DigiCert DNS Essentials
DigiCert DNS Essentials provides essential protection for your domain name system, safeguarding against common threats and ensuring continuous availability for your critical online services.
- Enhanced Security: Coverage against DNS spoofing and cache poisoning attacks to protect your brand reputation and customer trust.
- Improved Availability: Protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks targeting your DNS infrastructure, minimizing downtime.
- Reliable Performance: Entitlement to a stable and responsive DNS resolution service, crucial for consistent access to your websites and applications.
- Simplified Management: Access to a user-friendly platform for managing your DNS records, reducing administrative burden and potential errors.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert DNS Essentials is a cloud-based Domain Name System security and management solution designed to protect your organization's online presence. It offers critical defenses against common cyber threats targeting DNS, ensuring your domain names resolve correctly and reliably.
This service is ideal for Business Owners, IT Managers, and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to secure their public-facing websites, applications, and email services without the complexity of managing on-premises DNS infrastructure.
- DDoS Protection: Defends against volumetric attacks that aim to overwhelm your DNS servers and disrupt service availability.
- DNSSEC Support: Enables the deployment of DNS Security Extensions to authenticate DNS responses and prevent data tampering.
- Global Anycast Network: Utilizes a distributed network of servers for high availability and low-latency query responses worldwide.
- Managed DNS Records: Provides an intuitive interface for creating, editing, and managing all types of DNS records.
- Proactive Threat Monitoring: Continuously monitors for suspicious activity and potential threats to your DNS infrastructure.
DigiCert DNS Essentials offers SMB and mid-market teams a vital layer of security and reliability for their domain name system, simplifying management and reducing operational risk.
What This Solves
Enable secure and reliable website access
Enable teams to ensure their public-facing websites and applications are consistently accessible to customers and partners. Streamline the process of directing internet traffic to your online services with high availability.
public websites, e-commerce platforms, customer portals, cloud applications
Protect against DNS-based cyberattacks
Protect against common threats like DNS spoofing, cache poisoning, and DDoS attacks that can compromise your brand and disrupt business operations. Automate defenses to maintain the integrity and availability of your domain name system.
online services, customer data protection, brand reputation management, threat mitigation
Simplify DNS record management
Streamline the management of all your DNS records through a centralized, user-friendly cloud interface. Automate record updates and configurations to reduce manual effort and minimize the risk of human error.
multi-domain environments, cloud migrations, application deployments, IT administration
Key Features
Managed DNS Resolution
Ensures your domain names are consistently and accurately translated into IP addresses, keeping your online services accessible.
DDoS Mitigation for DNS
Protects your DNS infrastructure from denial-of-service attacks, preventing downtime and maintaining service availability.
DNSSEC Support
Authenticates DNS responses, preventing attackers from redirecting users to malicious sites and protecting data integrity.
Global Anycast Network
Provides high availability and low latency for DNS queries from anywhere in the world, improving user experience.
User-Friendly Management Portal
Simplifies the creation, modification, and management of DNS records, reducing administrative overhead and potential errors.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and robust security to protect sensitive customer data and maintain trust, making secure DNS resolution a critical component of their operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA and ensure continuous access to patient portals and critical systems, necessitating reliable and secure DNS.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses rely heavily on online presence for sales, bookings, and customer engagement, making DNS availability and security essential for revenue generation and customer satisfaction.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers handle confidential client information and require consistent access to their online platforms, making DNS security and reliability paramount for business operations and client trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is DNS and why is it important for my business?
DNS, or Domain Name System, translates human-readable domain names (like zentnetworks.com) into machine-readable IP addresses. It's crucial because it directs users to your website, email servers, and other online services. Without proper DNS management, your customers cannot find you online.
How does DigiCert DNS Essentials protect against cyberattacks?
It defends against common DNS-based attacks such as DDoS, DNS spoofing, and cache poisoning. These attacks can disrupt your online services, steal data, or redirect users to fake websites, all of which can harm your business.
Is this service suitable for a small business?
Yes, DigiCert DNS Essentials is designed for businesses of all sizes, including SMBs. It provides enterprise-level security and reliability for your DNS without requiring complex in-house infrastructure or specialized IT staff.
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.