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Cisco Secure Access Help Manage Registered Networks Point Your DNS to Cisco Secure Access

Last updated: Aug 07, 2025

Point Your DNS to Cisco Secure Access

Configure your DNS to direct traffic from your network to the Cisco Secure Access global network. When a request to resolve a hostname on the internet is made from a network pointed at our DNS addresses, Secure Access applies the security settings configured in your policy rules.

To have Secure Access protect your networks, you need to explicitly change the DNS settings in your operating system or hardware firewall or router to Secure Access's name server IP addresses and turn off the automatic DNS servers provided by your ISP. Secure Access supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Note: Several systems allow you to specify multiple DNS servers. We recommend that you only use the Cisco Secure Access DNS servers and do not include any other DNS servers.