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DNS Log Monitoring & Analytics

Monitor and analyze DNS logs at scale to detect network and security threats, optimize performance, and resolve issues quickly. No manual log parsing required.

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850+ Turn-Key Integrations, Including

Product Benefits

Easily Manage Your DNS Logs with an Intuitive Platform

  • Automatically collect, store, and correlate DNS logs from AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Cloudflare, Akamai, and more - all in one place
  • Track real-time DNS performance and security with out-of-the-box dashboards, or create custom ones in seconds using Datadog’s drag-and-drop interface
  • Pivot from DNS logs to the corresponding network traces with a single click
  • Jump directly from logs to triggered security signals without switching tools or context
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Detect and Respond to DNS Security Threats in Real Time

  • Visualize and explore DNS log data through intuitive, facet-driven navigation, providing a comprehensive view of network health and security
  • Improve your security and compliance posture with 900+ built-in detection rules that automatically flag threats, misconfigurations, and runtime events
  • Identify and mitigate threats such as DNS spoofing, DDoS attacks, and cache poisoning before they impact your systems
  • Get started in minutes with minimal configuration, 850+ turn-key, vendor-backed integrations, and out-of-the-box detection rules mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK® framework and other compliance frameworks
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Cost-Effectively Store and Analyze Your High-Volume DNS Logs

  • Store real-time application logs in short-term storage and archive high-volume security, network, and operational logs in long-term storage for cost efficiency
  • Use Flex Logs to adjust retention and querying capacity based on your specific needs, offering the flexibility to fit any budget or use case
  • Maximize storage capacity and explore all log types seamlessly with either the Log Explorer or Log Workspaces' advanced querying capabilities, enabling both simple and complex investigations
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Investigate and Troubleshoot DNS Issues Faster

  • Search, filter, and analyze logs on the fly—no complex query language required
  • Automatically detect unanticipated issues such as misconfigurations, resource limitations or SERVFAIL errors, without the need to read every log file
  • Monitor DNS timeouts to identify quickly unreachable servers or network congestion affecting performance, allowing you to resolve issues before they escalate
  • Focus on what matters most with composite alerts based on boolean logic

Control Costs without Sacrificing Visibility

  • Collect, process, store, and archive all your logs for only $0.10/GB; monitor all your ingested logs in real time with Live Tail
  • Pay only on logs you choose to index
  • Quickly access archived logs for audits or investigations, and rehydrate them into indexes in a few simple clicks, without the expense of active storage

Real results from Datadog customers

12B Log events each day, managed cost-effectively
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<2 min Mean time to resolution (MTTR)
CITIZENS BANK
50% Cost savings on cloud resources
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