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&lt;p class="std-text">An 87% surge in ransomware using &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DNS&lt;/a> confirms that operators must immediately treat domain resolution as an active &lt;strong>security control plane&lt;/strong>. (NIST&amp;#039;s secure domain name system dns deployment guide fin...) The revised NIST Secure DNS Deployment Guide asserts that DNS is no longer passive plumbing but a critical &lt;strong>durability dependency&lt;/strong> requiring dedicated, high-availability infrastructure to enforce policy and alter attacks.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>