OpenDNS, a provider of cloud-delivered security, has introduced new capabilities to its Umbrella for MSPs Umbrella network security service that allow managed service providers (MSPs) to automate common tasks associated with deploying and managing security across their entire customer base. These new features, collectively known as Centralized Settings, allow MSPs to create branded block pages, customized security settings, and web filtering bundles in the Umbrella MSP console. Subsequent changes to these standard policies, such as blocking a content category or changing block page messaging, can be automatically applied to all customers using the same setting.
The OpenDNS Centralized Settings features enable MSPs to:
- Deploy and manage OpenDNS’s predictive security in a multi-tenant dashboard
- Create custom-tailored standards, such as vertical or service class specific policies, and apply them to many customers
- Apply policy changes across multiple customers
- Define a default policy for all new customers, for quicker on-boarding
- View policy across all customers in a single pane of glass and fix any inconsistencies
“Security appliance lock-in with multiple vendors makes it extremely challenging for MSPs to have consistent malware prevention across all of their customers,” says Dima Kumets, senior product manager for MSPs at OpenDNS. “This lack of consistency creates security gaps and leads to reactive ‘firefighting’ to clean up infections. OpenDNS solves this problem in the latest Umbrella for MSPs release by providing streamlined management tools that not only make for a more compelling service offering, but also enable MSPs to fully deploy a consistent, standardized layer of advanced security within minutes of signing a customer.”
