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Brookcourt Solutions

DNS & CTI - Domain Tools

DomainTools helps IT Security analysts assess threat levels of unknown domains, profile attackers and quickly enumerate associated internet assets in order to stop attacks early, saving time and money. DomainTools has the most comprehensive data on domain name, DNS and related data for cyber threat intelligence.

Features

  • Profile phishing domains and IPs that cyber criminals use
  • Identify dangerous infrastructure before domains appear in blacklists
  • Profile malicious infrastructure, and analyse the risk of domains
  • Look back on DNS records to uncover connections
  • Web interface/APIs sources help detect cybercrime and cyberespionage
  • Intelligence risk scoring with industry-leading passive DNS data
  • IP address changes, registrar changes and name server changes
  • Return domain names that sharecommon web host IP address
  • IPv4 IP address range sub-allocations
  • 4 independent passiveDNS feed sources providing global coverage

Benefits

  • Avoid the blind spots that come with inferior data sources
  • Pinpoint the most valuable investigative path
  • Adversary profiling and attack infrastructure mapping
  • Forensic maps of criminal activity to triage threat indicator
  • Investigate Collaboration button
  • Ease of administration and Licensing Options
  • SaaS performance flexibility and architecture
  • Support and Training included in the subscription
  • Out-of-Box Reporting formats and exports
  • Scalable Monitors – best in class

Pricing

£15,000.00 to £200,000.00 an instance a year

  • Education pricing available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

2 5 5 9 4 1 3 2 3 8 4 0 7 1 7

Contact

Brookcourt Solutions Phil Higgins
Telephone: 01737 886111
Email: contact@brookcourtsolutions.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
N/A
System requirements
Fully SaaS operated accessible via web browsers

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
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Dedicated email support Monday-Friday 07:00-16:00 hrs Pacific / 14:00-23:00 hrs UTC, as well as off-hours email monitoring and responds to inbound support requests < 6hours.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
No
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
Support levels L1 support accessed via email at enterprisesupport@domaintools.com; L2 support is provided if issues resolution requires in-depth review and for API/integration support; L3 Onsite support available for a fee depending on time and travel requirements.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
DomainTools Technical and Sales Representatives assist customers to start using the DomainTools services, with introductory, advanced and bespoke training.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • PDF
  • Other
Other documentation formats
SwaggerHub
End-of-contract data extraction
Users may generate reports of domain investigations and export those reports in PDF file format. Iris domain investigations can also be exported individually, saved, and imported in Iris as Investigations. Iris search Hash, CSV, and STIX format data exports are also available.
End-of-contract process
DomainTools Account Management will reach out to the End Customer (or the Reseller Partner if the previous subscription contract was transacted through a Partner) to renew the subscription contract prior to the renewal date. DomainTools also encourages Reseller Partners to actively engage with the End Customer and the DomainTools Account Management Team to renew subscription contracts.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
No
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
Description of service interface
DomainTools Iris Investigate and DomainTools Detect provide user interfaces.
Accessibility standards
None or don’t know
Description of accessibility
N/A
Accessibility testing
N/A
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
The DomainTools API provides direct access to the same data that powers the robust research tools on DomainTools.com. It’s designed for server-to-server communication between your system and the DomainTools network using standard HTTPS requests1. Here’s what you get with the DomainTools API:

More Domains: Access over 300 million ccTLDs, new TLDs, and all gTLDs—more than anyone else in the industry.
Key Products:
Whois History: Retrieve historical Whois information for domain names.
Reverse Whois: Investigate domain names associated with a specific registrant.
Monitor: Keep track of changes to domain names.
Reliable and Fast Service: Enjoy high-volume, dedicated data centers for reliable and speedy access.
Competitive Pricing: The API is sold as monthly data plans, similar to a cell phone data plan, so you know exactly how much you can use and spend each month.
Free Trial: Test it out before committing to a plan..
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
Open API (also known as Swagger)
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
No

Scaling

Independence of resources
DomainTools ensures that users aren’t affected by the demand other users are placing on the service through a multi-layered approach focused on redundancy, scalability, and resource isolation.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Detailed usage reports are provided under the 'My Account' page for quotas in terms of Included/Month, Used and Remaining. Equivalents available via API calls for API services.
Reporting types
Real-time dashboards

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra support
Organisation whose services are being resold
Domain Tools

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Staff screening not performed
Government security clearance
None

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
Another external penetration testing organisation
Protecting data at rest
Encryption of all physical media
Data sanitisation process
No
Equipment disposal approach
In-house destruction process

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Users may generate reports of domain investigations and export those reports in PDF file format. Iris domain investigations can also be exported individually, saved, and imported in Iris as Investigations. Iris search Hash, CSV, and STIX format data exports are also available. Also integrated with Splunk, IBM Security, Anomali, ThreatConnect, MISP Threat Sharing and Maltego.
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
  • STIX format data exports are also available
  • Iris search Hash
  • Common Event Format
Data import formats
Other
Other data import formats
It is not possible to upload client data

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
Other
Other protection between networks
We do not collect or store buyer's data.
Data protection within supplier network
TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Available on request as a SaaS with 99.9% uptime – https://www.domaintools.com/company/service-level-agreement/
Approach to resilience
Available on request.
Outage reporting
Email based notifications are provided to Enterprise customers, announcing planned outages and results of such activity.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
N/A
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
No audit information available
Access to supplier activity audit information
No audit information available
How long system logs are stored for
User-defined

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
No
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
SOC 2 Type 2 (Data Centre)

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
No
Security governance certified
No
Security governance approach
N/A
Information security policies and processes
Discussion available on request.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
Code is kept in a Git based source code control system and all changes are checked in and thoroughly tested before being put into our production infrastructure. Systems are built and managed using configuration management tools.
Vulnerability management type
Undisclosed
Vulnerability management approach
Historically have relied on US-Cert mailing lists to become aware of vulnerabilities and patch releases applying patches as deemed appropriate in our infrastructure.
Protective monitoring type
Undisclosed
Protective monitoring approach
In-house created tooling to monitor production access patterns, errors, and abuse patterns.
Incident management type
Undisclosed
Incident management approach
We have 24x7x365 on-call engineers monitoring and managing any production incidents. Customers can report issues via our ZenDesk ticketing system.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

At DomainTools, we fight every day for a safe, secure, and open Internet for everyone.
Our ability to achieve this goal relies on fostering a culture of creativity, compassion, and inclusivity.
When our employees feel empowered to bring their full selves to work, we all do our best work.
We are committed to investing in and supporting all of our employees who work tirelessly to innovate, make a difference, and work collaboratively to solve difficult problems.

Pricing

Price
£15,000.00 to £200,000.00 an instance a year
Discount for educational organisations
Yes
Free trial available
No

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at contact@brookcourtsolutions.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.