LookingGlass helps to close the DNS security gap

One of the biggest areas of vulnerability for corporate networks is DNS, with companies having to contend with DDoS attacks and attempts to steal data.

In an effort to help customers close the gap in DNS security, threat intelligence specialist LookingGlass Cyber Solutions has developed an intelligence-driven network security solution that identifies and stops DNS-based cyber threats.

LookingGlass Dynamic Threat Defense focuses on using threat intelligence to identify threats, then addresses and mitigates them during DNS resolution, which is one of the biggest vulnerability areas of corporate networks today. Organizations are increasingly suffering attacks against their DNS infrastructure and many companies are simply not looking for covert communications where attackers use DNS as an avenue to communicate and exfiltrate data. This trend, along with years of research and monitoring networks, suggests protecting DNS infrastructure is essential to achieving improvements in overall cyber security for the enterprise.

It stops the communication between malware on the organization’s network and its command and control server or known bad destination. By stopping the beaconing out or the reception of control information, Dynamic Threat Defense prevents threats and prevents data breaches from occurring. This buys organizations valuable time to address the malware infection without fear of further infiltration or damage.

Chris Coleman, CEO of LookingGlass, says, "Dynamic Threat Defense 1.0 delivers on the LookingGlass strategy of integrating threat intelligence and network mitigation to help customers solve security challenges more efficiently and effectively by giving them the operational capability to actively defeat malware command and control while providing critical protection of DNS resources."

Dynamic Threat Defense integrates LookingGlass DNS Defender, a protocol-specific firewall for DNS, with LookingGlass ScoutVision, a threat intelligence and management system, and LookingGlass Virus Tracker, the world's largest botnet and malicious domain monitoring system.

By combining threat intelligence and network security at the DNS infrastructure level, LookingGlass Dynamic Threat Defense is able to fend off cyber attacks efficiently and effectively. You can find out more on the LookingGlass website.

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