DigiCert DNS Essentials
DigiCert DNS Essentials provides essential protection for your domain name system, safeguarding your online presence against common threats.
- Enhanced Security: Coverage against DNS spoofing and cache poisoning attacks.
- Reliable Resolution: Protection against DDoS attacks targeting DNS infrastructure.
- Operational Continuity: Entitlement to uninterrupted domain name resolution services.
- Proactive Monitoring: Access to alerts for suspicious DNS activity.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert DNS Essentials is a cloud-based cybersecurity solution designed to protect your organization's domain name system (DNS) infrastructure. It offers critical defenses against common threats that can disrupt online operations and compromise data integrity.
This service is ideal for small to mid-market businesses, including those managed by an IT Manager or an IT Professional, who need to ensure their websites, applications, and internal network resources remain accessible and secure without the overhead of enterprise-level security teams.
- DNS Security: Defends against DNS spoofing, cache poisoning, and DDoS attacks.
- Always-On Availability: Ensures continuous domain name resolution for critical business functions.
- Threat Detection: Proactively monitors for and alerts on suspicious DNS activity.
- Simplified Management: Easy to deploy and manage, requiring minimal IT resources.
- Brand Protection: Safeguards your online reputation by preventing domain hijacking.
DigiCert DNS Essentials offers vital DNS protection for SMB and mid-market companies seeking reliable and secure online operations.
What This Solves
Enable teams to prevent DNS spoofing and cache poisoning
Enable teams to protect their domain names from being hijacked or redirected to malicious sites. Streamline the process of ensuring that users always connect to the legitimate online resources.
Online retail operations, customer-facing web applications, internal corporate portals
Streamline protection against DNS-based DDoS attacks
Streamline the defense against distributed denial-of-service attacks that target DNS servers, overwhelming them and causing service outages. Automate the mitigation of traffic spikes to maintain service availability.
E-commerce platforms, SaaS providers, businesses with high website traffic
Automate monitoring for suspicious DNS activity
Automate the detection and alerting of unusual DNS queries or changes that could indicate a security breach or ongoing attack. Enable IT staff to respond quickly to potential threats before they impact operations.
Companies with regulatory compliance needs, businesses with sensitive data, organizations with remote workforces
Key Features
DNS Security
Protects against DNS spoofing, cache poisoning, and DDoS attacks to prevent unauthorized access and service disruptions.
High Availability
Ensures continuous domain name resolution, keeping your websites and online services accessible to customers and employees.
Threat Monitoring
Proactively detects and alerts on suspicious DNS activity, enabling rapid response to potential security incidents.
Simplified Deployment
Easy to implement and manage, requiring minimal IT resources and expertise for effective protection.
Brand Reputation Protection
Safeguards your online identity and customer trust by preventing domain hijacking and malicious redirection.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and robust security to protect sensitive customer data and maintain trust, making DNS protection critical for preventing fraud and ensuring uninterrupted service.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must ensure continuous access to patient portals, electronic health records, and critical systems, where DNS reliability is paramount for operational continuity and compliance with regulations like HIPAA.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses rely heavily on their online presence for sales and bookings; protecting their DNS ensures customers can access websites and make transactions without interruption, safeguarding revenue.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers handle confidential client information and depend on secure, always-available communication channels and client portals, making DNS integrity essential for business operations and client trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is DNS and why is it important to protect?
DNS, or Domain Name System, translates human-readable domain names (like www.example.com) into machine-readable IP addresses. Protecting it is crucial because disruptions or compromises can make your website inaccessible, lead to data breaches, or redirect users to malicious sites.
What types of attacks does DigiCert DNS Essentials protect against?
DigiCert DNS Essentials provides protection against common DNS threats including DNS spoofing, cache poisoning, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting your DNS infrastructure.
Is this service suitable for small businesses?
Yes, DigiCert DNS Essentials is designed for small to mid-market businesses that need essential DNS protection without the complexity and cost of enterprise-grade solutions. It offers straightforward deployment and management.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.