https://www.cyberscoop.com/nsa-secure-dns-service-pilot-defense-industrial-base/
By Shannon Vavra
CYBERSCOOP
June 18, 2020
In an effort to better protect the U.S. defense industrial base from
malware-based threats, the National Security Agency has launched a pilot
program on securing Domain Name System use for U.S. defense contractors.
The NSA’s cybersecurity directorate has been working on the the pilot,
called secure DNS, for six weeks, the directorate’s chief, Anne Neuberger,
said during a virtual event Thursday.
“Our analysis highlighted that using secure DNS would reduce the ability
for 92% of malware attacks … from a command and control perspective,
deploying malware on a given network,” Neuberger said.
DNS, is the protocol by which IP addresses are translated to access
specific websites with their more familiar domain names and URLs.
Attackers have long exploited DNS to deliver malware to targets or run
credential-stealing campaigns, according to
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