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OVERVIEW
What is DNS Filtering?
DNS filtering acts as a digital gatekeeper, preventing access to websites that could harm your network or distract your team. It leverages the Domain Name System (DNS) – essentially the internet's phonebook – to enable easy navigation using domain names like NordLayer.com.
In addition, DNS filtering sets boundaries on accessible content to improve security, increase productivity, and optimize network performance. It empowers administrators and educators alike to protect sensitive data and manage content effectively, shielding all users from various online threats to content-related risks.
HOW IT WORKS
How does DNS filtering work?
Normally, when trying to reach a website, your DNS server uses its own “phonebook" to look up the domain or IP address. Once found, the server enables a connection between your browser and the web server hosting the website.
With DNS filtering, the same request is subjected to a few additional filters to ensure the site is secure and access is authorized through your organization. If the site is on a blocklist or is malicious, the DNS resolver will block the request, preventing the site from loading and stopping a potential cybersecurity risk.
Why does your business need DNS Filtering?
Why does your business need DNS Filtering?
Boost productivity
Manage internet content access to reduce distractions and enhance focus, particularly by limiting access to non-work-related sites.
Security compliance
Adhere to industry regulations to avoid legal and reputational risks.
Improve network performance
Optimize bandwidth by restricting access to high-bandwidth activities like streaming and large file downloads.
Internet threat prevention
Protect your network by blocking access to malicious websites that can infect your network with phishing, malware, and ransomware attacks.
Remote workers' security
Ensures safe internet use, blocking threats before they reach the user, and maintains compliance across all locations. Ideal for safeguarding sensitive data in a hybrid team setup.
Filtering for safer internet access
Create a secure online environment by blocking inappropriate or harmful content. This feature helps to safeguard children and young adults across various settings, preventing access to adult and dangerous websites.
CHOOSING NORDLAYER
Benefits of NordLayer DNS Filtering service
NordLayer’s ThreatBlock technology is designed to identify and block access to malicious domains by integrating multiple trusted threat intelligence sources.
NordLayer's machine learning algorithms continuously update our DNS filtering database with new websites, ensuring protection that keeps pace with the internet's changes. This dynamic approach guarantees you are always shielded without concerns about outdated lists.
NordLayer offers an intuitive design that simplifies the DNS Filtering setup process, making it accessible to users regardless of their technical background.
Easily manage and customize security policies for your entire organization from a single central point, regardless of geographic distribution.
Benefit from NordLayer’s unique, patented DNS Filtering technology, ensuring reliable and effective categorization and blocking of unwanted content, enhancing your compliance capabilities.
Maintain a clean, compliant digital environment by blocking access to over 50 inappropriate or distracting content categories.
Beyond typical DNS filtering, NordLayer enhances security with robust encryption. This added layer secures your data in transit more extensively than standard DNS services, offering superior protection and value.
KEY FEATURES
Explore NordLayer's DNS filtering capabilities
Learn how NordLayer's DNS filtering features can sharpen your network's defenses and boost your business efficiency.
DNS filtering by category
DNS filtering by category offers targeted control over your network's content accessibility. By enabling the blocking of specific categories like malware, adult content, phishing, cryptojacking, and many other websites, NordLayer ensures that distractions and threats are minimized effectively. This function acts as a proactive guard, reducing the risk of exposure to harmful content and bolstering productivity and security across your organization.
ThreatBlock
ThreatBlock offers advanced protection by actively preventing access to websites known for harboring malicious content. It continuously updates its database to include new threats, ensuring your network remains safeguarded against the latest online dangers. By blocking access to these risky sites before they can cause harm, ThreatBlock provides a crucial security layer that keeps your data and your devices safe.
Additional info
Frequently asked questions
Let’s say an employee receives a phishing email and clicks the malicious URL. The DNS resolving service, which uses DNS Filtering, receives a query from the employee’s computer before it loads the webpage.
The DNS resolver will then reject the request if the malicious website is listed on the company’s blocklist or is identified by ThreatBlock. This will stop the malicious website from loading and stop the phishing assault in full.
Web filtering is an umbrella term that refers to several methods for regulating online traffic. DNS Filtering is just one type of web filtering, the others being URL filtering, keyword filtering, and content filtering.
DNS Filtering acts like a bouncer for your network, deciding what content gets in. It checks every site against a list of no-go zones—anything from malicious sites to those not suitable for work. If a site's on the list, it's not getting through, keeping your digital environment clean and compliant.