Leveraging DNS to Build Reliable Digital Experiences

Leveraging DNS to Build Reliable Digital Experiences

Cloudflare
Published by: Research Desk Released: Feb 22, 2021

DNS is a mission-critical component for any online business. Yet this component is often overlooked and forgotten, until something breaks. Millions of dollars spent on building and securing web properties are of no value if your DNS goes down and your customers cannot find you.

DNS infrastructure is highly vulnerable to a wide spectrum of increasingly common cyberattacks that can degrade performance or bring DNS servers down completely. These attacks, along with rising user expectations around website performance and availability, make it risky for DNS to be a single point of failure.