UK domain registry Nominet has launched a new real-time data analytics tool to help businesses identify threats in Domain Name System (DNS) traffic.
The new visualisation tool, dubbed turing by Nominet, can store and analyse DNS query data in seconds.
It can process terabytes of DNS traffic and manage more than 250,000 queries per second utilising a patent-pending metadata storage architecture.
The information can be viewed on any browser on any device in a graphical format. It makes easier for users to spot a range of network threats and problems including botnets, latency, bugs and errors, malware and man-in-the-middle cyber attacks.
The tool features a touch-based user interface to easily interact with the data. An API will integrate with other network management systems.
It works on Linux and Microsoft Windows platforms and supports various database engines.
Nominet CEO Russell Haworth said: "We’re excited that we can now give any organisation running DNS services a key to unlocking the patterns in the data.
"One of the world’s largest ISPs is already using our technology and it has also attracted the attention of some major corporations who see its potential for spotting vulnerabilities in what they thought were secure networks."