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Everything You Need to Know About DNS AttacksIt's important to understand DNS, potential attacks against it, and the tools and techniques required to defend DNS infrastructure. This report answers all the questions you were afraid to ask.
Domain Name Service (DNS) is a critical part of any organization's digital infrastructure, but it's also one of the least understood. DNS is designed to be invisible to business professionals, IT stakeholders, and many security professionals, but DNS's threat surface is large and widely targeted.
Attackers are causing a great deal of damage with an array of attacks such as denial of service, DNS cache poisoning, DNS hijackin, DNS tunneling, and DNS dangling. They are using DNS infrastructure to take control of inbound and outbound communications and preventing users from accessing the applications they are looking for. To stop attacks on DNS, security teams need to shore up the organization's security hygiene around DNS infrastructure, implement controls such as DNSSEC, and monitor DNS traffic
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2/1/2017 | 2:01:31 AM
What does 2017 hold?
Will things get better or worse, or worse before they get better?
Are we going to see more ransomware attacks? Will ransomware continue to target devices connected in the Internet of Things (IoT)? Are we going to see more ransomware attacks on industrial automation and control systems? How will this impact consumers, the public and ultimately shareholders?
With cybersecurity being identified as an unwanted influence in the last US election, are we going to see this trend in other democracies? As we are yet to see how this influence will ultimately play out, will political interference resulting from cybersecurity events become a bigger threat in the future? Will this have differing effects on young and mature democracies? Are we living in an era where political campaigns will now include a cybersecurity strategy as part of their overall strategy? In new, young and emerging democracies, could despots, who would rather remain in power use the influence of cyberthreats to perpetrate themselves in power?
With the increasing role that some nation states have played in using cyberthreats to pursue geopolitical objectives, will these countries continue to use cyberthreats to promote their economic interests and inflict disruptions, while damaging infrastructure belonging to national adversaries?
On the other hand, as security professionals, what are the key capabilities we need to combat these cyberthreats?
Are we going to see the adoption of cyber insurance to help organizations deal with the economic realities of a cyber attack? Are cyber insurance policies for consumers going to hit main street? Are we likely to see an increase in regulatory mandates? Will the board of directors hold chief executive officers more accountable? How does the projected shortage in cyber security skills play out?
These are all interesting questions that I love to get your thoughts and perspective on. Share your thoughts or join us at the Birds of a Feather discussion at the RSA Security Conference 2017, where we will be discussing "The Future of Cyberthreats: 2017 and Beyond".