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Cisco Umbrella helps you defend against malware and other internet-staged threats

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Anatomy of a malware attack

What is malware?

Malicious software, commonly known as malware, is a catch all term for just about any software that’s designed to disrupt, damage, or force access to a computer system or network. Some of the most common types of modern malware include trojans, spyware, adware, ransomware – but malware threats constantly evolve.

As users increasingly work from anywhere in diverse ways (remote location, home, on the road, coffee shop, and more), many organizations find that their perimeter model of data-center centric cybersecurity is no longer sufficient.

Stop malware before it reaches your network

Cloud-delivered security from Cisco Umbrella can protect employees, wherever they work, on or off corporate network. Umbrella protects users’ access to the internet and public SaaS applications – where malware typically lives.

Cisco Umbrella DNS-layer security protects users from accessing malware associated with malicious domains by blocking unsafe destinations — before a connection is ever made. Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) goes further, protecting users from malware via unsafe URLs, encrypted traffic, non-standard ports and protocols, and more.

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The threat of modern malware

75%

Of organizations experienced malware activity that spread from one employee to another. 1

>442K

“Never-before-seen” malware variants were identified in 2021 alone. 1

90+%

Malware threat detection rate — Cisco Umbrella is the highest in the industry, confirmed by AV-TEST. 2

Umbrella allows us to dramatically reduce the redirections to malicious websites hosting malware, and without latency. The dashboard gives deep insight on risky or infected domains, malware and C2 connections.

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Malware protection and malware detection: Man and woman working together. There is malware around them, but they are secure because they are using Umbrella for malware scanning.

Security resilience against malware

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Global network intelligence

Resolves more than 620 billion DNS requests per day

Protect your whole organization

Prevent cyber attacks

Blocks more than 170 million malicious DNS queries per day

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Understand security risks

Discovers more than 200 new vulnerabilities per year

DNS-layer security

Protection from malware, on and off the network

It’s time to close the gaps in your security. Cisco Umbrella helps you protect your users who work from anywhere, on any device. Umbrella blocks requests to malware and other threats, stopping them over any port or protocol before they reach your network or endpoints. Umbrella provides coverage for all connected devices – including roaming laptops, Android and iOS devices.

Learn more about Umbrella’s Secure Internet Gateway

Malware detection: Woman is working on a laptop at home. A man is working from his cell phone off his company network. A person is working on a laptop. All are protected using malware scanning.

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Find the right protection for you

Point your DNS server to Cisco Umbrella’s and any device that connects to it is instantly protected.

For more granular, deeper protection, an expert is on hand to set up an Umbrella SIG trial for you.

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1. https://www.comparitech.com/antivirus/malware-statistics-facts/
2. https://umbrella.cisco.com/trends-threats/global-cyber-threat-intelligence-overview