How to Protect Employees and Consumers from Malicious Exploits - Slide 12
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In addition, OTA recommends that private sector as well as government agencies consider the following:
Initiate planning to support DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC). DNSSEC adds security to the DNS and is designed to help address man-in-the-middle attacks and cache poisoning by authenticating the origin of DNS data and verifying its integrity while moving across the Internet. DNSSEC is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) set of specifications that secures communication between DNS name servers and clients. With the root zone signed for .org, .net, .gov and recently .com, the number of domains using DNSSEC and the number of resolvers conducting validation will increase.
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) recently released their “2011 Top 10 Recommendations to Help Businesses Protect Consumers from Being Fooled.” This document includes a list of techniques and procedures, which can easily be implemented to help businesses and government agencies protect their customers' and employees' personal and financial data from being compromised. OTA developed the list to address the most common and dangerous threats based on a review of thousands of fraudulent emails, data breaches, hacking, and identity theft incidents.
The 2011 Top 10 recommendations address the most frequent exploits including malicious email, phishing and deceptive websites as well as emerging threats impacting online trust and confidence. In addition, OTA encourages businesses to review existing OTA best practices to protect the DNS and users' data and privacy.
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