Benefits of Verisign Managed DNS

Companies of all sizes are facing increasing growth in IP services leading to greater IT complexity, cost and vulnerabilities. For most, addressing this need is a distraction from the company’s core focus and mission, yet it cannot be ignored.

Verisign® Managed DNS removes the burden of maintaining a highly available Domain Name System from the IT organization, and delivers network reliability that translates into tangible business benefits.

Availability of DNS zones 100 percent of the time

DNS is a critical aspect of your Internet infrastructure that keeps web sites, email, and the growing array of online systems and applications up and running. Verisign Managed DNS provides DNS zone availability 100 percent of the time.

Enhanced DNS response time

As more commerce, productivity, and customer services move to the Web, the need for scale and the ability to reach all customers regardless of location becomes a business requirement. Verisign Managed DNS extends your online infrastructure by supporting DNS on its globally deployed constellation.

ROUTE DNS TRAFFIC BASED ON VISITOR LOCATION

Verisign Managed DNS supports Geo Location, which allows website owners to customize responses for end-users based on their physical location or IP address, giving them the ability to deliver location-specific content, advertisements, and offers more relevant to a potential customer. Verisign allows customers to configure Geo Location rules based on the visitor’s city, where as most providers only allow down to the country or state level. Geo Location can also be used to globally load balance website traffic, which helps to optimize network speed, functionality and reliability.

Cost savings over in-house DNS solutions

Many companies are managing their own DNS internally, handing the task as a "slice of time" for a system administrator (who likely lacks true DNS expertise). Verisign Managed DNS delivers more reliability, better performance, and the support of leading experts in DNS at what will typically be a fraction of the combined costs for system administrator time, patching, hardware purchase, deployment, maintenance, and bandwidth.

Simplified DNS management through intuitive, error-checking console

DNS is a specialized technology. Very few companies have true DNS experts managing their DNS zones, and a simple configuration error can have catastrophic effects. Verisign Managed DNS includes a management portal that incorporates a variety of error-checking capabilities, simplifying the task of DNS management.

IMPROVE DNS SECURITY WITH DNSSEC

Verisign Managed DNS incorporates DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) compliance, an essential feature that helps bolster the security and performance of enterprise network services. By applying digital signatures to DNS data to authenticate its origin and verify its integrity as it moves throughout the Internet, security extensions are designed to protect the DNS from man-in-the-middle attacks that corrupt, or poison, DNS data. Verisign makes the complex process of managing DNSSEC easier by signing all zone files in a customer’s account, continually checking the status of DNSSEC keys to ensure they are valid, and automatically publishing new keys after the existing ones expire - the most challenging component of DNSSEC.

Access to experts who manage and maintain DNS

Despite even the best of tools and services, incidents will always occur that put critical online systems at risk. Verisign Managed DNS provides that in the event of a DNS incident that threatens your business (e.g., large-scale DDoS attack), you have access to some of the world’s leading experts in running high-availability systems, not just for DNS but for networks in general.

Learn more about which Verisign Managed DNS package is right for you.