Stay one step ahead of cybersquatting with effective domain name monitoring.
Every day, several hundred thousands of domain names are registered around the world. They include an unknown number of fraud vectors.
Domain names are omnipresent across the Internet and are key to your digital territory: they represent an immense opportunity of hijacking for scammers and cyber-attackers. Domain name monitoring is essential to face these risks.
Appropriation, falsification, piracy of your domain name, the importance of detecting cybersquatting:
What forms of abusive exploitation?
Registration or repurchase of domain names with your identical brand name
Registration or repurchase of domain names with spelling or lexical variants
Takeover and hijacking of your domain names
For what purpose?
Resale at full price
Phishing
Scam
Promotion of an illegal offer (counterfeiting, fencing)
Promotion of a competing offer
Monetisation through affiliate links
Display of inappropriate content
Redirection to malware downloads
Intrusion into the company network
Leading to what consequences?
Financial loss
Reputational damage
Security damage
One of the strategies you can adopt to protect your brand is to register domain names defensively. These registrations target the names and extensions considered sensitive or at risk. It is impossible to register domain names which would protect against every attempt at fraud, but defensive registration remains a strategic lever to limit the risks to malicious actors.
Cybersquatting is one of the most common attack vectors used by cyber-attackers. Your brand thus needs to be protected against all of the risks associated with cybersquatting. By monitoring domain names, you can identify as early as possible any new registration or use of domain names that could undermine your brand. Reacting quickly with appropriate countermeasures is essential.
Nameshield offers its experience in the field by combining an integrated approach, powerful technological tools and in-house human expertise. This ensures a constant discovery of domain names infringing your trademarks through two monitoring models: Essential Domain Monitoring and Extended Domain Monitoring.
Thanks to Nameshield’s monitoring service, you’ll be the first to know if a fraudulent domain name has been registered to usurp your brand!
Two models for monitoring your brand online:
You supply the brand(s) to be protected, and we’ll take care of the rest!
Your Essential Domain Monitoring
- Detection of domain names with a strong spelling and typographical similarity to your brand.
- Provision of reports with enriched data.
- Qualification and analysis by your teams.
Your Extended Domain Monitoring
- Detection of domain names with strong spelling, typographical and lexical similarities to your brand and its attributes.
- Report of cases of critical fraud as soon as they are detected.
- Provision of reports with a sheet for each domain name presenting the level of risk identified by our team, with recommendations for action.
- 24/7 access to our SaaS Monitoring Area.
- Access to our API.
Extended Domain Monitoring: an AI-based approach
Treatment of your brand as an extended entity
Our algorithm identifies keywords and concepts associated with the context and lexical field of your brand, which may be used in deceptive and fraudulent domain names.
Advanced algorithm for generating variations
Our algorithm generates spelling and typographical variants to allow the detection of domain names registered with a word approaching your brand.
Human in the loop
A team of experts is involved at every level, from drafting search queries tailored to each context and objective, to qualifying the domain names detected, until proposing appropriate countermeasures.
Your Monitoring Area
Dedicated interface to manage your service
Configurable dashboard
Complete, qualified and classified results
Launch of remediation actions
History of results and reports
The advantages of our domain name monitoring service
Global coverage of the risk
Continuous monitoring of the appearance of domain names in all top-level and second-level domains.
Powerful search engine
Search for ‘lookalike’ domain names, including the brand in an exact and approximate form, using a wide range of spelling and typographical variations.
Two service models
‘Essential’ and ‘Extended’, tailored to your budget, your needs and your organisation.
End-to-end service
Support and recommendations, from detection to remediation of domain names that usurp your brand.
Proprietary developments
No subcontracting: complete control of our solutions, reliability, autonomy, independence.
Innovative solutions: No transfer of data to third parties.
Complementary measures to fight against cyber threats
Brand Enforcement: defend your brand
Our team of experts can help you put in place appropriate countermeasures, through a wide range of remediation actions and domain name purchase.
Our team of experts can help you secure your email, particularly against phishing.
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See also :
Glossary:
Find several examples of cybersquatting and typosquatting cases on our blog.
