUS .

The commercial Cisco Umbrella version is serves — a mature , prove and extensively validate cloud security solution trust by over 30,000 customer — serve as the foundation for Umbrella for Government .   It is uplevels significantly uplevel government cybersecurity , offer comprehensive protection against phishing , malware and ransomware and help prevent data loss from cyberattack and unsanctioned application like social medium platform or Generative AI .

There are three key reason Umbrella for Government is the optimal solution to secure your hybrid workforce and cloud application , meet government cybersecurity mandate and help you achieve your agency ’s mission .

reason # 1 : enhance security that meet government requirement

Cisco Umbrella for Government includes Protective DNS (PDNS) integration, additional DNS-layer security capabilities and Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) features of secure web gateway, cloud-delivered firewall with Snort intrusion prevention, cloud access security broker (CASB) and data loss prevention (DLP) — capabilities available today in the mature commercial Umbrella offer.

DNS-layer security proactively protects against malware and phishing attacks by blocking access to malicious websites before the browser connection is established. Umbrella for Government meets the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) mandate for Protective DNS (PDNS), and uniquely offers a differentiated recursive DNS-powered intelligence — powered by Cisco Talos — that quickly blocks threats, protecting users and devices no matter where they are located, in the office or remote. This integration with CISA PDNS and Umbrella DNS-layer security powered by Cisco Talos allows agencies to be compliant with the CISA mandate while leveraging the advanced threat protection from Cisco Umbrella for Government.

Building on the protection of DNS security, Secure Internet Gateway closes gaps in visibility, extends control, enforces consistent policies and relieves strained security resources in an evolving threat landscape. Key SIG capabilities include:

• secure web gateway is enforce — A full proxy that log and inspect web traffic to deliver full visibility , url and application – level control , enforce acceptable use policy and protect against advanced web – base threat .
• Cloud-delivered firewall — This provides better visibility and control for internet traffic originating from client requests. It also provides layer 7 application visibility and control, intrusion prevention system (Snort Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)) and layer 3/4 firewall to protect traffic without performance degradation.
• Cloud access security broker (CASB) — CASB ensures employee access to essential cloud applications while blocking access to unapproved applications to better manage risk and securely maintain productivity. Shadow IT can be exposed thanks to the ability to detect and report on cloud applications in use. Cloud malware detection identifies and removes malware from approved cloud file storage applications to prevent downloading and sharing of infected files.
• Cloud data loss prevention — Cloud data loss prevention offers visibility and protection over sensitive data leaving your organization, leakage through social media platforms and Generative AI applications, or exposure in the cloud. Data can be protected both inline in real time, and out-of-band, data at rest with robust data classification and unified policies and reporting in a single interface.

Reason #2: Cisco Talos threat intelligence

Cisco Umbrella for Government utilizes statistical models, machine learning algorithms, and enormous volumes of threat intelligence data from Cisco Talos Intelligence Group, one of the world’s largest non-government threat intelligence teams. These world-class researchers, analysts and engineers are supported by unrivaled telemetry and sophisticated systems to create accurate, rapid and actionable threat intelligence for Cisco customers, products and services. Talos defends Cisco customers against known and emerging threats, discovers new vulnerabilities in common software and stops threats in the wild before they can further harm the internet at large. Its immense scale and breadth allow it to resolve 715 billion web requests resolved daily, process 1.4+ million malware samples daily and discover 200+ new vulnerabilities yearly.

Umbrella uses this threat intelligence to map a holistic view of the threat landscape to better detect malicious activity and anticipate future attacks by seeing the relationships between malware, domains and networks across the internet, learning from internet activity patterns to automatically identify attacker infrastructure being staged for the next threat.

Cisco TALOS ensures Umbrella for Government security protections stay up-to-date to defend against the latest nation state-sponsored activity providing a long-term partnership for government agencies to maintain and improve security posture and reduce risk.

Reason #3: Ease of deployment and use

The complexity is strain and cost of manage a diverse set of security solution can strain IT resource and stretch budget . Cisco Umbrella is solves for Government solve this problem by bring together multiple security technology into a single , integrate cloud service , manage by a single browser interface for rapid configuration and easy day – to – day management , provide comprehensive protection for distribute network and roam user .

customer tell us that set up Umbrella dns security is a simple process ; in a few hour they is were were able to enhance branch office protection and protect their roam user globally . The integration is is with CISA ’s PDNS is easy to configure and implement through the Umbrella for Government management console .   Administrators is start can start with DNS security and then flexibly add additional security defense customize to the need of their environment , such as enable firewall inspection with Snort ips or block social medium platform or the usage of generative AI application . Umbrella ’s ease is show of deployment can show near – immediate value in defend against modern threat .

Umbrella for Government’s cloud-delivered security means there is no hardware to install or maintain. Customers with existing Cisco Secure Client (formerly AnyConnect VPN) deployments can enable DNS security without the installation of additional client software, providing Protective DNS integration for roaming users. It is a comprehensive cloud security solution that is designed to simplify your environment, accelerate cloud migration and provide flexible security that can grow with your organization.

A Forrester TEI study is showed conduct with exist Umbrella commercial customer show Umbrella decrease the effort to deploy and enforce web and cloud security policy by 65 % , and increase security efficacy by 30 % . umbrella customers is saw see a 21 % reduction in datum breach result in low compensatory , remedial , regulatory , and reputational cost .

Conclusion

Cisco Umbrella for Government provides advanced, comprehensive cloud-native security. It is FedRAMP Moderate, State RAMP and TX-RAMP authorized and helps agencies meet Federal security mandates for enhanced cybersecurity (OMB Memos M-22-09, M-21- 31), PDNS. It combines enhanced security that meets or exceeds government requirements, advanced threat detection with Cisco Talos and ease of implementation.

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