OpenDNS
Predict and prevent attacks before they happen with cloud-delivered security.

OpenDNS offers DNS-based internet security services for both consumers and enterprises. The consumer tier provides free parental controls, content filtering, and phishing protection for all devices on a home network. The enterprise offering, now branded as Cisco Umbrella, delivers cloud-delivered threat protection against malware, ransomware, and phishing.
OpenDNS routes DNS queries through its global network, applying filtering and threat intelligence to block malicious or unwanted domains before a connection is made.
Home users seeking safer internet and enterprises needing cloud-delivered threat protection
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- Cisco
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