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Ultra Electronics AEP launches DNSSEC to enable the deployment of secure DNS
May 2014 by Marc Jacob
Ultra Electronics AEP has launched a new Hardware Security Module (HSM) based solution, specifically aimed at customer facing application owners to enable them to implement Domain Name System Security Extensions. DNSSEC is a step forward in preventing attacks on the Domain Name System (DNS) which can lead application users into the path of fraudsters.
A report by analyst firm Gartner found that 3.6 million Americans were redirected to bogus websites in a single year, resulting in $3.2 billion in financial losses[1]. DNSSEC uses public key cryptography to prevent ‘cache poisoning’ attacks from occurring. Firms that implement DNSSEC gain assurance that visitors to their websites and online services will never be maliciously redirected by cyber criminals.
AEP’s technology is used by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the body which coordinates the Internet’s global DNS, and forms part of an international chain of trust.
The AEP Ultra Safe DNSSEC solution is available now and means organisations can maintain the strength of the chain of trust by using the same security technology that ICANN uses to secure the DNS of the Internet.
AEP’s Keyper PLUS HSM, offers many additional layers of security to the most critical piece of data; the cryptographic keys. It also provides hardware random number generation for the highest quality keys, a hardened platform, key management and resilience plus elliptic curve cryptography. The FIPS 140-2 Level 4 distinction has been earned because it is the only HSM that positively destroys the cryptographic keys on tamper detection. The toolkit consists of a pre-installed open source software stack provided on DVD.
[2] http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/google-public-dns-now-supports-dnssec.html
