DNSDNS SecurityHow DNS Security Protects the Most Targeted Industry: TelecomsThe past year has only increased the pressure placed upon the telecoms and media industry as companies continue their transition to the hybrid working model post pandemic and organizations continue to implement 5G. The rise in demand has left mobile operators and ISPs increasingly prone to threat actors using DNS to target the industry. The impacts of these cyber threats are felt globally, as telecoms provide the infrastructure needed to go about our daily lives, from our work to our...
DNS SecurityHow DNS Security Can Help The Very-Targeted Healthcare Industry Fight BackThe COVID-19 pandemic has placed an incredible pressure on the healthcare industry, not just in the physical world but also in the digital one. Healthcare is uniquely vulnerable to cyberattacks, particularly attacks utilizing DNS. In the 2021 Global DNS Threat Report, just released by EfficientIP and IDC, we see how threat actors are targeting the DNS of verticals such as healthcare, as well as what companies are doing about it. Why threat actors love to target healthcare Healthcare is an...
DNSDNS SecurityThreat Actors Have Grown Smarter in Their DNS Attacks. Here’s How Companies Should Respond…Over the past year–during the COVID-19 pandemic–businesses have accelerated their digital transformation as the pandemic has continued to require off-premise working and online or cloud-based products and services. But digital transformation is not the only area to experience vast change during the pandemic. Our annual report with IDC reveals that attackers have changed their tactics this year, growing more diverse in their methods for abusing the DNS protocol; businesses have had to pivot to smarter methods in order to keep...
Application Traffic RoutingDDIIPAMNetwork AutomationVirtualization & CloudSD-WAN: How DDI Simplifies Deployment and OperationsSD-WAN was born as Enterprises needed cheaper bandwidth and more nimble ways of deploying and operating WAN networks especially with the requirements of Digital Transformation. Although SD-WAN delivers on its promises, most solutions on the market do not fulfill all the services that were rendered by traditional MPLS services, like for instance IP Address Management (IPAM). While providing some subsets of its features, SD-WAN solutions lack Integrated DDI (DNS-DHCP-IPAM) as a whole, especially DNS services. And while SD-WAN is protocol...
Application Traffic RoutingDDIIPAMDNS GSLB for Disaster RecoveryWhile application data controllers (or load balancers) are capable of distributing application traffic towards servers within the data center, a global server load balancing (GSLB) solution enhances this to cover multi-data center strategies. GSLB can also prove valuable for disaster recovery scenarios based on activating dedicated IT resources in a specific spare data center. DNS combined with GSLB offers an easy and efficient way to simplify the required network operations. EfficientIP application repository eases the preparation phase of the IT...
DNSDNS SecurityEnsuring Telco Service Continuity with DNS SecurityToday, the services provided by telecommunications businesses underpin every facet of our lives – from streaming video content on the move, to providing the vital connections that power the global financial sector – network service providers supply the critical infrastructures we need. But the proliferation of internet traffic, driven by trends such as mobility, widespread deployment of IoT devices and customer demand for real time internet access from remote locations, has placed immense pressure on service providers to secure their...
Application Traffic RoutingDDIDNSVirtualization & CloudEnhancing SD-WAN Efficiency with Edge DNS GSLB for Improved UXFor organizations to survive in today’s highly competitive digital world, it’s vital that their businesses run smoothly. Users and customers need to be able to access their important work applications and services, at all times and from anywhere. Unfortunately, network complexity is increasing the likelihood of apps becoming unreachable due to scenarios such as WAN failure. SD-WAN can assist to some extent, but is helpless when any network component on the routing path goes down. This is where adding DNS...
DDIDNSDNS SecurityEnabling Industry 4.0 Through DNS SecurityIndustry 4.0 is defined as the ongoing transformation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices combined with the newest smart technology. The aim is to improve processes via leveraging increased automation, machine-to-machine communication and internet of things (IoT) deployments, ultimately reducing the need for human interaction within the overall manufacturing process. The widespread rollout of 5G is expected to speed up the full realization of Industry 4.0, as companies across the entire manufacturing supply chain look to take advantage of its...
Application Traffic RoutingDDIEdge DNS GSLB for Corporate CDN: Improving UX and BandwidthAs previously described in our ”Predictions 2020” blog, workloads will progressively move this year from central cloud locations to edge ones. Digital transformation and new usages like device data collection, augmented reality or contextual video advertising are requiring more capacity from IP networks and shorter delays, which may be incompatible with cloud computing. In this context, Edge DNS GSLB is a very simple solution for intelligently directing users to their local computing resources, thus improving both UX and bandwidth utilization....
DDIDNSDNS SecurityIPAMVirtualization & Cloud2019: The Year That Saw Cost Per DNS Attack Soar Past $1MFor organizations globally, across all industries, cybersecurity was once more one of the hottest topics of the year. The SonicWall report states that in just the first nine months 7.2 billion malware attacks were launched, with IoT malware worryingly increasing by 33% to 25 million. As the frequency of attacks continued to increase, DNS remained a favorite target, as well as an attack vector (91% of malware are using DNS). The IDC 2019 Global DNS Threat Report revealed 82% of...
