DigiCert DNS Essentials
DigiCert DNS Essentials provides foundational DNS security and reliability, ensuring your business websites and services remain accessible and protected against common threats.
- Enhanced Security: Protection against DNS spoofing and cache poisoning attacks.
- Reliable Performance: High availability DNS resolution for consistent website access.
- Simplified Management: Easy to use interface for managing DNS records.
- Proactive Monitoring: Alerts for potential DNS issues or security events.
Product Overview
Product Overview
DigiCert DNS Essentials is a cloud-based service designed to secure and manage your organization's Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure. It offers essential protection against common cyber threats targeting DNS, ensuring your online presence remains stable and accessible.
This service is ideal for small to mid-sized businesses, including IT Managers, IT Professionals, and Business Owners who need reliable DNS management without the complexity of managing their own DNS servers. It integrates into existing network environments to provide a critical layer of security and uptime for business-critical applications and websites.
- Secure DNS Resolution: Protects against common DNS attacks like spoofing and cache poisoning.
- High Availability: Ensures your domain names consistently resolve, minimizing downtime.
- Simplified Record Management: Intuitive portal for adding, editing, and deleting DNS records.
- Performance Optimization: Geo-distributed servers for faster DNS lookups.
- Basic Security Monitoring: Alerts for unusual DNS activity.
DigiCert DNS Essentials offers SMB and mid-market teams a straightforward, secure, and reliable solution for their critical DNS needs.
What This Solves
Enable secure and reliable website access
Enable teams to ensure their public-facing websites and online services are consistently accessible to customers. Protect against common DNS attacks that could lead to service disruptions and reputational damage.
E-commerce operations, customer portals, public-facing applications, SaaS platforms
Streamline DNS record management
Streamline the process of managing DNS records for multiple domains and subdomains. Simplify updates for IP address changes, email server configurations, and other critical DNS entries.
Businesses with multiple web properties, organizations undergoing infrastructure changes, companies managing external service integrations
Automate DNS security measures
Automate essential DNS security measures to defend against threats like DNS spoofing and cache poisoning. Reduce the risk of unauthorized access or redirection of your domain traffic.
Organizations prioritizing cybersecurity, businesses with compliance requirements, companies seeking to reduce manual security oversight
Key Features
Managed DNS Infrastructure
Eliminates the need for internal DNS server management, reducing IT overhead and complexity.
DDoS Protection for DNS
Defends against distributed denial-of-service attacks targeting your DNS, ensuring continuous availability.
Geo-Distributed Servers
Provides faster query responses and higher availability by resolving DNS requests from servers geographically closer to the user.
Intuitive Web Interface
Allows for easy configuration and management of DNS records without requiring specialized technical knowledge.
Security Monitoring and Alerts
Notifies administrators of potential threats or anomalies in DNS traffic, enabling prompt response.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and robust security to protect sensitive data and maintain customer trust, making secure DNS a critical component of their operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must ensure continuous access to patient portals, electronic health records, and critical systems, where DNS reliability is paramount for service delivery and compliance.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses rely on constant online access for e-commerce, booking systems, and customer engagement, where DNS downtime directly impacts revenue and customer satisfaction.
Legal & Professional Services
Professional services firms need to maintain secure and reliable access to client portals and internal systems, where data integrity and uninterrupted service are essential for client relationships and operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is DNS and why is it important for my business?
DNS, or Domain Name System, translates human-readable website names (like zentnetworks.com) into machine-readable IP addresses. It's crucial because it directs users to your website and online services; if DNS fails or is compromised, your business becomes inaccessible online.
How does DigiCert DNS Essentials protect my business?
It secures your DNS resolution process against common attacks like spoofing and cache poisoning, preventing malicious redirection of your traffic. It also ensures high availability, meaning your website and services remain accessible to your customers.
Is this service suitable for a small business?
Yes, DigiCert DNS Essentials is designed for businesses of all sizes, including SMBs, that need reliable and secure DNS management without the complexity and cost of managing their own infrastructure.
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.