DNSDNS SecurityGDPRInternet of ThingsPrivacy LawsIs your DNS Security Ready for the NIS 2 Directive? The Clock is Ticking!The NIS 2 directive underscores the importance of robust DNS security to uphold internet integrity, highlighting DNS’s critical role in digital infrastructure and vulnerability to cyber threats. Implementing a Protective DNS Security solution combined with DNS-centric threat intelligence and other security measures is essential for organizations to improve defenses, minimize cyber risks, and ensure compliance with new standards set by NIS 2, thereby maintaining internet stability and security. Let’s take a closer look. NIS 2: What’s next? The year ahead...
DDIDNSGDPRInternet of ThingsIPAMNetwork AutomationPrivacy LawsVirtualization & CloudHow DDI Solutions for Healthcare Elevate Network AutomationNetwork reliability is a critical necessity in the healthcare sector as it directly impacts patient care. The industry grapples with the challenges of maintaining seamless connectivity for essential services, simplifying multi-cloud and IoT management, and ensuring anywhere access to confidential patient data. Network modernization is vital to dealing with this complex scenario, with network automation being crucial for efficient deployment and management of network resources and security policies. Key to automation is a Network Source of Truth (NSoT) and secure,...
DNSDNS SecurityGDPRProtect your DNS, protect your dataFor the past four years, the DNS Global Threat Report created from Coleman Parkes survey data explored the technical causes and behavioral responses of Domain Name System (DNS) threats and their potential effects on businesses globally. This year, our report found an increase in the number and cost of DNS-based attacks on businesses globally, as well as a failure from organizations to adapt security solutions to protect against these new, network-based attacks that aim to exploit DNS security. While the...
DNS SecurityGDPRWhy Businesses Should Fall in Love with GDPRFebruary is the month of love and this year, businesses have the best opportunity to show customers that they care about them. On the back of multiple, large-scale data breaches in 2017 and in the lead-up to GDPR in May 2018, data protection is a growing public concern. Despite the portrayed doom and gloom in the news about GDPR, the new regulation will help organizations gain more respect from their customers by protecting their data from potential breaches, often accomplished...
DNS SecurityGDPRWhy GDPR Day is February 15th, not May 25th 2018If you read the news, you may think the negative portrayal of General Data Protection Regulation in the media means the new regulation will be one of the worst edicts ever introduced. However, from your customer’s perspective, the new data law may look very different. GDPR is set to help organizations truly respect their customers’ information by protecting it from possible cyber breaches, often accomplished by hackers via the Domain Name System (DNS). Industry research reveals it typically takes 99...
DNS SecurityGDPRInternet of ThingsNetwork Security: A 2018 Priority for Public & Private Sectors2017 featured some of the largest cyber attacks on record, a trend which is not likely to stop or slow down in 2018. One of the easiest targets for cyber criminals is DNS (Domain Name Server) as it is open by design and not well protected. Hence, it has become a primary target, being used in over 90% of malware-based attacks according to Cisco’s 2016 Annual Security Report. Furthermore, DNS-based attacks are gradually increasing their scale and points of impact,...
DNS SecurityGDPRReap the Benefits of GDPR with DNS ProtectionThe deadline to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is getting closer (25th May 2018). This new edict will offer great opportunities for companies to strengthen customer trust by bringing them more personalized solutions, resulting in greater satisfaction. Compliance can save companies from paying hefty fines, as well as bring long-term reputational gains and better understanding of their customers. Data confidentiality will become vital in a post-GDPR world. In order to ensure it, companies will have to pay...
DNS SecurityGDPRPrivacy LawsMay 25th 2018 is imminent: Are you ready for GDPR?Officially on May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will protect data related to citizens of the European Union, anywhere in the world. It adds strict rules for breaches and possible penalties of up to four percent of turnover and requires notification to the supervisory authority within 72 hours of breach occurring. The regulation has been framed around the location of the data subject, rather than the data controller or data processor, meaning this EU regulation has global...
DNS SecurityGDPRPrivacy LawsEnsuring GDPR Compliance by Preventing DNS ExfiltrationThe implementation of the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now a bit more than a year away. It’s a wide-reaching set of rules which you must comply with if you’re holding data about European citizens. Compliance doesn’t need to be difficult though, as much of GDPR is focused on how you handle data loss and network breaches. To avoid catastrophic fines after breaches, the easiest way to become compliant is simple: you need to enhance your security....
DNSDNS SecurityGDPRIT Teams – Beware of Accidental Fame Thanks to GDPRFame is something most IT practitioners never experience, nor desire. However, this IT instinct to stay ‘below the radar’ is about to be challenged in a way many did not foresee, due to formidable EU data regulations. For those who do not exercise care, the outcome may make some IT infrastructure experts accidentally famous – in a bad way. While the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation may seem a world away from IT infrastructure and IP provisioning, it...
