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5 DNS Security Risks That Keep You Up At Night

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5 DNS Security Risks That Keep You Up At Night (And How To Get Back To Sleep)
There are things that go bump in the night, and things that go bump against your DNS security. You probably know about the risk of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, but other threats lurk in the dark. Security threats against DNS infrastructure are both serious and growing. In fact, according to a 2013 Arbor Networks survey, the largest DDoS attack (60 Gbps) targeted DNS infrastructure. In that same survey, twice the number of respondents claimed to have experienced customer-impacting DDoS attacks on their DNS infrastructure in 2013 versus 2012. Yet, 19% of organizations have no dedicated group responsible for DNS security.

1 When it comes to keeping your DNS secure, do you know what you’re up against?  

Here are five of the most pervasive DNS threats - see attached White Paper

[source]DYN www.dyn.com

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