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What is Cisco Umbrella?

Are you ensuring compliance with your internal policies regarding acceptable internet use? Additionally, are you mandated by law to adhere to internet safety regulations such as CIPA? With Umbrella, you can efficiently control your users' internet access by implementing category-based content filtering, enforcing allow/block lists, and mandating SafeSearch browsing. This comprehensive approach not only enhances security but also promotes a safer online environment for all users.

What is BlueCat Edge?

BlueCat Edge delivers a next-generation DNS architecture that addresses the gaps left by legacy DNS standards in today’s multicloud, high-complexity networks. Its lightweight service points act as intelligent resolvers that enforce enterprise security policies, optimize forwarding rules, and provide granular visibility into all DNS traffic. This distributed model allows teams to deploy Edge anywhere—on BDDS, cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP, or virtual environments—ensuring flexible control over how DNS is resolved globally. The platform simplifies the challenge of routing DNS queries across environments where applications, data, and services often exist in multiple clouds simultaneously. Through Intelligent Forwarding, Edge dynamically selects the best resolution path without requiring teams to manually maintain vast sets of conditional forwarding rules. DNS GSLB functionality furthers this optimization by offering cloud-managed load balancing, monitoring, and automated routing to increase performance and resilience. For cloud-specific needs, Edge Resolver bridges the gap between on-prem and multicloud DNS, ensuring coherent resolution across providers with different naming and authority mechanisms. Edge’s security engine goes deeper than conventional DDI security by stopping malicious queries outright and detecting advanced threats through analytics that expose behavior anomalies. Integration with SIEMs, Cisco Umbrella, and Splunk enables teams to correlate DNS signals with larger security contexts. By combining visibility, automation, security, and scalable performance, BlueCat Edge equips organizations to manage the demands of rapidly evolving distributed networks.

Media

Media

Integrations Supported

Axonius
Google Digital Risk Protection
AT&T Alien Labs Open Threat Exchange
Chronicle SOAR
Cisco Secure Web Appliance
Cisco SecureX
Elastic Observability
Liongard
OctoXLabs
OpenDNS
Proofpoint Identity Threat Defense
StatusGator
Teamstack
Techstep Essentials MDM
Zoho One

Integrations Supported

Axonius
Google Digital Risk Protection
Armis Centrix
Datacard Secura
Medigate
Upsider

API Availability

Has API

API Availability

Pricing Information

Pricing not provided

Pricing Information

Pricing not provided

Supported Platforms

SaaS

Supported Platforms

Not specified

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support

Training Options

Documentation Hub

Training Options

Documentation Hub

Company Facts

Organization Name

Cisco

Date Founded

1984

Company Location

United States

Company Website

umbrella.cisco.com/solutions/web-content-filtering

Company Facts

Organization Name

BlueCat

Date Founded

2001

Company Location

Canada

Company Website

bluecatnetworks.com/products/edge/

Categories and Features

Anti-Phishing

Not specified

Cloud Edge Security

Not specified

Cloud Security

Not specified

Cybersecurity

Not specified

DNS Filtering

Not specified

DNS Monitoring

Not specified

DNS Security

Not specified

IT Security

Not specified

Managed DNS

Anti-Malware
Change Management
DDoS Protection
DNS Failover
DNS Propagation
Disaster Recovery
Global DNS Network
Intelligent Traffic Routing
Load Balancing
Reporting / Analytics
Secondary DNS
Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Network Security

Not specified

Secure Web Gateways

Not specified

Web Content Filtering

Automated Blacklist
Browser-based Management Portal
Category / Keyword Filters
LDAP Integration
Multi-Language Filtering
Reporting / Analytics
Roles / Permissions
SSL Inspection
Time-based Controls
VPN Blocking
White Label
Whitelisting

Categories and Features

DDI Management

Not specified

DNS Security

Not specified

System Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications
Data Backup / Recovery
Device Monitoring
Policy-based Automation
Remote Monitoring
Reporting / Analytics
Server Monitoring
Service Configuration Management

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