# DNSWatch

## Block Malicious DNS Connections & Protect Against Phishing Attacks

WatchGuard DNSWatch is a Cloud-based service adding DNS-level filtering to detect and block potentially dangerous connections and protect networks and employees from damaging attacks. WatchGuard analysts triage any critical alerts, following up with an easy-to-understand accounting that includes detailed insights about the potential infection. When the attack uses phishing, and an employee clicks the link, DNSWatch automatically redirects them away from the malicious site and offers resources that reinforce phishing education.

### Key Features

- Detects and blocks malicious DNS requests for added security.
- Automatically protects end users from phishing attacks.
- Provides immediate phishing education to heighten user awareness after an attack.
- Offers detailed attack information without requiring you to search through logs.
- Cloud-based for easy deployment and management, saving you time.
- Works with Reputation Enabled Defense and WebBlocker to stop malicious threats.

### Effective DNS-Based Protection

Hackers rely on DNS to execute attacks on unsuspecting victims, so careful examination of DNS requests is a great way to find and ultimately intercept attacks. DNSWatch brings DNS-level filtering into our Total Security Suite, providing an added layer of security to stop malware infections. Unwitting attempts to connect to known malicious DNS addresses by your users are automatically blocked, and the user is redirected to a safe landing page.

### Low TCO Cloud Service

DNSWatch operates 100% from the Cloud, so there’s no software to maintain, or any hardware beyond the Firebox you are already using with Total Security Suite services. Requiring no client-side configuration makes deploying DNSWatch a breeze to set up and manage, saving even more time and money.

### Tackle Phishing with Automated Training

Educating your users is your last line of defense against threats, and DNSWatch helps you strengthen your organization’s defenses against phishing by teaching your employees automatically. When a user clicks on a phishing link, they're redirected to an engaging game that highlights the red flags of a phishing attack. By providing instant training at the exact moment of the mistake, DNSWatch helps your employees learn to identify phishing and reduces the risk of future incidents.

### Expert Guidance in Your Inbox

When attackers strike, they are kept engaged in the DNSWatch Blackhole so that we can learn more about them. Then we follow up with a report with the details about infections detected and blocked by the service. No need to spend hours combing through logs or researching an alert as it comes through – the analysis arrives right in your inbox for a unique, customer-specific service not found in other DNS filtering solutions. This service allows companies to quickly and easily react to address any potential risks – doing what others can only do with an army of security analysts.

### Layered Security Is the Best Defense

Combining DNSWatch with complementary services like our Reputation Enabled Defense (reputation lookup) service, WebBlocker content filtering, Gateway AntiVirus, and APT Blocker sandboxing, melds their protective capabilities to block malicious connections on all ports and protocols – including those used with phishing and spear-phishing attacks.

### Award-Winning Security and Visibility Platform

All of WatchGuard’s security services are delivered as an integrated solution within an easy-to-manage and cost-effective Firebox appliance. It’s in WatchGuard’s DNA to deliver advanced IT security technologies for small to midsize organizations and distributed enterprises. We take these enterprise-grade technologies and make them easy to deploy and easy to manage. You face the same threats as enterprise organizations, shouldn’t you have the same level of security?