数字元素:从高处俯瞰 2022
Circumvention prevention requires a cybersecurity posture
During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, consumers everywhere signed up for a VPN service in order to access content that was otherwise off limits to them. 的 spike in people working from home also contributed to the growth in VPN usage. 今天, 31% of the world’s internet users rely on a VPN to surf the web and access apps anonymously. 大概是1.60亿人. That pool of users is an irresistible draw for people who want to cash in on the trend for nefarious purposes, as it offers plenty of opportunities to find a weakness to exploit.
Today there are thousands of VPN services, some of which are for securing an organization (e.g. Zero-Trust Gateways), while others focus on privacy (e.g. 谷歌VPN). Some let users select their exit destinations to circumvent geographical restrictions (e.g. NordVPN). 一些提供功能, such as no logging and anonymous payment, that make it easy for malicious actors to cover their tracks. This gives them the freedom to commit crimes, 比如刮痧, scanning and testing passwords in order to breach security systems.
的 联邦调查局警告说 that cyber criminals are exploiting home VPN usage to break into corporate systems. 与此同时, streaming companies have seen VPN users circumvent their geographical rights management and digital rights restrictions. 根据MUSO的数据， 预计盗版将会激增.
不足为奇的是, security and 合规 teams feel a tremendous urgency to gain context into the various VPN providers and users. Traffic sources need to be evaluated from a security standpoint to determine which are safe, 潜在的怀疑, 或者完全是恶意的. To make those distinctions—and to prevent content piracy—they need context and insight. VPN intelligence data, therefore, is essential.
最近, 数字元素 推出了 Nodify, a threat intelligence solution that helps security professionals respond to the growth in the VPN market, and the threats these services can pose. Nodify builds on 数字元素’s expertise in IP address intelligence data, and continues our commitment to innovation and helping our customers remain ahead of an ever-evolving threat landscape.
Nodify data helps corporate security teams assess VPN traffic by delivering contextual insight around an IP address, 包括:
VPN classification (masked, public or private)
提供者的名称和URL
Whether or not the VPN logs user activity
IP addresses related to a provider
目标市场语言
Traffic type (commercial or residential)
地理位置
的se data points help teams identify proxies used by fraudsters, as well as distinguish between risky and benign VPNs.
This insight allows streaming media companies to protect revenue by determining which connections pose risks, and prevent bad actors from circumvention activities by identifying anonymized connections, or connections from certain geographies. Nodify also helps corporate security professionals protect against corporate espionage by ensuring inbound and outbound connections are not from a VPN, 代理, 或darknet.
If you would like to learn about our IP address intelligence and 代理 detection data for cybersecurity, 合规, and geographic rights management, please contact us at the link below.
www.digitalelement.com
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