Cisco Umbrella Roaming

Through its acquisition of OpenDNS last year for $635 million, Cisco gained OpenDNS' Umbrella technology -- a cloud-delivered network security service that delivers automated protection against advanced attacks. Umbrella Roaming is the simplest way to remove off-network blind spots to protect roaming employees wherever they work, according to Cisco.

Cisco has embedded the service as a module with AnyConnect – Cisco's virtual private network [VPN] system – to allow organizations to add a new layer of off-network protection that blocks connections to malicious sites without needing to deploy another agent. 

"Umbrella is now available on end points from AnyConnect – our endpoint client that performs functions like VPN," said Ben Munroe, senior product marketing manager for Cisco's Security Business. "It gives customers the protection whether they are VPN-backed into the network or not. It's very important because users choose not to, or forget to use, their VPN and yet their endpoint is still connected."