Announcing Twingate Internet Security
Emily Lehman
•
Dec 6, 2023
We’ve been hinting at some very exciting news over here at Twingate, and now we can finally share it: Twingate Internet Security is officially available in Beta.
Since we first launched, Twingate has made huge improvements when it comes to accessing and protecting your most sensitive resources, but that only protects one vector of attack.
From websites infected with malware, to phishing attempts, to botnet recruitment sites, the open internet poses a huge security risk to organizations. With 74% of data breaches involving a human element, securing end user activity needs to be a critical component of your security model. This means protecting more than just your private resources.
That’s where Twingate Internet Security comes in.
With Twingate Internet Security you can now leverage Twingate to continuously protect and encrypt all internet traffic across all end user devices. Twingate Secure DNS continuously encrypts traffic, and Twingate DNS Filtering automatically filters bad or unwanted content at the DNS level.
Why start with DNS security?
You’ll notice that the first features we’re launching as a part of Twingate Internet Security are related to DNS - why is that?
Because almost all internet connections require DNS, the DNS layer is a significant focus for cybercriminals. The numbers back this up: according to the 2021 IDC Global DNS Threat Report, 87% of organizations have experienced a DNS attack and 85% of modern malware uses DNS for malicious activity.
We’ve already made huge strides to protect the DNS layer. Twingate’s unique approach to network architecture allows us to use a transparent proxy system so that users can access private DNS addresses without having access to the private DNS resolver.
When we started thinking about the first features we wanted to build, DNS security stood out. Let’s dive into the new features.
Native DNS Filtering
There are over a billion domains in the wild today, and an estimated 200,000 new ones created every day. While it’s practically impossible to get a truly accurate estimate of how many domains are malicious, even if just 1% are malicious, that’s 2,000 new domains to block every single day. There’s no way for a single team to continuously identify and block so many domains, so we’re doing it for you.
Twingate DNS Filtering enables you to automatically block access to all domains that are considered a security risk across all users. Twingate DNS Filtering automatically categorizes and flags potentially malicious or harmful sites as they appear on the internet, with no extra work needed from you.
Twingate DNS Filtering blocks a broach range of security threats, including:
Threat Intelligence Feeds for malware, phishing, and more
DNS Rebinding
IDN Homograph Attacks
Typosquatting
Domain Generation Algorithms
Newly registered domains
Parked domains
You can further customize your filtering preferences with specialized block and allow lists, fallback methods, exceptions, and more, all from within the Twingate Admin Console.
Beyond just protecting users from significant attack vectors, Twingate DNS Filtering stops malicious attacks earlier than other tools like traditional firewalls. DNS filtering prevents attacks at the DNS layer, which is earlier than other tools can act. That means broader, faster protection for all of your end users.
Twingate DNS Filtering also provides specialized privacy tools so you can block third party tracking, affiliate links, and more.
Looking ahead
This is an exciting first step in broadening the scope of Twingate protection. These features offer a significant jump forward in Twingate’s security capabilities, and we have an exciting roadmap planned to continue enhancing and expanding Twingate’s ability to protect organizations from security threats.
As the world of work continues to evolve, the ability to work securely from anywhere becomes not just a nice-to-have, but a necessity. Achieving this requires rich security tools for every resource, every user, every device, and every environment. Twingate’s goal is to make that a reality without slowing down the pace of business.
That means not just investing in new capabilities like Internet Security, but ensuring that our best-in-class integrations remain a priority so that you can expand the impact of your entire security stack, build Twingate security into your existing workflows, and programmatically deploy and maintain new features without adding to admin overhead.
It also means digging deep into the impact of these new features. With the ability to keep the Twingate Client running, plus DNS filtering functionality enabled, in the future Twingate will be able to leverage that rich log data in order to surface key insights into the unique risk channels your organization faces, and the steps you can take to mitigate them.
You can explore these new features in our documents pages for DNS Filtering and Secure DNS. If you’re ready to take these features for a spin, you can request beta access to Twingate Internet Security.
Not a Twingate customer yet? If you’re interested in taking Twingate for a spin, you can request a personalized demo from our team or try it out yourself for free.
Rapidly implement a modern Zero Trust network that is more secure and maintainable than VPNs.
Announcing Twingate Internet Security
Emily Lehman
•
Dec 6, 2023
We’ve been hinting at some very exciting news over here at Twingate, and now we can finally share it: Twingate Internet Security is officially available in Beta.
Since we first launched, Twingate has made huge improvements when it comes to accessing and protecting your most sensitive resources, but that only protects one vector of attack.
From websites infected with malware, to phishing attempts, to botnet recruitment sites, the open internet poses a huge security risk to organizations. With 74% of data breaches involving a human element, securing end user activity needs to be a critical component of your security model. This means protecting more than just your private resources.
That’s where Twingate Internet Security comes in.
With Twingate Internet Security you can now leverage Twingate to continuously protect and encrypt all internet traffic across all end user devices. Twingate Secure DNS continuously encrypts traffic, and Twingate DNS Filtering automatically filters bad or unwanted content at the DNS level.
Why start with DNS security?
You’ll notice that the first features we’re launching as a part of Twingate Internet Security are related to DNS - why is that?
Because almost all internet connections require DNS, the DNS layer is a significant focus for cybercriminals. The numbers back this up: according to the 2021 IDC Global DNS Threat Report, 87% of organizations have experienced a DNS attack and 85% of modern malware uses DNS for malicious activity.
We’ve already made huge strides to protect the DNS layer. Twingate’s unique approach to network architecture allows us to use a transparent proxy system so that users can access private DNS addresses without having access to the private DNS resolver.
When we started thinking about the first features we wanted to build, DNS security stood out. Let’s dive into the new features.
Native DNS Filtering
There are over a billion domains in the wild today, and an estimated 200,000 new ones created every day. While it’s practically impossible to get a truly accurate estimate of how many domains are malicious, even if just 1% are malicious, that’s 2,000 new domains to block every single day. There’s no way for a single team to continuously identify and block so many domains, so we’re doing it for you.
Twingate DNS Filtering enables you to automatically block access to all domains that are considered a security risk across all users. Twingate DNS Filtering automatically categorizes and flags potentially malicious or harmful sites as they appear on the internet, with no extra work needed from you.
Twingate DNS Filtering blocks a broach range of security threats, including:
Threat Intelligence Feeds for malware, phishing, and more
DNS Rebinding
IDN Homograph Attacks
Typosquatting
Domain Generation Algorithms
Newly registered domains
Parked domains
You can further customize your filtering preferences with specialized block and allow lists, fallback methods, exceptions, and more, all from within the Twingate Admin Console.
Beyond just protecting users from significant attack vectors, Twingate DNS Filtering stops malicious attacks earlier than other tools like traditional firewalls. DNS filtering prevents attacks at the DNS layer, which is earlier than other tools can act. That means broader, faster protection for all of your end users.
Twingate DNS Filtering also provides specialized privacy tools so you can block third party tracking, affiliate links, and more.
Looking ahead
This is an exciting first step in broadening the scope of Twingate protection. These features offer a significant jump forward in Twingate’s security capabilities, and we have an exciting roadmap planned to continue enhancing and expanding Twingate’s ability to protect organizations from security threats.
As the world of work continues to evolve, the ability to work securely from anywhere becomes not just a nice-to-have, but a necessity. Achieving this requires rich security tools for every resource, every user, every device, and every environment. Twingate’s goal is to make that a reality without slowing down the pace of business.
That means not just investing in new capabilities like Internet Security, but ensuring that our best-in-class integrations remain a priority so that you can expand the impact of your entire security stack, build Twingate security into your existing workflows, and programmatically deploy and maintain new features without adding to admin overhead.
It also means digging deep into the impact of these new features. With the ability to keep the Twingate Client running, plus DNS filtering functionality enabled, in the future Twingate will be able to leverage that rich log data in order to surface key insights into the unique risk channels your organization faces, and the steps you can take to mitigate them.
You can explore these new features in our documents pages for DNS Filtering and Secure DNS. If you’re ready to take these features for a spin, you can request beta access to Twingate Internet Security.
Not a Twingate customer yet? If you’re interested in taking Twingate for a spin, you can request a personalized demo from our team or try it out yourself for free.
Rapidly implement a modern Zero Trust network that is more secure and maintainable than VPNs.
Announcing Twingate Internet Security
Emily Lehman
•
Dec 6, 2023
We’ve been hinting at some very exciting news over here at Twingate, and now we can finally share it: Twingate Internet Security is officially available in Beta.
Since we first launched, Twingate has made huge improvements when it comes to accessing and protecting your most sensitive resources, but that only protects one vector of attack.
From websites infected with malware, to phishing attempts, to botnet recruitment sites, the open internet poses a huge security risk to organizations. With 74% of data breaches involving a human element, securing end user activity needs to be a critical component of your security model. This means protecting more than just your private resources.
That’s where Twingate Internet Security comes in.
With Twingate Internet Security you can now leverage Twingate to continuously protect and encrypt all internet traffic across all end user devices. Twingate Secure DNS continuously encrypts traffic, and Twingate DNS Filtering automatically filters bad or unwanted content at the DNS level.
Why start with DNS security?
You’ll notice that the first features we’re launching as a part of Twingate Internet Security are related to DNS - why is that?
Because almost all internet connections require DNS, the DNS layer is a significant focus for cybercriminals. The numbers back this up: according to the 2021 IDC Global DNS Threat Report, 87% of organizations have experienced a DNS attack and 85% of modern malware uses DNS for malicious activity.
We’ve already made huge strides to protect the DNS layer. Twingate’s unique approach to network architecture allows us to use a transparent proxy system so that users can access private DNS addresses without having access to the private DNS resolver.
When we started thinking about the first features we wanted to build, DNS security stood out. Let’s dive into the new features.
Native DNS Filtering
There are over a billion domains in the wild today, and an estimated 200,000 new ones created every day. While it’s practically impossible to get a truly accurate estimate of how many domains are malicious, even if just 1% are malicious, that’s 2,000 new domains to block every single day. There’s no way for a single team to continuously identify and block so many domains, so we’re doing it for you.
Twingate DNS Filtering enables you to automatically block access to all domains that are considered a security risk across all users. Twingate DNS Filtering automatically categorizes and flags potentially malicious or harmful sites as they appear on the internet, with no extra work needed from you.
Twingate DNS Filtering blocks a broach range of security threats, including:
Threat Intelligence Feeds for malware, phishing, and more
DNS Rebinding
IDN Homograph Attacks
Typosquatting
Domain Generation Algorithms
Newly registered domains
Parked domains
You can further customize your filtering preferences with specialized block and allow lists, fallback methods, exceptions, and more, all from within the Twingate Admin Console.
Beyond just protecting users from significant attack vectors, Twingate DNS Filtering stops malicious attacks earlier than other tools like traditional firewalls. DNS filtering prevents attacks at the DNS layer, which is earlier than other tools can act. That means broader, faster protection for all of your end users.
Twingate DNS Filtering also provides specialized privacy tools so you can block third party tracking, affiliate links, and more.
Looking ahead
This is an exciting first step in broadening the scope of Twingate protection. These features offer a significant jump forward in Twingate’s security capabilities, and we have an exciting roadmap planned to continue enhancing and expanding Twingate’s ability to protect organizations from security threats.
As the world of work continues to evolve, the ability to work securely from anywhere becomes not just a nice-to-have, but a necessity. Achieving this requires rich security tools for every resource, every user, every device, and every environment. Twingate’s goal is to make that a reality without slowing down the pace of business.
That means not just investing in new capabilities like Internet Security, but ensuring that our best-in-class integrations remain a priority so that you can expand the impact of your entire security stack, build Twingate security into your existing workflows, and programmatically deploy and maintain new features without adding to admin overhead.
It also means digging deep into the impact of these new features. With the ability to keep the Twingate Client running, plus DNS filtering functionality enabled, in the future Twingate will be able to leverage that rich log data in order to surface key insights into the unique risk channels your organization faces, and the steps you can take to mitigate them.
You can explore these new features in our documents pages for DNS Filtering and Secure DNS. If you’re ready to take these features for a spin, you can request beta access to Twingate Internet Security.
Not a Twingate customer yet? If you’re interested in taking Twingate for a spin, you can request a personalized demo from our team or try it out yourself for free.