Blog Security Protect and Elevate Your DNS with Akamai Shield NS53 Sam Preston is an Engagement Manager at Akamai and a member of Akamai’s Edge DNS product line expert team. He and his family live in Boise, Idaho, with an unruly dog, Midnight, and plants they rarely remember to water. You can read all of his prior articles on Akamai DNS solutions. Akamai Shield NS53 offers a robust solution to protect your capital investment and significantly improve performance. \r\n"}}"> Introduction Akamai offers a comprehensive suite of Domain Name System (DNS) solutions to help domain owners achieve performant resolutions, highly secure zones, and scalable workflows. However, DNS hosting and operational requirements are often nuanced since the protocol allows for a variety of implementation strategies. Luckily, the Akamai DNS portfolio is specifically designed to meet diverse and complex use cases.…