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Podcast 088: Cisco Umbrella Cybersecurity for MSPs

Monika Gupta
Monika Gupta

Good evening, channel partners. Welcome to our latest ChannelE2E Podcast. Our guest is Monika Gupta, senior product marketing manager at Cisco Umbrella (formerly OpenDNS). We discuss the evolving threat landscape; Cisco Umbrella's threat intelligence technologies; and the steps MSPs are taking to safeguard their customers' networks.

Here’s the podcast conversation:


Podcast discussion (times are approximate):

  • 0:00: Introductions
  • 0:30: Monika Gupta's role at Cisco Systems
  • 1:15:  What makes Cisco Umbrella unique: Ease of use meets intelligence
  • 3:52: How Umbrella analyzes 100 billion Internet requests per day
  • 5:24: Where MSPs fit into the conversation
  • 6:26: Predicting attacks before they happen?
  • 8:10: Going deeper on the MSP role
  • 9:59: Setting up Umbrella (in minutes)
  • 10:46: Finding the Cisco Umbrella free trial and supporting information
  • 12:08: Conclusion

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