NordVPN Promotion

Home / Industry

The Ultimate Solution to DNS

Protect your privacy:  Get NordVPN  [ Deal: 73% off 2-year plans + 3 extra months ]
10 facts about NordVPN that aren't commonly known
  • Meshnet Feature for Personal Encrypted Networks: NordVPN offers a unique feature called Meshnet, which allows users to connect their devices directly and securely over the internet. This means you can create your own private, encrypted network for activities like gaming, file sharing, or remote access to your home devices from anywhere in the world.
  • RAM-Only Servers for Enhanced Security: Unlike many VPN providers, NordVPN uses RAM-only (diskless) servers. Since these servers run entirely on volatile memory, all data is wiped with every reboot. This ensures that no user data is stored long-term, significantly reducing the risk of data breaches and enhancing overall security.
  • Servers in a Former Military Bunker: Some of NordVPN's servers are housed in a former military bunker located deep underground. This unique location provides an extra layer of physical security against natural disasters and unauthorized access, ensuring that the servers are protected in all circumstances.
  • NordLynx Protocol with Double NAT Technology: NordVPN developed its own VPN protocol called NordLynx, built around the ultra-fast WireGuard protocol. What sets NordLynx apart is its implementation of a double Network Address Translation (NAT) system, which enhances user privacy without sacrificing speed. This innovative approach solves the potential privacy issues inherent in the standard WireGuard protocol.
  • Dark Web Monitor Feature: NordVPN includes a feature known as Dark Web Monitor. This tool actively scans dark web sites and forums for credentials associated with your email address. If it detects that your information has been compromised or appears in any data breaches, it promptly alerts you so you can take necessary actions to protect your accounts.

The COVID-19 pandemic saw a surge in internet traffic by as much as 60%1.Because of the greater adoption of digital technology by businesses, and the need to support a hybrid onsite-offsite workforce that’s persisted, we don’t expect to see internet traffic slow down to what was once considered “normal.”

With an increase in internet traffic, there’s also an increase in domain name system (DNS) queries that direct online users to their destinations, making DNS an even more attractive target to cybercriminals. Without a doubt, DNS is the fundamental business-critical online infrastructure for every company. Email, websites, authentication, virtual private network (VPN) connections, and voice-over IP (VoIP) all depend on the DNS—also known as the internet telephone book that maps traffic—to function.

The top three DNS threats include DNS cache poisoning, malware, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks2—and the DNS security market is expected to almost double from $1.2 billion in 2021 to over $2.3 billion in 20283. It’s a constant battle for companies to build security and resilience in their infrastructure to stay ahead of the threats. But there are two ways to achieve better security: build redundancy into the existing infrastructure—using a robust enterprise-level DNS service that has built-in security controls to withstand growing attack vectors—or add an additional infrastructure to provide more redundancy. Until now, organizations had to contract with two separate DNS providers to have both a primary and secondary DNS provider for redundancy.

Ultimate DNS: Now organizations can achieve their goals in business continuity planning, disaster recovery, all while getting exceptional value and a single point of contact.

In partnership with Neustar Security Services, CSC’s Ultimate DNS was designed to meet the growing needs of businesses. It combines all the features an organization needs in DNS management, coupled with seamless integration of their DNS and domain portfolio, CNAME flattening (Alias records), and options for DNS security extensions (DNSSEC), geolocation, weighted load balancing, and failover. Ultimate DNS also has the added redundancy of a second global DNS anycast network via one user interface in active-active configuration, on a world-class infrastructure with the best uptime records in the industry.

The DNS is a complex system that’s constantly at risk of poor management and third-party attacks. It simply wasn’t built with security in mind, hence why industry analysts and government cybersecurity agencies have been recommending organizations improve their DNS security, redundancy, and availability, to ensure their business continuity and disaster recovery.

Contact us to learn how Ultimate DNS can help you with managing your DNS network.

By CSC, We are the business behind business

We help effectively manage, promote, and secure our clients’ valuable brand assets against the threats of the online world. Leading companies around the world choose CSC as their trusted partner to gain control of their digital assets, maximize their online potential, and increase online security against brand risks.

Visit Page

Filed Under

Comments

Commenting is not available in this channel entry.
CircleID Newsletter The Weekly Wrap

More and more professionals are choosing to publish critical posts on CircleID from all corners of the Internet industry. If you find it hard to keep up daily, consider subscribing to our weekly digest. We will provide you a convenient summary report once a week sent directly to your inbox. It's a quick and easy read.

I make a point of reading CircleID. There is no getting around the utility of knowing what thoughtful people are thinking and saying about our industry.

VINTON CERF
Co-designer of the TCP/IP Protocols & the Architecture of the Internet

Related

Topics

IPv4 Markets

Sponsored byIPv4.Global

New TLDs

Sponsored byRadix

Threat Intelligence

Sponsored byWhoisXML API

Brand Protection

Sponsored byCSC

DNS

Sponsored byDNIB.com

Cybersecurity

Sponsored byVerisign

Domain Names

Sponsored byVerisign

NordVPN Promotion