Blog Security Akamai Develops Real-Time Detections for DNS Exfiltration Yarin Ozery is a Security Researcher and Software Engineer at Akamai, working on innovative data-driven solutions to various security problems. His passion lies in developing end-to-end scalable high-performance security solutions. Internet operations rely heavily on the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol, which is used to translate memorable domain names into IP addresses. Many services count on DNS , making it one of the most important and fundamental internet protocols. \r\n Enterprise and government IT departments use various defense mechanisms — like installing antivirus software on internal machines, deploying firewalls, and monitoring network traffic flows — to protect users from malicious actors. However, since the DNS protocol is integral to giving users internet access, it’s often poorly monitored and left unblocked. \r\n Malicious actors target enterprises and government organizations for data theft using various methods.…