This new report from Gartner, is filled with rich details about the many ways that the DNS can be used to harden network defenses. DNS presents security and risk management leaders with some excellent opportunities to anticipate, prevent, detect and respond to prevailing threats. Organizations should implement DNS security to protect users, devices and other critical infrastructure. Implement DNS threat prevention and blocking capabilities — and, if possible, also monitor DNS traffic for other anomalies like data exfiltration. In some cases this might not be a new product, as this functionality may be present in one of your existing products. Ideally it can be used for enforcement as well as monitoring use cases.

The complexity of the network is growing beyond the reach of traditional IP address tools. The need for accurate and dynamic IP address management (IPAM) is becoming even more crucial. Today's need for IPAM has gone beyond IP address tracking and allocation to centrally maintain a real-time view of additions, moves, and changes.

Infoblox Enterprise DDI combines three critical core network services—DNS, DHCP and IP address management—into a single scalable platform that includes advanced security, reliability, and unmatched operational efficiencies.