Name: How Does A DNS Filter Work?
Start: 2023-03-24T14:12:00Z
End: 2023-03-24T14:12:02.000Z
Location: BrightTALK

ThreatSTOP was started in 2009 with a mission: Give organizations of any size the same cybersecurity protection that Fortune 1000 companies have. Few companies have the resources to curate threat intelligence feeds and update network devices to block real-time threats. ThreatSTOP automates network security, converting the latest threat data into enforcement policies, and blocking attacks before they become breaches.

Watch this video to learn how ThreatSTOP revolutionized our security approach at South Coast Water District. Join Bryon Black, IT Manager, as he shares how ThreatSTOP's IP and DNS defense solutions have effectively protected our network from threats, providing a seamless and easy-to-use solution for safeguarding our staff and maintaining a secure environment.

Key Takeaway:
Discover how ThreatSTOP's IP and DNS defense solutions effectively enhance your existing network devices to protect against online threats. To learn more about how ThreatSTOP can benefit your organization, contact us for more information.

Which Security Challenges Were You Facing Prior To ThreatSTOP?

Watch this video to hear firsthand about the phenomenal results achieved through the use of ThreatSTOP. Discover how their solution not only lightens the IT load but also provides robust protection against risky online behavior and potential security compromises.

Key Takeaway:
ThreatSTOP safeguards against risky online behavior and potential security threats. Your IT staff will save time and money immediately! Contact ThreatSTOP today to learn more about implementing this essential solution and securing your organization's digital landscape.

What Are the Results of Using ThreatSTOP So Far?

Curious about OFAC sanctions and their implications? In this enlightening video, Francis Turner from ThreatSTOP unravels the complexities of OFAC sanctions and their significance. Learn about the sources and impacts of these sanctions, and discover how ThreatSTOP can be your ally in navigating this intricate landscape. Join us to gain a clearer perspective on the world of sanctions compliance.

Key Takeaway:
Gain a clear understanding of OFAC sanctions and their intricate implications. Francis Turner's insights shed light on the world of sanctions compliance, from OFAC's origins to its evolving scope, particularly in the context of Russia. 

ThreatSTOP DNS and IP Defense is your one-stop shop for sanctions compliance. Proactively block communications with sanctioned countries and entities using your existing firewalls and DNS infrastructure. 

For tailored solutions and guidance in navigating sanctions compliance, reach out to us.

What Are OFAC Sanctions? Where Can a Bank Locate the OFAC Sanctions?

Discover the key elements required to maintain rigorous sanctions compliance in this informative video by Francis Turner from ThreatSTOP. Learn about the challenges of identifying and avoiding interactions with sanctioned entities and how ThreatSTOP's solutions can support your compliance efforts. Explore practical measures, including IP address filtering and identifying controlled entities, that can help you navigate complex sanctions regulations and keep your business secure.

Key Takeaway:
In the intricate landscape of sanctions compliance, staying vigilant is crucial. Francis outlines essential strategies to navigate the challenges of sanctions enforcement. By leveraging ThreatSTOP's tools, you can implement effective compliance measures using your existing firewalls and DNS service.  With built-in reporting, you can be sure you're not inadvertently engaging with sanctioned parties. 

ThreatSTOP DNS and IP Defense solutions demonstrate your best effort towards compliance, protecting your business from liability. Fortify your sanctions compliance strategy by contacting us and learning how ThreatSTOP can start protecting you in as little as 15 minutes.

What Are the Elements of a Strong OFAC Sanctions Program?

In this video, Francis Turner from ThreatSTOP provides valuable insights into identifying and understanding sanctioned entities. With the potential implications of doing business with sanctioned parties, this video sheds light on the challenges and offers solutions to ensure compliance.

Key Takeaway:
Understanding OFAC sanctions involves deciphering a web of complexities, ranging from sanctioned countries to individuals and entities. Simplify your compliance journey by grasping the nuanced details outlined in this video. At ThreatSTOP, we're dedicated to simplifying your path to compliance by identifying sanctioned elements and using your existing network infrastructure to prevent communications. ThreatSTOP’s DNS and IP Defense are a one-stop shop for OFAC compliance.

Contact us for expert guidance in OFAC compliance and see how we can protect your business in as little as 15 minutes.

Who's listed on OFAC sanctions and which countries are affected?

Want to know how you can ensure to be in compliance with OFAC sanctions for uninterrupted global business operations? Watch this video to understand the importance of complying with OFAC sanctions for global business and financial transactions.

Key Takeaway:
To navigate the complex landscape of international sanctions, it's crucial for everyone engaged in global business, banking, or financial transactions to know that they are not dealing with sanctioned countries or entities. Failing to comply with OFAC sanctions can lead to severe consequences, including large fines, being cut off from the global financial system, and even jail time! ThreatSTOP is a sanctions expert who can begin protecting your business by preventing violations in as little as 15 minutes. 

Protect your business today with ThreatSTOP - the one-stop shop for OFAC sanctions compliance.

For more information and guidance on OFAC sanctions compliance, contact us today.

Who Must Comply With OFAC Sanctions?

Discover how ThreatSTOP plays a crucial role in enhancing your online safety, especially in situations involving potentially deceptive or risky click-baiting tactics. Watch this video as Bryon Black, IT Manager at South Coast Water District, explains how ThreatSTOP adds an additional layer of protection against compromised websites and threats, safeguarding digital activities.

Key Takeaway:
By effectively blocking access to risky websites and redirecting users to safer alternatives, ThreatSTOP ensures that your online experiences remain secure. We offer a valuable solution to combat the risks associated with click-baiting and potentially compromised websites. ThreatSTOP uses your existing network devices (e.g., firewalls and DNS service) to proactively mitigate these risks and prevent access to harmful sites. This robust protection ensures a secure online experience by redirecting users away from risky sites and maintaining a safer browsing environment.

For more information on how ThreatSTOP can enhance your online security, contact us to explore the benefits of this essential safeguarding solution.

A Basic Example of How ThreatSTOP Monitors and Protects Your Organization

Here at ThreatSTOP, our seamless implementation process, user-friendly interface, and top-notch support have empowered us to protect our clients’ enterprises without disruption. Watch the video below as Bryon Black, IT Manager at South Coast Water District, discusses how ThreatSTOP effectively safeguards his networks and enhances security.

Key Takeaway:
Uncover the seamless implementation of ThreatSTOP's solution that ensures network integrity and enterprise efficiency. Our experience highlights the ease of setup, user-friendly interface, and exceptional support. Partner with ThreatSTOP for top-tier security that's simple, reliable, and highly effective. Contact ThreatSTOP to explore how we can elevate your enterprise's safety.

How Difficult Is It To Implement ThreatSTOP?

ThreatSTOP offers an automated and comprehensive solution for businesses seeking to integrate threat defense and compliance seamlessly. With a single-pane-of-glass approach, the platform enables up-to-date threat intelligence across diverse network enforcement devices, regardless of vendor or configuration. This solution not only ensures uniformity in rules and threat intelligence but also addresses the challenges posed by public policy, making it a vital tool for businesses striving for global compliance and network protection. Watch this video to learn more about the benefits of automating threat defenses.

ThreatSTOP offers an automated solution for businesses seeking simultaneous threat defense and compliance. Through a single interface, the platform ensures up-to-date threat intelligence across various network devices, regardless of vendor or configuration. This simplifies enforcement, eliminates the need for reconfiguration when changing vendors, and promotes consistent rules. The system's adaptability to different parts of a company and integration with various configurations make it a versatile tool for addressing compliance concerns. By combining sanctions compliance with robust threat intelligence, businesses can achieve comprehensive network protection and navigate the complexities of global business risks. Contact ThreatSTOP today to learn more.

Top Benefits to Automated, Pro-Active Threat Defense

ThreatSTOP's innovative system utilizes DNS-based threat intelligence to provide real-time automated proactive threat defense for various platforms, addressing issues like active malware, ransomware, data exfiltration, and compliance challenges in today's highly dynamic and attacked environment. This approach enables effective filtering, auditing, redirection, and management of unwanted network traffic, ensuring comprehensive protection and streamlined management across diverse locations and infrastructures. Watch the following video for more information on using IP defense and getting real-time threat intelligence.

Key Takeaway:
ThreatSTOP uses your existing firewalls, WAFs, and DNS devices to protect your perimeter and your AWS applications.  Get threat intelligence protecting your network in minutes!

Using IP Defense, DNS Security & AWS WAF To Get Real Time Threat Intelligence

Automating OFAC compliance through ThreatSTOP can be as simple as five steps:
 
Seamlessly integrating the aggregation and enrichment of threat intelligence from diverse sources 
Precision categorization 
User-customized policy creation 
Thorough research and enrichment, including subsidiary identification 
Effortless enforcement with automated reporting, ensuring efficient and effective risk mitigation. 

Watch this video as Paul and Ofir discuss different threats and ways to thwart them.

Key Takeaway:
ThreatSTOP's process for automating compliance involves aggregating, enriching, and categorizing threat intelligence from various sources, including government and proprietary data, using geographic threat intelligence, and partnering with compliance experts like Fiveby. This intelligence is transformed into user-customizable policies, taking into account OFAC updates, global entities, subsidiaries, and detailed research. Enrichment and categorization ensure precision, while easy policy configuration and automated reporting culminate in effective compliance risk management.

5 Steps to Automating OFAC Compliance (The Details Please)

Cyber threats have become more dynamic and sophisticated than ever before. Watch this video as the ThreatSTOP team discusses the real danger of dynamic threats and the need for protection.

The Need for Dynamic Responses
Static security measures that rely on predefined rules and signatures are no longer sufficient to defend against emerging threats. The dynamic nature of modern attacks requires an equally dynamic response. Organizations must be able to adapt their security strategies and defenses in real-time to counter new and evolving threats effectively.

Automating Security Through a Name You Can Trust
ThreatSTOP offers automated responses and protection services to businesses just like yours. The company leverages real-time threat intelligence from various sources, including government agencies, security researchers, and collaborative threat-sharing communities. By continuously analyzing and updating threat data, ThreatSTOP ensures that information about emerging threats remains up-to-date.

The Professionals Behind ThreatSTOP
ThreatSTOP is supported by seasoned professionals who have spent years studying network infrastructure, cybersecurity, military intelligence, and threat intelligence. These experts work with you to ensure your company is as protected as it can possibly be.

Are you ready to protect your company against dynamic cyber threats? Do you want to avoid the frustration that comes from trying to manage these threats on your own? If you feel managing the pressure that dynamic cyber threats require dynamic responses is too much, contact ThreatSTOP and let us handle the job. We will stop these cyber threats so you can keep your focus on your business.

Dynamic Cyber Threats Require Dynamic Responses (Must Be Automated)

Maintaining compliance, whether to government sanctions or to other best practices standards, is a challenge to any business with an internet presence. Enforcement covers all aspects of internet-facing infrastructure, including firewalls, DNS servers, and cloud applications. Watch this video as the team from ThreatSTOP describes some of the top compliance options available today.

IP Defense
IP defense is the act of using firewalls or routers as filters based on IP addresses. Using IP defense allows your business to know when an infected device begins beaconing for instructions. Your business can then take immediate action to clean or reconfigure the infected machine. IP Defense is vital because it blocks both inbound and outbound attacks.

DNS Security
Content distribution networks, or CDNs, allow multiple websites to share the same set of IP addresses. This can be a problem for those businesses that block IP addresses because they are related to inappropriate or unsafe content. DNS security blocks domain names rather than IP addresses. Because of this, your business does not have to block needed information in order to safeguard against ransomware attacks just because both occupy the same IP.

AWS WAF
Businesses and individuals may choose to host websites on Amazon Web Services, or AWS. Amazon offers a service called WAF, which is short for Web Application Firewall. WAF provides an additional layer of protection that allows businesses to apply security policies and rules on their Amazon-hosted websites.

Organizations must take cybersecurity seriously. However, many businesses do not have the time, knowledge, equipment, or staff to carry out accurate compliance options. This is where ThreatSTOP comes in. ThreatSTOP will help your company by protecting DNS, working with AWS WAF and defending your network at all times. ThreatSTOP can even customize security to fit your unique needs. Are you ready to stop the threats? Call ThreatSTOP!

Top Compliance Options: IP Defense, DNS Security, AWS WAF

OFAC regulations restrict businesses and individuals from conducting any financial transaction with entities on its sanctions list. OFAC compliance can be extremely difficult and time-consuming. Watch this video as the team from ThreatSTOP explains the importance of automating OFAC compliance.

Steps Involved with OFAC Compliance
OFAC compliance is neither an easy nor intuitive venture. The process requires a great deal of research that must be updated as often as possible. Automating OFAC compliance through a company like ThreatSTOP is the easiest way to ensure you will always have safe and legal transactions.

Collecting Threat Intelligence
Complying with OFAC starts with collecting threat intelligence. This intelligence comes from a variety of places. This can come from proprietary feeds from vendors, government-enabled feeds, event logs, and private research from universities or other private entities.

Checking for Errors
There may be errors in the collection of threat intelligence. Sometimes, a CTI system turns off your most important customers. You must enable a list of customers who will not be blocked. Reviewing your intelligence collection must be done from both a human and a machine point-of-view. While some of the filtering and blocking are automatic, it also requires human intervention.

Customizing Policies
Businesses and individuals should customize their CTI policy. Each business may have different constraints based on its location.

Automated OFAC through solutions like ThreatSTOP provides organizations with numerous advantages. Automated compliance ensures your business will remain safe while freeing you up to focus on other parts of your business. Are you interested in learning more? Contact ThreatSTOP today.

5 Steps to Automating OFAC Compliance

Public policy plays an important role in keeping business computing safe and secure. Companies may have some difficulty keeping up-to-date as these policies change. This is why it is important for businesses to turn to innovative solutions that will guide them through the constantly changing landscape of public policy. Watch this video as the team from ThreatSTOP discusses public policy, DNS policy, and risk.

Understanding Public Policy and DNS Policy
Public policy refers to the basic principles and guidelines set forth by the government and other regulatory bodies. Public policy can refer to any area. This includes how businesses and individuals use web resources for communication and transactions.

DNS policy focuses specifically on the rules and regulations governing the management and operation of domain names. DNS policies cover registration, security, privacy, and compliance. Compliance with DNS policies is vital to maintain a secure and trustworthy internet presence.
One Click Sanctions Compliance with ThreatSTOP

The company simplifies DNS policy compliance by consolidating multiple policy requirements into a unified framework. This streamlines the process for organizations, eliminating the need for extensive manual configurations and reducing the risk of oversight.

ThreatSTOP also offers real-time threat intelligence feeds, allowing companies to stay up-to-date with the latest known cyber risks. By leveraging this intelligence, organizations can proactively block access to potentially harmful resources, bolstering their security posture.

Are you confused by seemingly constant changes to policies? Are you worried about how changes in public policy might put you at risk? Contact ThreatSTOP today. We will help you navigate the murky waters of public policy, DNS policy, and risk with one-click sanctions compliance. ThreatSTOP stops the threats your business faces every day.

Public Policy, DNS Policy, & Risk – One Click Sanctions Compliance

The public policy creates significant risks to businesses. Every day, a business must be aware of policy shifts and changes. Watch this video as the ThreatSTOP staff discusses the solution to these public policy risks.

The Ever-Changing Face of Public Policy
Enforcing Sanctions
It's not enough to know what sanctions are in place. You have to be able to enforce them. You need to observe these policies, which can change on a daily basis. You could send every order you place to an analyst for case-by-case decisions about whether or not it is okay to do business with specific areas. This will delay your business, costing you time and money. A better option is one-click compliance.

One-Click Compliance
Using one-click compliance allows your devices to decide which orders are permitted and which are not. ThreatSTOP uses a database that has constantly updated threat intelligence.

ThreatSTOP will help you lower your business risks of violating public policies and sanctions. We will also save you time and money with programs like one-click compliance. ThreatSTOP is affordable, accurate, and easy to implement. Give us a call today.

Public Policy Creates Significant Risks to Businesses

Any device that reaches the Internet is susceptible to ransomware from the web. DNS security is used to block ransomware and keep your devices safe. Watch the video below as Dr. Paul V. Mockapetris, Chief Scientist at ThreatSTOP, goes over the ways security blocks ensure the safety of your data.

How Can a Computer Get Infected With Ransomware?
Devices that are used to access the web, including laptops, computers, phones, and tablets, are targeted by malicious actors. These cybercriminals can create infected websites that look legitimate, which tricks users into visiting dangerous sites. They sometimes infect innocent sites, which is nearly impossible to predict from the user's point of view. There are also times when a malicious actor infects an ad for a site. When the user clicks on the ad, they may be infected.

How Does DNS Security Block Ransomware?
Ransomware blocking works on several different levels. The first, and most important, is that it prevents you from going to these infected sites. Security for ransomware, like that offered through ThreatSTOP, is updated on a continuous basis. It is able to communicate with the network when a user clicks on a link that is corrupted. It will either warn the user that they are about to enter a dangerous area, or it will make entering that website impossible by blocking entry...

Do you need protection against malicious actors who want to exploit your data and devices? Contact us and speak with an expert. We will help you learn more about our services so you and your employees can access the web without worry. Call us today!

Can DNS Security Block Ransomware?

Phishing is a serious threat faced by all businesses and individuals. It may seem as though there is no way to stop phishing scams, but DNS security can help. Watch the video below as we explain how ThreatSTOP uses protective DNS for blocking phishing and other cybersecurity issues.
What Are Phishing Attacks?
Most users are aware of phishing. It is a type of cyberattack that involves tricking users into giving their information to bad actors on the internet. This can be done through malicious websites that are masquerading as legitimate entities. It can also be done through fraudulent emails or text messages. Information gained can be usernames and passwords, credit card details, social security numbers or banking information.
How Can DNS Security Prevent Phishing?
Protective DNS uses a filtering technique to determine if a website is malicious. A database of known, malicious websites is kept on the DNS server. If a user attempts to click on one of these websites, access is prevented. An excellent security system, like those offered through ThreatSTOP, regularly updates so that the database has access to the latest threats.
The Limitations of DNS
Some phishing attacks come in the form of emails, text messages or even phone calls that ask users to provide sensitive data. Your users must be made aware of the possibility of falling prey to one of these attempts. This is particularly true if a bad actor asks for a text or phone call that cannot be overseen by security software. This is why adopting DNS protection should be part of an overall strategy that includes education about internet safety. Security blocks offer an important safety net, but awareness of phishing is needed as well.

As phishing attempts become more and more advanced, It is not enough to rely on a user’s ability to detect fraudulent activity on their own. A protective DNS service must be put into place. Call ThreatSTOP today to how we can protect you from these cyberattacks.

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