How many times a day do we hear or say, ‘I’ll just Google it’. Now while there are other search engines out there nobody can argue that Google is probably the most popular. How did we survive before these amazing pieces of tech came to be?
The question now is more so how do we know that the search returns a safe secure link to the information we are seeking? Search engines, including the most popular ones, don’t necessarily test the link before allowing it to show up. That means for you and me we need to use ‘blind trust’ which equals a danger zone in cybersecurity.
Threat actors / hackers have the ability to get their link on a search engine, and when it shows up in your results, you click on it, and they now have you as a victim! Now the big question is how do you protect your business from these potential threats, we all need to use search engines that’s just a fact. Also remember that these links can come in within emails as well.
On the other end, it’s not ‘just’ search engines we need to be cautious about. Every day, while working online, we click on links that may appear safe. However, some of these URLs contain embedded domains, which get resolved without us realizing it, and this gives cyber attackers a benefit in targeting us easily. New URLs are on the web by the thousands daily.
91% of malware relies on DNS (domain name system) resolution (source: Cisco). DNS protection could stop almost one third of the total losses from cybercrime (source: darkreading.com), that is an astounding number when you consider the amount of loss encountered daily.
Nuvollo offers a product as part of our vast security solutions called SecureDNS. The best way to describe this defense between you and malicious websites is, it doesn’t trust search engines or even us users. SecureDNS has the ability to detect, block and prevent you from reaching these malicious sites. All this is not to say if there is a site you use regularly it cannot be whitelisted if it is blocked, or that it is 100% secure no company can claim that.
SecureDNS gathers information and builds their database from all the leading cybersecurity companies plus their own honeypot which catches more to add to their vast database. SecureDNS adds tens of thousands of URLs a day, then analyzes and blocks the malicious sites so you stay protected.
Nuvollo plays a very active role in the implementation of SecureDNS as we do with all our security tools. SecureDNS is backed by Nuvollo’s Cybersecurity Team, because having a security tool and not having it configured properly is not useful, this is why we take the time not to just add it to your security portfolio but make sure it is working properly for you. Also, we maintain and work with you as time goes by to see if or what refinements you may need, such as whitelisting or blacklisting sites in SecureDNS as one example.
Nuvollo takes cybersecurity very seriously, and by using the best in breed products we can help to build the highest walls around your business to help keep threat actors from getting in!
