The new tool enables unified multicloud visibility and real-time monitoring to detect vulnerabilities and prevent DNS-based attacks.
Akamai Technologies, the company specializing in cybersecurity and cloud computing, announced its new solution, Akamai DNS Posture Management, on June 5. This pioneering tool in the industry provides unified multicloud visibility of all DNS assets, as well as real-time monitoring capabilities and guided remediation.
This new, fully agentless solution is designed to help security teams quickly detect and respond to DNS-based attacks, certificate risks, vulnerabilities, and configuration errors that could weaken an organization’s security posture.
DNS: A Critical Entry Point for Cyberattacks
The Domain Name System (DNS) is an essential part of how the internet operates, allowing services, applications, and resources to connect across IP networks. However, due to its crucial role, it has also become a common target for attacks.
In complex enterprise environments, where it is common to operate multiple DNS solutions from different providers, ensuring a proper and secure configuration becomes a challenge. Configurations may become outdated, records incomplete, and digital certificates tied to domains may expire or fail to meet modern standards, such as resistance against quantum cryptography.
This complexity is compounded by high volumes of alerts and regulatory requirements, which can overwhelm cybersecurity teams and lead to critical incidents being overlooked.
A Comprehensive and Automated Solution
The solution presented by Akamai consolidates all information related to zones, domains, subdomains, and DNS records into a single dashboard, regardless of the provider (Akamai Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, among others). This way, security personnel can identify known vulnerabilities and configuration errors before they escalate into serious threats.
Additionally, Akamai DNS Posture Management includes a Certificate Monitor that organizes and analyzes digital certificates by domain, helping to detect risks associated with expired, misconfigured, or suspicious certificates. It also allows for visualization of the HTTP posture of the analyzed domains.
Regulatory Compliance and Cost Savings
One of the significant added values of this tool is its ability to automate regulatory compliance assessments, integrating results into incident management workflows. This enables companies to reduce compliance-related costs while simultaneously improving their security.
The solution includes specific controls for frameworks such as NIST, PCI DSS, and HIPAA, thus addressing the needs of highly regulated sectors like healthcare, banking, and e-commerce.
Sean Lyons, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Infrastructure Security Solutions and Services at Akamai, explained:
“DNS security often goes unnoticed, but it is vital for keeping the business running. Many organizations are unclear whether their DNS configurations are up to date and secure. This tool provides a clear and unified view, allowing them to act quickly, prioritize issues, and keep their networks protected and efficient.”
Prevention Against Advanced Threats
DNS errors and vulnerabilities can open the door to cyberattacks such as DNS spoofing, cache poisoning, or issuing fake certificates, thereby facilitating the creation of fraudulent sites for data theft or brand impersonation. They can also result in complete DNS service outages, causing massive disruptions to businesses and their users.
With DNS Posture Management, Akamai aims to close these attack vectors through continuous, centralized monitoring, reducing the attack surface and improving operational resilience.
Managed and Scalable Service
For organizations looking to outsource part of their management, Akamai also offers an optional managed security service that complements the internal team with experts available 24/7 on a global scale. This maximizes the return on investment for the solution and frees up resources to focus on strategic priorities.
A Step Forward in Akamai’s Comprehensive Security Vision
With this innovation, Akamai reinforces its commitment to comprehensive security from the infrastructure level, adding this solution to its catalog of leading tools in application, network, and enterprise data protection.
The company emphasizes that DNS security can no longer be considered a secondary aspect, and tools like DNS Posture Management are key to building a robust, resilient architecture prepared for growing threats.
About Akamai Technologies
Akamai is one of the world’s leading companies in cybersecurity and cloud computing services. With a global presence and a widely distributed platform, it provides solutions to protect and optimize data, applications, and corporate networks. Its services are present in more than 175 countries and are utilized by leading companies in sectors such as finance, telecommunications, healthcare, and e-commerce.