DDI Observability Metrics: Assess DNS and DHCP Availability
A Green Server Does Not Prove the Service Is Healthy DDI observability metrics matter because an appliance can look healthy while the service behind it is already degrading. A DNS server may answer a...
View ArticleH1 2026 DNS Threat Intelligence: DGA as an early Malware Indicator
Can You Detect an Attack While It Is Still Being Prepared? Attackers leave DNS breadcrumbs in plain sight before they strike . EfficientIP’s H1 2026 research shows how DGA activity can serve as an...
View ArticleMulti-Cloud DNS Governance: Keep DNS Consistent Across Clouds
Introduction Multi-cloud DNS becomes difficult when network and platform teams make locally valid decisions that conflict across environments. The challenge is coordinating naming, private zones and...
View ArticleAliExpress Phishing Campaign: What EfficientIP Research Labs Uncovered
Key Findings EfficientIP Research Labs identified ten potential [.]cyou domains before registration. Their activation on July 2 led researchers to uncover an AliExpress phishing campaign. The domains...
View ArticleRoot KSK Rollover 2026: Prepare Your DNS Resolvers
The 2026 Root Zone KSK rollover is a scheduled DNSSEC change that every operator of validating DNS resolvers should prepare for. Most properly updated resolvers should transition without any visible...
View ArticleMicrosoft DNS Vulnerability: Why Hybrid DNS Matters
Microsoft’s September 2026 Security Update included a notable Microsoft DNS vulnerability, alongside additional vulnerabilities affecting Windows DNS and DHCP Server, raising an important question...
View ArticlePython Network Automation: When to Use Objects vs REST APIs
Introduction Python network automation often begins with a small script that sends a request, receives JSON, and applies a change. That model is effective for focused tasks. As automation expands into...
View Article10 NIST DNS Security Insights from SP 800-81 Co-Author Scott Rose
What Are the Most Important NIST DNS Security Insights? The most important insights are to treat DNS as an active part of enterprise security, understand how it is currently used, apply protective...
View ArticleEfficientIP Cisco ISE Integration for Consistent Policy Enforcement
Enterprise access policies depend on accurate, up-to-date information about the devices and users connecting to the network. Yet network and security teams often manage this information across...
View ArticleTrusted Network Knowledge for AI-Driven NetOps
AI is moving from experimentation to a new model for running networks. But as network environments become more distributed across cloud, edge, IoT, and hybrid infrastructure, the challenge is not a...
View ArticleCarrier-Grade DNS: Foundation for Modern Telecom Networks
Telecom networks are becoming more distributed and complex. Operators must support 5G, cloud, edge, IoT, rising traffic, and new digital services while maintaining service continuity, DNS performance,...
View ArticleCloud DNS Architecture Is Not Just DNS in the Cloud
Key Takeaways Enterprise architects often group several delivery models under one label. Yet each cloud DNS architecture creates different boundaries for DNS automation and DNS visibility, especially...
View ArticleTelco DNS Challenges: Business Pressure to DNS Pain Points
Telecom operators face growing business, operational, and security pressures. Subscribers expect fast, reliable, always-available digital services. At the same time, operators must support 5G, cloud,...
View ArticleEfficientIP Multi-Vendor Overlay Management for DNS and DHCP
DNS and DHCP rarely live in one place anymore. A typical enterprise runs Microsoft DNS on-prem, DNS records scattered across AWS, Azure, and now Google Cloud, while DHCP creeps out to edge devices as...
View ArticleSOLIDserver 9.1 Network Governance Reaches Further
With the release of SOLIDserverTM 9.1, network governance extends to cloud, edge, and virtual environments that until now sat outside its reach. SOLIDserver 9.1 now introduces new capabilities that...
View ArticleNIST DNS Security: A Practical Enterprise Roadmap
NIST DNS Security is entering a new phase with NIST SP 800-81r3, turning DNS from a background infrastructure service into an active security control for protection, visibility, resilience, and...
View ArticleGuidance for Modern DNS Architecture Operations
Modern DNS Architecture Operations are built on the foundations described in the first part of this guide: focusing on role separation, DNS estate discovery, hidden primary architecture, resolver...
View ArticleGuidance for Modern DNS Architecture Foundations
DNS Architecture Foundations are now essential for enterprise modernization. Hybrid and multicloud, remote work, cloud-native applications, AI-driven workloads, and Zero Trust initiatives all depend...
View ArticleDNS Infrastructure Modernization: It Can’t Wait
For decades, DNS was treated as infrastructure plumbing; invisible, functional, and largely ignored until something broke. That era is over. DNS infrastructure modernization has become one of the most...
View ArticleGigaOm DNS Security 2026: EfficientIP Named a Leader
GigaOm DNS Security 2026 confirms a fundamental shift in how organizations approach cybersecurity. DNS is no longer just infrastructure, but a strategic control point at the earliest stage of the...
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