Cisco Umbrella Security EA 2.0 ARR Adjustment
This Cisco Umbrella Security EA 2.0 ARR Adjustment ensures your subscription accurately reflects your usage and maintains continuous access to essential security capabilities.
- Coverage for Security Features: Maintains access to Cisco Umbrella's advanced security stack including DNS security, SWG, CASB, and ZTNA.
- Billing Accuracy: Adjusts your Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) to align with your actual deployment and licensing needs.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain compliance by ensuring your licensing accurately matches your security service consumption.
- Continued Operation: Prevents service interruption and ensures ongoing protection against evolving cyber threats.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Umbrella Security EA 2.0 ARR Adjustment is a platform licensing component designed to modify your existing Enterprise Agreement subscription for Cisco Umbrella. It ensures your billing accurately reflects your current deployment and usage of Cisco's cloud-delivered security services, including DNS Security, Secure Web Gateway, Cloud Access Security Broker, and Zero Trust Network Access.
Organizations with existing Cisco Umbrella Enterprise Agreements use this adjustment to fine-tune their subscription terms. It is ideal for IT Managers and Security Professionals managing cloud security postures, ensuring that licensing remains aligned with operational needs and security investments without manual reconciliation overhead.
- Accurate Subscription Management: Modifies your ARR to match your current Cisco Umbrella deployment.
- Uninterrupted Security Services: Ensures continuous access to DNS Security, SWG, CASB, and ZTNA capabilities.
- Compliance Alignment: Keeps your licensing in sync with your security service consumption.
- Cost Optimization: Facilitates adjustments to prevent over or under-licensing.
- Simplified Renewals: Streamlines the process for future Enterprise Agreement renewals.
This Cisco Umbrella ARR Adjustment is the straightforward solution for mid-market and enterprise teams to maintain accurate licensing and uninterrupted cloud security.
What This Enables
Enable Continuous Security Service Access
Enable teams to maintain uninterrupted access to Cisco Umbrella's advanced security features, including DNS Security, Secure Web Gateway, and CASB. This ensures ongoing protection against malware, phishing, and data exfiltration attempts.
Cloud-managed security, hybrid network environments, remote workforce enablement
Streamline Security Licensing and Billing
Streamline the management of your Cisco Umbrella Enterprise Agreement by adjusting the Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) to match your current deployment. This simplifies financial tracking and ensures accurate cost allocation for security services.
Subscription-based IT infrastructure, multi-year software agreements, centralized IT procurement
Automate Compliance with Security Standards
Automate compliance with internal security policies and external regulatory requirements by ensuring your Cisco Umbrella licensing accurately reflects your security posture. This prevents audit findings related to licensing discrepancies.
Regulated data environments, corporate governance frameworks, security policy enforcement
Key Features
ARR Adjustment Mechanism
Ensures your Cisco Umbrella subscription billing accurately reflects your current service consumption and deployment, preventing over or under-licensing.
Continued Access to Umbrella Security Features
Maintains uninterrupted access to DNS Security, Secure Web Gateway, Cloud Access Security Broker, and Zero Trust Network Access for comprehensive threat protection.
Enterprise Agreement Alignment
Integrates seamlessly with your existing Cisco Umbrella Enterprise Agreement, simplifying management and renewal processes.
Compliance Support
Helps maintain regulatory and internal policy compliance by ensuring your licensing accurately matches your security service usage.
Scalability and Flexibility
Allows your security licensing to adapt to changes in your organization's size, structure, or threat landscape.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security to protect sensitive customer data and comply with strict regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, making accurate licensing for advanced security platforms critical.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to HIPAA and HITECH regulations, necessitating strong data protection and secure network access, which Cisco Umbrella provides and requires precise licensing for.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client information, demanding advanced security measures and accurate licensing to prevent breaches and maintain client trust.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments are increasingly targeted by cyberattacks that can disrupt operations; accurate licensing for security platforms ensures continuous protection of critical infrastructure and intellectual property.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an ARR Adjustment for Cisco Umbrella?
An ARR Adjustment modifies the Annual Recurring Revenue for your Cisco Umbrella Enterprise Agreement subscription. It ensures your billing aligns with your actual usage and deployment of Cisco's cloud security services.
Why would I need an ARR Adjustment?
You would need an ARR Adjustment if your actual usage of Cisco Umbrella services has changed since your Enterprise Agreement was initially set up, or if you need to correct billing discrepancies to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance.
Does this adjustment add new features?
This adjustment primarily modifies the billing and licensing terms of your existing Enterprise Agreement to match your current deployment. It does not inherently add new features beyond what is covered by your Security EA 2.0.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.