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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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6/26/2017 | 5:54:00 AM
With so many data breaches making headlines in recent months, each new cyberattack is a business lesson not learnt and an opportunity to step up cyber security completely missed.
IT security is often in danger of being an issue that only the IT department cares about and can be seen by the C suite as a business cost that doesn't add to revenue streams. That is, of course, until a breach takes place and the costs of resolving the issues become very much the business leader's concern.
For business leaders, whether in the US or further afield, having more visibility of the cybersecurity risks happening daily in their company is vital to changing this attitude and preventing the cost of resolving breaches climbing even further.
There are currently software tools which can physically show activity which could lead to a breach taking place, whether this is unsafe password practices or general risky behaviour happening around the office in real time. But the truth is that IT security isn't just an 'as and when' requirement. Having effective security software isn't just valuable when a breach takes place. It can help the company remain competitive, close business deals and build trust with customers, partners and the supply chain.
In order to bring these statistics down across the board, IT teams need to encourage business leaders to see preventative IT security measures as a future-proofing investment, like a form of insurance. It's always better to be safe than sorry, but once a company has been the victim of a data breach, it's too late and the measures needed to resolve the issue will inevitably be complex, disruptive and costly.
http://www.isdecisions.com/why-management-should-care-IT-security/