Managed DNS

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Managed DNS

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Get the Most out of Your DNS

  • Performance

    A Premium DNS Solution must resolve lookups in just a few milliseconds, no matter where your query is from. If speed is part of your brand story, then Route 53 is where it all starts.

  • Precision for Traffic-Steering

    Advanced traffic steering capabilities ensure optimized resource utilization and power consumption, but also the fastest user experience, even at the largest scales.

  • Availability

    If your DNS is indeed premium and utilizes Route 53, expect a leap in DNS Traffic when it’s deployed, as traffic won’t time out anymore during lookups, even from exotic areas.

  • Premium Features

    It’s not premium unless it includes Dedicated DNS, Dual/Multi DNS, API-first Architecture, DDI, and Mainland China DNS.

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It’s easy to get lost in the saturated, elusive market of Premium DNS. We help you choose and configure a solution to considerably speed up end-user requests compared to your current provider, all the way from whole seconds to milliseconds.

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An icon representing a computer monitor displaying fluctuating graphs,accompanied by a clock icon. SEO Performance

Improve your SERP ranking and get more organic traffic due to enhanced performance & availability allowed by Premium DNS. We’ll help you exhaust every paid-for feature to maximize its contribution to your search engine visibility.

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A simplistic,stylized outline of a superhero's head with pointed ears and a fierce expression. Business Continuity

Insure your web assets and brand reputation from malicious incidents like DDoS. As market experts, we will make sure to gear you with a complete solution, combining performance and security.

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An illustration of a hand giving a thumbs up alongside a star Future-Proof Operations

Taking a holistic look at your business, we equip you with a premium DNS that can be managed in harmony with your existing or planned architecture: via APIs only, Terraform or Pipelines.

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Is DNS Your Security Achilles Heel?

This white paper explains how attackers take advantage of recursive DNS and provides best practices you can follow to mitigate the risks.

Is DNS Your Security Achilles Heel?
  • What is a DNS management system?

    A DNS management system is a specialized platform or service designed to simplify, centralize, and optimize the control and configuration of Domain Name System (DNS) records. It allows administrators to efficiently manage domain-related settings like IP address mappings, subdomains, and additional DNS records (e.g., A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, etc.). A DNS management system directly impacts security posture and operational resilience. DNS is often a target for attackers because of its critical role in connecting users to resources. Managed DNS systems help enforce security best practices (like DNSSEC and rate limiting), provide visibility into misuse, and improve overall response capabilities during incidents. By centralizing and automating DNS, security teams can reduce manual errors, improve incident response times, and gain deeper insight into their organization’s DNS footprint—critical for minimizing attack surfaces. Managed DNS systems rely on distributed infrastructure with redundant, global DNS servers connected via anycast. They dynamically route queries based on policies, monitor query traffic for anomalies, and apply security measures such as encryption, rate limiting, and IP whitelisting to defend against misuse. By integrating with CDNs, firewalls, and load balancers, these systems ensure seamless delivery of both secure and performant services. This combination of optimized routing, automated failover, and advanced security mechanisms not only improves user experience but also fortifies an organization’s defense against DNS-based attacks.

  • How does a managed DNS system work?

    A managed DNS system enhances both performance and security by leveraging advanced technologies and best practices that optimize how domain name resolutions occur while safeguarding the DNS infrastructure from threats. 

    In deed, for performance enhancement, it offers:

    • Global Anycast Networks: Managed DNS providers use anycast routing to direct DNS queries to the nearest or least-congested server. This reduces latency and improves the speed of name resolution.
    • Traffic Steering and Load Balancing: It uses policies like GeoDNS (directing users to geographically closest servers) and Weighted Round Robin (distributing load across multiple endpoints) to optimize user experiences and reduce server strain.
    • Caching and Redundancy: Intelligent caching at distributed points minimizes repeat queries, ensuring quicker response times for frequently accessed domains.
    • High Availability and Failover: Managed DNS services ensure reliability with redundant infrastructure and automated failover capabilities, keeping services online during outages.

    For security enhancements, it offers:

    • DNSSEC: Protects against DNS spoofing and cache poisoning by adding cryptographic signatures to DNS records, ensuring data integrity.
    • DDoS Mitigation: Managed DNS providers often include DDoS protection, absorbing and mitigating high volumes of malicious traffic targeting DNS servers.
    • Monitoring and Alerts: Real-time monitoring helps detect unusual activity or attacks, allowing security teams to act swiftly.
    • Access Control and Auditing: Role-based access controls (RBAC) and detailed logging ensure only authorized users can modify records, reducing the risk of insider threats or misconfigurations.
    • Dynamic Updates and APIs: Automated updates through APIs allow rapid response to changes, such as redirecting traffic away from compromised endpoints or integrating threat intelligence.
  • What are the primary use cases for a managed DNS system?

    By offering centralized management, advanced automation, and robust security features, managed DNS systems address the challenges of modern, globally distributed infrastructures and dynamic user demands like: 

    • High-Availability Applications: Managed DNS systems use failover mechanisms to automatically redirect traffic to backup servers when primary systems fail, ensuring uninterrupted availability during server outages or disasters.
    • Global Content Delivery: GeoDNS and Anycast routing direct users to the nearest server or data center, minimizing response times and enhancing performance, reducing latency and optimizing user experience for a globally distributed audience.
    • Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Environments: A managed DNS centralizes record management, enabling unified updates and reducing misconfigurations in complex environments.
    • DDoS Protection Managed DNS providers often include built-in DDoS mitigation that absorbs and deflects attack traffic, keeping DNS resolution functional.
    • Scalable E-commerce Platforms:  Managed DNS systems can distribute traffic load across multiple servers and dynamically adjust records to accommodate increased demand handling in this way traffic spikes during peak shopping periods.
    • Secure Data Integrity with DNSSEC: Managed DNS systems enforce DNSSEC, which cryptographically signs DNS records to ensure authenticity and integrity protecting against DNS spoofing and cache poisoning.
    • Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity:Managed DNS enables quick failover routing and traffic rerouting to alternative sites or cloud resources, ensuring minimal downtime and maintaining service during unexpected failures or disasters.
  • Do I need DNS management?

    The need for DNS management depends on your organization’s size, infrastructure, and requirements for performance, scalability, and security. Some indicators where DNS management is crucial and the benefits it brings are:

    • Complex Infrastructure: You manage multiple domains, subdomains, or hybrid environments (e.g., multi-cloud, on-prem, and edge). Centralized management simplifies configurations and reduces errors when coordinating DNS updates across multiple environments.
    • High Traffic or Global Reach: Your applications or websites serve users from multiple geographic locations. Managed DNS leverages GeoDNS and Anycast to reduce latency, enhance user experience, and improve response times globally.
    • Frequent Updates and Automation: You frequently update DNS records, such as for DevOps pipelines, dynamic IPs, or CI/CD integrations. APIs and automation tools in managed DNS systems streamline updates and integrate seamlessly with modern workflows.
    • Security Concerns: You need to protect your DNS from threats like spoofing, DDoS attacks, or cache poisoning. Features like DNSSEC, real-time monitoring, and DDoS mitigation enhance DNS security and minimize attack surfaces.
    • Disaster Recovery and Resilience: You require high availability and failover capabilities for business continuity. Managed DNS enables automatic traffic redirection during server outages or failures, ensuring uptime.
    • Scalable Solutions: Your business experiences seasonal spikes or unpredictable traffic patterns. Load balancing and traffic steering in managed DNS systems adapt to traffic demands without manual intervention.
  • How will I know which of all the premium DNS features I need?

    Before choosing and implementing a Premium DNS we scope all your current and planned needs, starting with the public, managed DNS portion of your assets. Then, based on your technical requirements, we may recommend – or not – additional Premium Features.

  • Can I pay only for the Premium DNS features I need?

    Packages are usually feature-fixed. However, it is our job to help you exhaust every feature for better performance. We also keep in touch post-implementation to recommend additional features as the need arises, such as advanced traffic steering.

  • If it's premium, can I go with a basic package?

    Even basic Premium DNS setups provide access to many exceptionally valuable Features. We help you to integrate these right from the start, and to configure it in a way which might save the need for a more costly plan.

  • Who do I go to for support? GlobalDots or the DNS provider?

    GlobalDots has a world-class Team of DNS experts. It will be GlobalDots assisting you throughout the scoping, the implementation, the fine tuning, and the maintenance of your Premium DNS product. This goes far beyond what the vendor would entitle you to under normal circumstances, and this is how we keep 100+ happy DNS Customers worldwide.

Stay Cloud-to-Date

The world of cloud changes quickly. Stay up-to-date with the latest trends & innovation, extensively explored in our resource library.

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    Downtime is Pricy, Solution isn’t: How to Stay Out of DNS Outages

    The recent global DNS outages, with the latest addition of Facebook-Instagram-WhatsApp, are a call to transform your approach to DNS solutions. In this webinar, we explore whether cloud-borne environments are really fail-proof and how businesses can use the most advanced cybersecurity methods and DNS solutions to minimize their risk of server failures, code misconfigurations, DDoS […]

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    Webinar: Stay Out of Outages – The BCP Element No One Talks About

    The onslaught of recent outages at major infrastructure providers like Fastly, Cloudflare and Akamai, reminds us of the importance of a holistic business continuity strategy that leaves nothing to chance. Yes, that includes often-overlooked web protocols like DNS. Learn about the DNS strategies that can increase uptime on this webinar, featuring our friends at NS1.

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    Facebook Will Happen Again: DNS Outages and Interconnected Systems

    Last week’s massive outage on the Facebook-Instagram-WhatsApp ecosystem left many of us puzzled and concerned: How did our entire social communication (and news source for many) become so dependent in a single, non-regulated conglomerate? How come this conglomerate can fail over a seemingly-trivial reason such as DNS? And what are the dangers of our over-reliance […]

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    Ebook: DNS Best Practices to Proactively Protect Against Malware

    Proactively protecting your company against malware, ransomware, and phishing at the DNS control-point, as opposed to retroactive triage and remediation, simply makes sense. A cloud-based solution is ideal given ease of configuration and deployment, limiting exposure time and ensuring 100% compliance across all branches, employees, and devices on your network near instantaneously. However, layering an […]

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    Is DNS Your Security Achilles Heel?

    With the constant drumbeat of news reports about security breaches, cyber security is hardto ignore. Organizations understand that they need comprehensive solutions that prevent,detect, and respond to security threats. They often implement multiple layers of securitycontrols to protect their IT systems.Yet gaps remain. Many organizations have a blind spot when it comes to the Domain […]

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    Designing DNS for Availability and Resilience Against DDoS Attacks

    Fast DNS provides organizations with an authoritative DNS service to connect end users withtheir websites and other applications. While much attention is paid to performance, organizationsoften overlook the importance of availability and resilience for DNS—especially against DDoSattacks that seek to disrupt the service and prevent end users from connecting. Akamai designedFast DNS to remain available […]

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    DNSSEC: The Key to a Modern Cybersecurity Posture

    Achieving and maintaining a comprehensive cybersecurity posture is critical for modern enterprises. In this article we discuss  how organizations can use DNSSEC to protect themselves from DNS cyber at

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    What is DNS Hijacking and Mitigation Methods

    DNS hijacking attacks have become widespread. In this article we discuss DNS hijacking attacks and how you can mitigate them.

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    The Advantages of Using Cloud-Based DNS in Modern Business

    The Advantages of Using Cloud-Based DNS in Modern Business

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    Recursive DNS Security Gaps And How To Address Them

    Recursive DNS Security Gaps And How To Address Them

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    Rethink Your DNS Strategy with Multi-DNS

    Rethink Your DNS Strategy with Multi-DNS

  • Content Delivery Network (CDN)
    Agile Content partners with GlobalDots to revolutionize CDN management ahead of IBC 2024

    New partnership between Agile Content and GlobalDots promises to introduce automated multi-CDN solutions, optimizing content delivery and easing provider management for broadcasters worldwide. Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 9th, 2024 – Agile Content, a leading provider of digital TV and video distribution solutions, proudly announces its strategic partnership with GlobalDots, a global leader in cloud performance optimization and […]

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    An expert’s analysis: Here’s what we need to build a better IoT

    Eduardo Rocha, Senior Solutions Engineer at GlobalDots, contributed a guest post to BuiltIn, the online community for startups and tech companies.  In the article, he outlined his approach for creating an IoT infrastructure that is both durable and secure. Here are some of the main takeaways: 1. The IoT industry has seen a steady growth over the past […]

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