Application Services for Private Origins is available now in closed beta. Route public hostnames to private IP origins over your existing IPsec, GRE, CNI, or Cloudflare Mesh paths. No public IPs or extra connector software required.
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6 May
On May 5, 2026, DENIC published broken DNSSEC signatures for the .de TLD, making millions of domains unreachable. Here's what 1.1.1.1 saw, how serve stale cushioned the impact, and how we restored resolution.
1 Sept 2022
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, and they are matching today’s technology and work practices with their own innovations. There is […] The post Why Using…
14 Apr 2022
Does it feel like the cybersecurity landscape keeps changing beneath your feet? In the past two years, we’ve witnessed the definition of cybersecurity risks evolve and new types of security threats emerge. If you were to list out today’s top cybersecurity threats, it would likely look different that it did before the COVID-19 pandemic. Let’s […] The post The Top…
10 Feb 2022
In December 2011, Cisco Umbrella – then going by the name OpenDNS – became the first public DNS resolver to announce support for DNS encryption. Now, a decade later, we’re proud to announce that we’ve added support for DNS over HTTPS (DoH) directly to our core Umbrella resolvers. In addition, we’ve also added support for […] The post Cisco Umbrella…
16 Dec 2021
DNS tunneling is a technique that encodes data of other programs and protocols in DNS queries, including data payloads that can be used to control a remote server and applications. Because of this, DNS tunneling – and DNS exfiltration associated with it by threat actors – is of great concern to many IT and SecOps […] The post Introducing Improvements…
12 Oct 2021
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) has become the new standard for securing connections to business-critical applications and other digital assets. An effective SASE implementation depends on performance, architecture, and support (among other factors) for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. In this post, IT Central Station members who use Cisco Umbrella and Cisco SD-WAN explain the importance […] The post The Role…
14 Sept 2021
Based on the kind of high-profile cyberattacks dominating news cycles, you’d be forgiven for thinking these are large enterprise or government-scale crimes. But if you operate a small business, cybersecurity may be more important than you think. Most smaller businesses lack adequate cybersecurity systems, with many small business owners unaware that solutions as simple as […] The post How DNS-layer…
24 Aug 2021
Looking to improve your organization’s security posture? Don’t forget to secure DNS-layer activity! Learn how – and why – to invest in DNS-layer security here. The post Gartner™ quick answer: How can organizations use DNS to improve their security posture appeared first on Cisco Umbrella.
13 Jul 2021
Managing cybersecurity for a small business has never been more challenging. Business-critical operations increasingly rely on cloud-based applications, while employees push for more remote and hybrid work opportunities. And if your small business is like most, odds are you lack the budget to update your security infrastructure so that it keeps pace with these changes. […] The post The Essential…
8 Dec 2020
The Texas A&M University System had a challenging set of problems to solve. They needed to ensure that its 180,000+ users across 11 campuses and nine state government agencies could connect to the internet safely wherever they worked, without becoming vulnerable to malware and phishing attacks, accessing prohibited websites, or opening the door to information […] The post How Texas…
19 Aug 2020
Developing and hosting your own Angular, React applications has never been easier, but now there are many options like Google Firebase, Heroku and etc. Github Pages is offering some great features with free of cost no credit card required and no bandwidth limitations. Just create a public repository and commit all of your product ready files. It has a custom…