In Case You Missed It
Last month's product updates can be found in February's communication.
Now Available
- Infoblox Universal DDI™ Management: DNS Record Classification Monitor and Local Logging from NIOS-X Servers, and DNS Resolution Time KPI
- Infoblox Universal DDI Management: Enhanced License Dashboard with Utilization Trending
- NIOS-X as a Service: Anycast with Border Gateway Protocol
- Infoblox Threat Defense: Enhanced License Dashboard with Utilization Trending
- Infoblox Threat Defense: Industry Vertical Analysis
- Infoblox Threat Defense: Executive and Comprehensive Security Report Updates
- Infoblox Ecosystem: SOC Insights Integration with ServiceNow for Event Notification
- Infoblox Ecosystem: Log Sharing with Cribl Stream for Flexible Log Collection, Filtering and Routing
Coming Soon
- Infoblox Universal DDI™ Management: New Monitors - DHCP Range Utilization Monitor, Subnet Utilization and Overlapping IP Blocks
End-of-Life / End-of-Sale Announcements
- NetMRI: End-of-Life Announcement
- NIOS 8.6: End-of-Life Announcement
- BloxOne DDI: End-of-Sale Announcement
NETWORKING
Infoblox Universal DDI™ Management: DNS Record Classification Monitor and Local Logging from NIOS-X Servers, and DNS Resolution Time KPI
Now Available
DNS Record Classification Monitor: Universal DDI now provides real-time, centralized monitoring and insights across key DNS categories in AWS, Azure, GCP and on-premises environments. DNS Record Classification monitors multiple record types, including dangling, abandoned and untrusted DNS records to deliver the following benefits:
- Enhanced Security: Dangling DNS records are detected to prevent subdomain hijacking and abandoned or untrusted records are identified to reduce attack surfaces vulnerable to phishing, spoofing, and unauthorized access.
- Improved Efficiency: Streamlines DNS record handling to reduce errors and simplify troubleshooting.
- Lower Costs: Unused or lingering resources are identified and eliminated to reduce unnecessary expenses, allowing organizations to decommission obsolete DNS records and optimize cloud resource allocation.
Local Logging from NIOS-X Servers: This enhancement allows you to configure and send DNS query and response and DHCP lease logs to an SIEM for further analysis. By eliminating the need to send these logs through the Universal DDI cloud service, you can save on Reporting Tokens. It can be configured at the Global DHCP and DNS levels and fully supports new and existing deployments.
DNS Resolution Time KPI: Universal DDI now offers a new metric that represents the average time required to resolve DNS queries across your network. This KPI helps track DNS resolution performance across the network by indicating whether resolution times are increasing or decreasing.
Infoblox Universal DDI Management: Enhanced License Dashboard with Utilization Trending
Now Available
The new Universal DDI Licensing Dashboard provides a comprehensive overview of your active subscriptions and detailed daily and monthly trends of Management, Server, and Reporting token allocation. You can find more information on Viewing License Entitlements.
NIOS-X as a Service: Anycast with Border Gateway Protocol
Now Available
For NIOS-X as a Service, you can now configure various settings related to Anycast in the NIOS-X as a Service UI when you use the Border Gateway Protocol. For more information, see Creating as a Service.
Infoblox Universal DDI Management: New Monitors - DHCP Range Utilization, Subnet Utilization, and Overlapping IP Blocks
Coming Soon
Universal DDI will be releasing three new Network Workspace monitors, providing real-time visualization and insight in the following areas:
- DHCP Range Utilization: Helps admins avoid running out of IPs, which can lead to device connection failures and service disruptions, thereby enabling proactive management.
- Subnet Utilization: Optimize IP resource allocation, reduce costs, and prevent service disruptions by avoiding IP exhaustion. It enhances network efficiency, scalability, and security while enabling proactive capacity planning and compliance.
- Overlapping IP Blocks: Helps you with preventing connectivity issues, misrouted traffic, and security risks, ensuring seamless network operations across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
Quick Links for Universal DDI
Quick Links for NIOS DDI
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SECURITY
Infoblox Threat Defense: Industry Vertical Analysis
Now Available
The new Industry Vertical Analysis module in Infoblox Threat Defense enables you to benchmark your security posture against others in the same industry. By analyzing DNS traffic and statistics across key categories, such as Malicious Threats, Risky Threats, Threat Insights, Threat Actors, and Zero Day Detection, you gain valuable insights into your relative security stance. This comparison helps in fine-tuning security policies to enhance overall security posture.
The analysis leverages the industry registered to your Infoblox account and provides results from three perspectives: 'Customer Specific,' 'Peers from the Same Industry Vertical,' and 'All Customers.' This module is available to Business Cloud and Advanced licensed users and accessible through Monitor > Reports > Security on the Infoblox Portal.
Infoblox Threat Defense: Enhanced License Dashboard with Utilization Trending
Now Available
The new Threat Defense Licensing Dashboard provides a comprehensive overview of your active subscriptions and detailed daily and monthly trending for core licensing metrics of DNS queries per user, Dossier usage, and Ecosystem events. You can find more information on Viewing License Entitlements.
Infoblox Threat Defense: Executive and Comprehensive Security Report Updates
Now Available
For Infoblox Threat Defense Business Cloud and Advanced users, both the Executive Summary Report and the Comprehensive Security Report have been refreshed to provide more comprehensive and actionable insights, with enhancements in several key areas:
- Streamlined Layout: The new layout offers a single-view summary of overall statistics, with additional detailed information for each module. This provides analysts with a general understanding at a glance and make it easy to dig further into any module as needed.
- Improved Highlighting of Key Traffic Items: These reports better emphasize critical customer traffic items across all modules of Threat Defense.
- Dynamic DNS Traffic Anomaly Detection: Reports dynamically identify DNS traffic anomalies, highlighting mean deviations over the report period.
Quick Links for Security
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ECOSYSTEM
Infoblox Ecosystem: SOC Insights integration with ServiceNow for Event Notification
Now Available
The Infoblox SOC Insights integration with ServiceNow provides seamless, real-time notifications of security events and alerts directly within your ServiceNow platform. This integration enhances your team's ability to promptly respond to security incidents, improving overall operational efficiency and incident management. With this solution, you will be able to automatically raise a case based on SOC Insights AI-Driven analytics to help reduce alert fatigue, speed investigate and improve your response to the threats that matter most.
You can find more information on the Infoblox Ecosystem Portal for ServiceNow.
Infoblox Ecosystem: Log Sharing with Cribl for Flexible Log Collection, Filtering and Routing
Now Available
Infoblox Threat Defense and Infoblox DDI now offer a certified, supported integration with Cribl. This integration with Cribl is another way Infoblox helps you optimize your network and security telemetry by efficiently filtering and routing logs to other security tools for improved visibility, threat detection, and ROI.
You can find more information on the Infoblox Ecosystem Portal for Cribl.
END-OF-LIFE / END-OF-SALE
NetMRI: End-of-Life Announcement
Projected Date: April 2027
Reminder: On April 30, 2025, NetMRI will reach its Last Order Date (LOD) milestone, with the End-of-Life (EoL) scheduled for April 30, 2027. NetMRI renewals will be allowed after the LOD until the EoL date. For more information, please visit the Infoblox Support Portal’s End-of-Life Announcements and subscribe to receive product lifecycle updates by email. If you require planning or migration assistance, please contact your preferred Infoblox partner or your Infoblox account team for service options.
NIOS 8.6: End-of-Life Announcement
Projected Date: April 2025
Reminder: On April 30, 2025, NIOS 8.6 and its derivative releases (8.6.0, 8.6.1, 8.6.2, 8.6.3, and 8.6.4) will reach their End-of-Life (EoL) milestones. NIOS releases before 8.6.0 are already past their EoL dates. For more information, please visit the Infoblox Support Portal’s End-of-Life Announcements and subscribe to receive product lifecycle updates by email. If you require planning or upgrade assistance, please contact your preferred Infoblox partner or your Infoblox account team for service options.
BloxOne DDI: End-of-Sale Announcement
Projected Date: April 2025
Reminder: On April 30, 2025, BloxOne DDI software SKUs will reach their Last Order Date (LOD) milestone. Existing BloxOne DDI contracts will be honored but future expansions and renewals will require a move to Universal DDI Management and the related NIOS-X deployment options, which include all capabilities previously available in BloxOne DDI and more. For more information, please visit the Infoblox Support Portal’s End-of-Sale Announcement.
Note: This communication relates to the BloxOne DDI software SKUs and does not apply to the Infoblox B1-212 physical server or the Infoblox BloxOne sandbox SKU.
