Prevent DNS outages, expired certificates, and domain takeovers before they cost you revenue or an audit finding. Continuous monitoring across every domain you own, with a daily security score and the exact fix for everything failing.
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countries servedDNS Security Compliance is an automated, continuous monitoring capability native to PowerDMARC. It evaluates your domains across several live security checks, including tracking dangling CNAMEs, nameserver health, certificate lifecycles, registration integrity, and brand impersonation, and provides a daily security score with step-by-step troubleshooting guidance.
When an SSL certificate or a domain registration expires, your public-facing services go offline instantly.
A dangling CNAME record lets an attacker serve malicious content from your own trusted subdomain, under your name in the URL.
Prevent attackers from registering look-alike domains and switching on mail servers before launching spear-phishing attacks.
Get instant exportable evidence for DNSSEC, CAA policies, transfer locks, and certificate hygiene that come up in SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS reviews.
Most teams already know something's wrong somewhere in their DNS. The harder question is what to fix first — and that's exactly what DNS Security Monitoring answers.
Every failing check is ranked by severity, with step-by-step instructions to resolve it — so your team works the highest-risk issues first instead of guessing through a flat list.
Alerts are prioritized by real risk, so your team only hears about what matters. Reviewed and accepted items can be ignored in one click — and restored anytime — keeping your score honest.
Every record change is logged continuously with before-and-after values, so anything unauthorized or unexpected surfaces immediately — not at your next audit.
Stay aligned with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's framework for DNS infrastructure security. NIST SP 800-81r3, the Secure DNS Deployment Guide, sets out detailed recommendations for protecting DNS components — and DNS Security Compliance delivers the continuous monitoring these guidelines call for.
Achieve and maintain alignment with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s framework for DNS infrastructure security. The NIST SP 800-81r3: Secure DNS Deployment Guide provides detailed recommendations for protecting DNS components, and our DNS Security Compliance feature delivers the continuous monitoring capabilities required to meet these guidelines.
| NIST Section | NIST Recommendation | How PowerDMARC DNS Security Compliance Helps |
|---|---|---|
| 3.6.1 | Dangling CNAME Exploitation | DNS Health Checks automatically identify and flag dangling CNAME records vulnerable to subdomain takeover. |
| 3.6.2 | Lame Delegation Exploitation | DNS Health Checks monitor nameserver availability and delegation integrity to prevent hijacking. |
| 3.6.3 | Look-Alike Domain Exploitation | Look-Alike Domain Monitoring identifies and alerts on impersonating domains used for phishing. |
| 3.1 | Zone Transfer Threats | DNS Record Monitoring detects unauthorized record changes and alerts on AXFR zone transfer exposure. |
| 2.2.3 | DNS Hygiene and Best Practices | Unified Certificate Expiry Calendar tracks all upcoming SSL/TLS and domain registration renewals in one view. |
| 3.8 | DNSSEC Signing Considerations | Automated DNSSEC health checks continuously validate the integrity of your DNSSEC chain of trust. |
Get a clear 0–100 security score and A–F grade based on live checks. Automated daily scans keep your score up to date, while our built-in Security Score Trend helps you track improvements and spot configuration changes over time.
| Category | Coverage |
|---|---|
| DNS security health checks | Nameserver availability, DNSSEC, CAA records, resilience, performance, SOA config, dangling CNAMEs |
| SSL certificate monitoring | Expiry, hostname mismatch, weak keys, deprecated TLS, chain validation, self-signed certs |
| Domain registration monitoring | Domain expiry, registrar/registrant changes, transfer lock, EPP status |
| Look-alike domain monitoring | New registrations, active MX detection, threat scoring, infrastructure changes |
| DNS record monitoring | Record change detection, nameserver sync, AXFR exposure |
| Security grade | Composite A–F score with trend tracking |
Every failing check is prioritized by criticality with step-by-step remediation guidance and a direct, one-click link to the relevant Knowledge Base article.
Identifies newly registered typosquatted domains targeting your brand and alerts instantly when an impersonating domain provisions active MX records for phishing.
Consolidates upcoming SSL/TLS certificate and domain registration expiries for the next 90 days into a single, color-coded calendar based on urgency.
Continuous 0–100 score and A–F grade updated daily from 46 live checks.
Chronological audit log showing record modifications, AXFR leaks, and nameserver changes with before/after values.
One-click suppression of accepted false positives, automatically recalculating your score while remaining fully restorable.
Interactive donut chart by event category paired with weekly stacked bar charts by severity level.
On-demand, branded PDF summaries and flat CSV exports for executive updates and compliance audits.
Complete filtered DNS event logs available for full data export and incident response workflows.
Add domains via a 4-step wizard, choose from 34+ event types, and set notification groups.
Daily automated scans refresh scores, failing checks, expiry timelines, and look-alike tracking.
Review prioritized fixes on the Summary dashboard and follow step-by-step remediation.
Follow configuration history using the Security Score Trend and before/after event feed.
Run on-demand Analyzer assessments and export shareable PDF or CSV reports.
Live checks across DNS health, certificates, and registration in one score
Actionable fix guidance per failing check - a clear remedy, not just an alert
Ignore workflow for known false positives - keeps scores accurate to real risk
Unified expiry calendar merging SSL certificates and domain registrations
Look-alike domain detection with MX activation alerting
Change-level detail with before → after values for every DNS modification
Shareable PDF/CSV reporting without granting platform access
Native PowerDMARC integration - no separate tools or logins
Track DNS health, dangling DNS records, certificate expiries, domain registrations, and brand impersonation in one unified score.
