Administering and Positioning Cisco Umbrella Operations v2.1 (ADMUMB) Virtual Classroom Live May 27, 2025

Course Overview

Module 1: Describe Cisco Umbrella

• What is Umbrella
• Enforcement
• DNS Overview
• Why DNS?
• Co-occurrence Model
• Spike Rank Model
• Predictive IP Space Monitoring
• Connecting to Umbrella

Module 2: Umbrella Deployment Options

• DHCP Server
• DNS Server Forwarders
• Recursive DNS
• DNS Forwarders

Module 3: Configure Policy Components  –  Part 1

• Destination Lists
• Content Categories
• Application Settings
• Tenant Controls
• Security Settings

Module 4: Configure Policy Components – Part 2

• Block Page Appearance
• Integrations
• Selective Decryption Lists
• Bypass Users
• Bypass Codes

Module 5: Umbrella Policies-DNS, Firewall and Web

• Umbrella Policies
• Umbrella Policies – DNS
  • SSL Decryption
  • Identities
  • Security Categories           
  • Content Access
  • Control Applications
  • Destination Lists
  • File Analysis
  • Block Page
  • Bypass Users and Bypass Codes
  • Policy Summary
• Umbrella Policies: Web
  • PAC File and SAML
  • HTTPS Inspection
  • File Analysis
  • File Type Control
• Umbrella Policies: Firewall
  • Firewall Rule
  • IPSec Parameters
  • Network Tunnel Requirements
  • Network Tunnel Configuration
  • Policy Tester

Module 6: Integrating Umbrella with Active Directory

• Benefits
• Umbrella Virtual Appliances (VAs)
• Virtual Appliance Requirements
• Firewall/ACL Requirements
• Virtual Appliance with a HTTP/HTTPS Proxy
• Virtual Appliance Deployment
• Configure Virtual Appliance
• Active Directory (AD) Integration
• Active Directory Prerequisites
• Umbrella AD Components
• Connect Active Directory to Umbrella

Module 7: Umbrella Roaming Security-Roaming Client

• Umbrella Roaming Security-Roaming Client
• Prerequisites
• Downloading the Umbrella Roaming Client
• Umbrella Status
• Identity Support
• Prerequisites for Active Directory Integration

Module 8: Umbrella Roaming Security-AnyConnect Roaming Security

• Supported Operating Systems
• Deployment Steps

Module 9: Cisco Umbrella DNS Mobile Security

• Apple iOS Devices
  • Requirements
  • Installation
• Android OS Devices
  • Prerequisites
  • Download the Umbrella Android Configuration
• Push the Umbrella Certificate to Devices

Module 10: User Account Management

• Manage Accounts
• Manage User Roles

Module 11: Umbrella Reporting

• Umbrella Built-in Reports
  • Overview Page
  • Report Scheduling
  • Security Activity Report
  • Activity Search Report
  • Admin Audit Log

Module 12: Umbrella Investigate

• Domain Summary View
• Umbrella Risk Score
• Timeline Section
• DNS Resolution Table
• WHOIS Record Data
• GeoIP Section
• Investigate Sample View
• Security Features    
• IP Addresses Section
• Subdomain Section
• Co-occurrences Features

Module 13: Umbrella Multi-Organization

• Multi-org Console
• Centralized Reports
• Centralized Settings
• Org Management
• Admins and Delegated Admins

Module 14: Integrating Umbrella within Cisco SecureX

• Cisco SecureX Ribbon
• Create Cisco SecureX Account
• Add an Integration Module
• Cisco SecureX Dashboard

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Lab Outline:

Discovery Lab 0:  Accessing the Lab Devices

• Task 1: Understanding your Lab Environment
• Task 2: Lab IP Addressing, Usernames and Passwords
• Task 3: Testing Connectivity between Windows Devices

Discovery Lab 1:  Deploying Cisco Umbrella

• Task 1: Log in to the Umbrella Dashboard
• Task 2: Configure your DNS Server Forwarder to Umbrella DNS Servers
• Task 3: Confirm you are Forwarding to Umbrella DNS Servers

Discovery Lab 2: Configuring Umbrella Policy Components

• Task 1: Configuring Destination Lists
• Task 2: Configuring Content Categories
• Task 3: Configuring Content Security
• Task 4: Configuring Application Settings
• Task 5: Configuring Block Page Appearance

Discovery Lab 3: Configuring Umbrella DNS Policy

• Task 1: Configure Umbrella DNS Policy
• Task 2: Test Your Umbrella DNS Policy
• Task 3: Umbrella Policy Tester
• Task 4: Review Umbrella Activities

Discovery Lab 4:  SIG Integration

• Task 1: Configure Umbrella Web Policy
• Task 2: Deploy Umbrella Root CA Certificate and PAC file
• Task 3: Verify Umbrella Web Policy
• Task 4: Review Umbrella Proxy Reporting

Discovery Lab 5:  Cloud Firewall Integration

• Task 1: Pre-Cloud Firewall Configuration Test
• Task 2: SD-WAN and Umbrella Tunnel Integration
• Task 3: Configure Cloud-Firewall Rules
• Task 4: Validate Cloud-Firewall Policy

Discovery Lab 6:  Active Directory Integration using the Virtual Appliance

• Task 1: Deploy Umbrella Virtual Appliances
• Task 2: Enable VA Redirect to Umbrella
• Task 3: Installing the Active Directory Script and Connector
• Task 4: Validate Umbrella Active Directory Integration

Discovery Lab 7: Deploying Umbrella Roaming Client

• Task 1: Deploy Umbrella Roaming Client        
• Task 2: Validate and Review Roaming Client Web Usage Activities

Discovery Lab 8: Deploying AnyConnect Roaming Security

• Task 1: Configuring the ASA to Deploy AnyConnect Roaming Security Module
• Task 2: Create and Test Umbrella Roaming Security Policy
• Task 3: Review Umbrella Roaming Client Web Usage and Activities

Discovery Lab 9:  Umbrella User Account  and Roles Management

• Task 1: Configuring Umbrella User Roles
• Task 2: Configuring Umbrella User Accounts
• Task 3: Validating Umbrella User Roles and Accounts

Discovery Lab 10:  Umbrella Reporting

• Task 1: Reviewing Umbrella Core Reports
• Task 2: Reviewing Umbrella Additional Reports
• Task 3: Configuring Umbrella Scheduled Reports

Discovery Lab 11:  Leveraging Umbrella Investigate

• Task 1: Investigating a Domain
• Task 2: Investigating a SHA-256 File Hash

Discovery Lab 12: SecureX Integration Walk Through Demo      

• Task 1: Creating your Cisco SecureX Login
• Task 2: Integrating Umbrella within Cisco SecureX

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

• Basic understanding of Cisco products and solutions