OpenDNS Umbrella Picked by Technology Associates

OpenDNS, a company focused on delivering internet security and DNS service, confirmed that its Umbrella service has been chosen by Technology Associates, a managed service provider, to secure its clients’ networks.

With more people working from home and even more people accessing the web from mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, there is a growing need to keep users safe online. This need is intensified by recent shifts to the cloud and the abundance of unsecured Wi-Fi. Umbrella stops malware both by preventing users from accessing infected websites and by stopping communication between a botnet-infected device and its online command and control. The service is powered by Umbrella Security Labs, which leverages proprietary data mining algorithms to discover and even predict Internet threats.

Umbrella by OpenDNS was designed for managed service provider deployments. The service has enabled Technology Associates, who had previously used Zscaler, to reduce deployment and provisioning time from more than 24 hours per customer to less than less than 20 minutes.

The Technology Associates team chose to upgrade to Umbrella by OpenDNS because the service offers the ability to easily and quickly roll out cloud-delivered malware protection and Web filtering services through a single Web-based dashboard. The Umbrella service easily integrates with any existing Internet infrastructure, and doesn’t require any additional hardware or software.

“I can easily provision and configure Umbrella by OpenDNS in just 20 minutes. This is huge for us as a managed service provider, as it enables us to show immediate results to our clients,” Jeff Doggendorf, director of Operations at Technology Associates mentioned.

Umbrella’s malware protection proactively blocks malicious sites, enabling the users to spend less time cleaning up devices that have been infected, and thus lessens user downtime too. In addition to Umbrella's comprehensive malware and botnet protection, Technology Associates also leverages the service’s easy-to-use Web filtering to help its customers ensure acceptable Internet use.