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Identity and DNS Deployment

An Umbrella identity represents a network entity, user, or group. You can add an identity to an Umbrella policy, and enable security settings and destination access controls. For more information, see Manage Policies.

Umbrella can identify a user, group, or network entity by:

  • Public IP address
  • Internal IP address and hostname
  • Network device information
  • Active Directory (AD) users and groups
  • G Suite identity

The following table describes the Umbrella DNS deployment and identity types.

DeploymentIdentityDescription
Umbrella Roaming Client (macOS, Windows) Networks
Roaming computers
* Users and Groups
DNS policy. You can enable the intelligent proxy through the DNS policy.
Enable Active Directory (AD) and provision groups and users to apply policy to AD users and groups.
* For more information, see Roaming Client User Guide.
AnyConnect Roaming Security Module (macOS, Windows) Networks
Roaming computers
* Users and Groups
DNS policy. You can enable the intelligent proxy through the DNS policy.
Enable Active Directory (AD) and provision groups and users to map the internal IP address and hostname of the entity to the Roaming Computer identity.
* For more information, see Umbrella Roaming Security Module for AnyConnect.
Umbrella mobile client app (iOS, Android) Networks
Mobile clients
DNS policy. You can enable the intelligent proxy through the DNS policy.
For information about the iOS app, see iOS Client User Guide.
* For information about the Android app, see Umbrella Module for AnyConnect (Android OS).
Network device Networks
Network devices
DNS policy.
You can enable an internal IP address that reports on select devices.
* For more information, see Hardware Deployments.
Network* Networks DNS policy. You can enable the intelligent proxy through the DNS policy.
Egress public IP address identity.
* For more information, see Add a Network Identity.
Umbrella Chromebook client Networks
Chromebook users
* G Suite
DNS policy. You can enable the intelligent proxy through the DNS policy.
Enable G Suite integration for G Suite user and group policy.
* For more information, see Chromebook Client User Guide.
Umbrella Virtual Appliance Networks
Sites
Internal networks
Users and Groups
DNS policy. You can enable the intelligent proxy through the DNS policy.
Enable Active Directory (AD) and provision groups and users to map internal IP address and hostname of the entity to the Roaming Computer identity.
* For more information, see Virtual Appliance User Guide.

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