DDIDHCPDNSIPAMNetwork AutomationSOLIDserver 7.0: Bringing Enhancements for Simplifying and Securing Your NetworkWith the new release of SOLIDserver 7.0, EfficientIP continues to prove its pivotal role for networks in the areas of IP resource management, automation and security. This new release comes with exciting new features such as a brand new user interface designed to improve user experience. Powerful enhancements of our DNS Guardian highlight, more than ever, the key role of the DNS in the global network security ecosystem. DDI has not been left out either, with important evolutions to support...
DNSDNS SecurityFive Predictions for Asia Pacific DNS Security in 2019This week’s blog comes to us from our very own Nick Itta, VP Sales APAC.With 2018 coming to a close, I’ve engaged with companies and organizations across Asia Pacific, discussing their plans of attack for strengthening cyber security. During these conversations, several recurring themes have emerged, providing some insight into what we can expect in the year ahead. Here are my five predictions for the state of Asia Pacific’s DNS security in 2019: 1. Learning from 2018’s Lessons on Personal...
DDIDNSDNS Flag Day: Notes for EfficientIP Customers and BeyondDNS is one of the foundation protocols of the internet, designed around 1987- which can technologically seem like an eternity based on today’s standards. Since then, context of usage of the internet has changed, and the protocol has evolved to support new features like DNSSEC (see What is DNSSEC) and message size limitations. DNSSEC is used more and more on the internet in order to increase the global security of the system, but some servers or network components are either...
DNSDNS SecuritySecure Your Network with DNS: Episode 3 – Ensuring Security Through IntegrityThis blog is the third of four episodes which help describe best practices for utilizing DNS to protect your overall network. End users most likely don’t care much about the domain name resolution process. It simply works – otherwise they feel their internet connection is broken. Yet, DNS is the key component of their network directing them to the service/content they expect to reach. But could they detect a trap if they were being routed by a fake traffic officer?...
DNSDNS SecuritySecure Your Network with DNS: Episode 2 – Maximizing Application Availability & User ExperienceThis blog is the second of four episodes which help describe best practices for utilizing DNS to protect your overall network. The internet would be nothing without the DNS and many recent events have highlighted this fact the hard way (Dyn attack, various ISP DNS outages, etc.). While routers are routing IP packets across the network, DNS is routing all the communications between the users and their applications, as well as the communications between the applications themselves. As a result,...
DNSDNS SecuritySecure Your Network with DNS: Episode 1 – Best Practices OverviewThis blog is the first of four episodes which help describe best practices for utilizing DNS to protect your overall network. When it comes to network security, everyone thinks about firewalls, proxies, IPS and endpoint protection. But very few think about DNS. This neglected component of any network is, without doubt, a foundation of the internet, making it both a target of cyber attacks and a powerful tool to detect and mitigate all kind of threats. The DNS allows anyone...
DDIIPAMNetwork AutomationRemoving Network Management Complexity with AutomationIn today’s world, IT is powered by automation. If your network strategy involves cloud or software-defined data centers (SDDC), you also need to consider how your organization can overcome the complexity of managing the underlying infrastructure. A key step would be to use automation in the management of IP addresses, and integrate this process within a modern DDI (DNS-DHCP-IPAM) platform. Managing the corporate network Infrastructure management is becoming more and more automated, which means we’re going to need better ways...
DNS SecurityInternet of ThingsIPAMNetwork Security– Are universities ready to deal with unexpected issues?Modern higher education needs technology. IT drives research projects, it powers administrative systems, and it’s on every student’s desk and pocket. The result is a complex, almost chaotic network environment that mixes controlled business services with an uncontrolled myriad of different devices of all ages and all capabilities. There’s no way for higher education organizations to mandate hardware and software; students will always bring their own computers and on average three to four mobile devices. Thousands of machines connect to...
DNS Security2016 Report – The Global DNS Threat SurveyThis year, EfficientIP pioneered the largest independent survey on DNS services and their importance in IT security attacks so far undertaken in the industry. Nearly 1,000 respondents have helped us better understand the technical and behavioral causes for the rise in DNS vulnerabilities and attacks, and the effects on businesses. The survey proves DNS servers have become much more exploited than ever, and hackers often owe their ‘success’ to weak DNS defenses that no longer suit the needs of a...
DDIDNSDNS SecuritySecurity Protection Through Hybrid DNSThe more we use the internet, the more important DNS becomes. For such an important service it’s odd that DNS is virtually invisible. We rely on it for everything, but we don’t treat it like an essential service; instead we set it up and ignore it. DNS is far too important to be left alone. You need to manage it carefully, building a DNS architecture that scales and is secure. That last part is the hardest, and the most important....
