DigiCert DNS Essentials
DigiCert DNS Essentials provides essential protection for your domain's DNS infrastructure, ensuring continuous availability and security for your online services.
- Enhanced Security: Coverage against common DNS threats like DDoS attacks and DNS spoofing.
- Improved Reliability: Protection against downtime caused by DNS resolution failures or attacks.
- Simplified Management: Entitlement to tools that simplify DNS record configuration and monitoring.
- Access to Support: Coverage for technical assistance to resolve DNS related issues promptly.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert DNS Essentials is a cloud-based service designed to secure and stabilize your organization's Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure. It offers critical protection against various cyber threats that target DNS, ensuring your websites and online services remain accessible and performant.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in small to mid-market companies who need to safeguard their digital assets without the complexity of enterprise-level security solutions. It integrates into existing network environments to provide a foundational layer of DNS security and reliability.
- DDoS Mitigation: Defends against distributed denial-of-service attacks aimed at overwhelming your DNS servers.
- DNSSEC Support: Enables DNS Security Extensions to authenticate DNS responses and prevent data tampering.
- Global Anycast Network: Utilizes a distributed network for high availability and low latency DNS resolution.
- Traffic Management: Provides tools to manage DNS traffic and direct users to the correct resources.
- Proactive Monitoring: Offers alerts and insights into DNS performance and potential security events.
DigiCert DNS Essentials offers SMB and mid-market teams a vital layer of security and reliability for their DNS, ensuring business continuity and protecting against common online threats.
What This Solves
Secure DNS Resolution
Enable teams to protect their domain names from malicious attacks that could redirect traffic or cause service outages. Streamline the process of ensuring that user requests are consistently and securely resolved to the correct IP addresses.
online services, web presence, brand protection, network security
DDoS Attack Mitigation
Automate defenses against distributed denial-of-service attacks targeting DNS infrastructure, preventing service disruptions. Protect against the financial and reputational damage caused by website or application unavailability.
high-traffic websites, e-commerce platforms, critical applications, business continuity
DNSSEC Implementation
Streamline the adoption of DNS Security Extensions to validate the authenticity of DNS responses, preventing cache poisoning and man-in-the-middle attacks. Enhance trust and security for all users accessing your online resources.
compliance requirements, data integrity, secure communications, digital trust
Key Features
Distributed Anycast Network
Ensures high availability and fast DNS resolution by distributing traffic across multiple global data centers.
DDoS Protection
Mitigates attacks that aim to overwhelm DNS servers, preventing service outages and protecting your online presence.
DNSSEC Support
Authenticates DNS responses, preventing data tampering and ensuring users connect to legitimate websites and services.
Traffic Management Tools
Allows for intelligent routing of traffic and management of DNS records to optimize performance and availability.
Proactive Monitoring and Alerting
Provides visibility into DNS health and security, enabling prompt response to potential issues.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and robust security to protect sensitive customer data and maintain trust, making secure DNS a critical component of their operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must ensure continuous access to patient portals, electronic health records, and critical systems, where DNS reliability is paramount for patient care and compliance.
Retail & Hospitality
Businesses in this sector rely heavily on their online presence for sales and customer engagement; any DNS-related downtime can directly impact revenue and customer experience.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers handle confidential client information and depend on secure, uninterrupted access to their online platforms and communication channels.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is DNS and why is it important to secure?
DNS, or Domain Name System, translates human-readable website names (like zentnetworks.com) into machine-readable IP addresses. Securing DNS is crucial because it's a common target for cyberattacks that can disrupt services, steal data, or redirect users to malicious sites.
How does DigiCert DNS Essentials protect against DDoS attacks?
It utilizes a globally distributed network of servers and advanced traffic filtering techniques to absorb and mitigate the impact of DDoS attacks, ensuring your DNS remains operational even under heavy load.
Is this service suitable for small businesses?
Yes, DigiCert DNS Essentials is designed for businesses of all sizes, including SMBs, offering enterprise-grade DNS security and reliability without the complexity or cost of managing it in-house.
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.