New Service Provides Proactive DNS Security

New DNS Security product Helps Prevents Connections to Known Malicious Internet Locations

IID (Internet Identity), a provider of technology and services that help organizations secure Internet presence, this week announced the availability a new DNS security product designed to prevent enterprise employee and system connections to known malicious Internet locations. The service, ActiveTrust Resolver, alerts security teams about potential compromises on their networks such as botnets and advanced persistent threats (APTs). By utilizing this secure gateway, an enterprise can ensure its employees and IT systems are not routed to destinations that could jeopardize communications, proprietary information, customers’ private data and more.

DNS resolvers connect outbound requests for Internet hostnames with the (hopefully) correct Internet IP address. Every URL, e-mail, or on-line process is reliant on a DNS resolver to correctly route users and machines to a given destination. IID ActiveTrust Resolver is designed from the ground up with security in mind, incorporating IID’s ActiveKnowledge™ database of malicious Internet locations into a platform to protect enterprises at the DNS level, providing unparalleled protection from a wide range of today’s malicious threats. It blocks enterprise users and IT systems from connection to hosts, domain names and IP addresses that are known to be malicious, and routes the connections elsewhere so security is maintained and compromised machines can be identified.

Beyond blocking known dangerous locations, ActiveTrust Resolver takes a number of proactive steps to track and prevent the spread of malicious connections or infection through its unique TrapTrace features. By employing these optional TrapTrace services, enterprises can be instantly notified when a compromised machine tries to access a command-and-control server or transmit sensitive data to a known drop zone. These connections are blocked so the machines can be pinpointed, isolated and identified for immediate cleaning by an enterprise’s security or IT staff. Further, if users attempt to reach phishing or malware distribution sites, the security department can be notified so they can track down “spear phishing” attacks or educate people at the moment they are fooled by the latest scams.

“Typical DNS resolvers in use today, besides being susceptible to various attacks, lack the built-in security layer necessary to identify malicious locations and protect enterprise users,” said IID president and CTO Rod Rasmussen. “As a result, the current DNS resolution process doesn’t prevent arrival to known malicious locations. IID is dedicated to changing that.”

In February, Internet Identity introduced a border gateway protocol (BGP) security solution for the extended enterprise designed to detect, diagnose, and mitigate BGP security threats. The comany is based in Tacoma, Washington.