New DNS Armor can help detect, mitigate domain name system risks

The Domain Name System (DNS) is like the internet’s phone book, automatically and near-instantly translating requests for websites and mobile apps from their domain names to the Internet Protocol addresses of the actual computers hosting them. As part of the bedrock of the internet, DNS and domain name lookup are also prime vehicles for threat actors to launch cyberattacks, so DNS-based protections can act as an important early layer of defense against cyberattacks. 

Using DNS to advance cyberattacks is a serious threat, and Infoblox indicated 92% of malware uses DNS for command and control communication in a study published this year. To support the security choice of our customers, we’re partnering with Infoblox to deliver DNS Armor, a cloud-native DNS security service available now in preview. 

DNS Armor provides preemptive threat detection for internet-bound DNS queries initiated from Google Cloud workloads. It complements our existing cloud-first network security ...