Secure access to and usage of the cloud


Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Cloudlock work together to secure access to the internet and usage of cloud apps. As a cloud-delivered service, Umbrella provides the first line of defense against threats on the internet, wherever users go. It provides organizations the visibility needed to protect internet access across all network devices, office locations, and roaming users. With Umbrella, customers can stop malware infections earlier, identify already-infected devices faster and prevent data exfiltration.

Cisco Cloudlock is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that helps organizations to secure their identities, data, and applications in the cloud. It provides visibility and control over global cloud activities, enabling organizations to know who is doing what in their cloud applications, protecting against compromised accounts, insider threats, and malware. Cloudlock helps organizations identify and respond to data exposures and leakages as well as privacy and compliance violations.

Cisco cloud security — shared focus, complementary use cases

Today's mobile cloud era: 70% of branch offices have direct internet access

  • 70%

    increase in SaaS usage in the enterprise

  • 64%

    of apps require more permissions than needed

  • 82%

    of users admit to not using the VPN

Security’s new address

More and more applications, data, and identities are moving to the cloud to take advantage of cost savings, scalability, and accessibility. Businesses embrace SaaS applications providing employees more control over the applications they use, and how information is shared both inside and outside the office. And because sensitive data and applications are no longer restricted behind a firewall, users no longer need to use the VPN in order to get work done. An increased reliance on the cloud has led more branch offices to favor direct internet access, instead of backhauling traffic over the corporate network.

Increased freedom, increased risk?

The traditional security stack was not built to protect mobile, cloud-enabled users. As a result, they are more likely to get infected with malware because users are connecting directly to the internet, creating gaps in visibility and coverage for IT security professionals who can’t protect what they can’t see. As employees enjoy more flexibility to install and self-enable applications — or access, create, and share information with anyone, anywhere — organizations face an increased risk that sensitive data will be inadvertently or maliciously exposed.

Umbrella Customer Experience: Yelp

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The sky's the limit

Umbrella was built with a bi-directional API to easily integrate with security appliances, threat intelligence platforms or feeds, and custom, in-house tools. Easily extend protection beyond the perimeter and amplify existing investments with Umbrella’s pre-built integrations with over 10 security providers — including Splunk, FireEye, and Anomali.

Cloudlock uses a 100 percent cloud-native, API-based approach. Cloudlock is the most open platform and connects to your most commonly-used SaaS services — including Okta, OneLogin, and Splunk. It aggregates data feeds across existing IT infrastructure to enrich security intelligence and ensure data protection across on-premise and cloud environments

Block threats earlier

Stop malware before it reaches your network or endpoints. Reduce the time spent remediating infections.

 Extend protection

Remove blind spots. Protect users anywhere they go, anywhere they access the internet.

Secure users, data, apps

Protect users, data, and apps in the cloud against compromised accounts, malware, and data breaches. Enable compliance.

Enable secure cloud use

Improve security with no impact on end-user productivity.

Trusted by enterprises worldwide

  • F500

    Fortune 500 companies in retail, healthcare, energy, and entertainment

  • 600+

    Leading professional services including law and consulting firms

  • 500+

    Leading finance, banking, and insurance companies

  • 500+

    Leading manufacturing and technology companies

Easily enable forensics

When a breach occurs, time matters. Both Umbrella and Cloudlock help organizations understand and react to emergent threats quickly. Umbrella helps investigate attacks with unparalleled threat intelligence that provides visibility to see attacks before they launch and block malicious domains, IPs, and URLs before they’re even used in an attack. With crowd-sourced security analytics across billions of data points, advanced machine learning, and the data scientist-led CyberLab, Cloudlock provides visibility and control over the most critical cloud security risks. Plus, Cloudlock enables security teams to analyze and audit cloud logs with ease.

Simple, effective cloud security

Cisco cloud security is an effective security platform that is open, automated and simple to manage. Backed by industry-leading threat intelligence, it is the fastest and easiest way to protect all of your users in minutes. Because it is delivered from the cloud, there is no hardware to install or software to manually update. You can deploy in minutes across distributed sites and it’s completely scalable. Now you can protect users and secure your data, identities, and applications in the cloud.

Security's new frontier: The cloud

Learn how Cisco cloud security helps you securely adopt and use the cloud, and better manage security for the way the world works today.

Cloud security solution brief

Infrastructure and data once housed within the organization has moved to the cloud. Learn how we can enable visibility and protection for your cloud-connected organization.