Author: Albert Chew and Rishabh Parmar
Security operations (SecOps) teams are under mounting pressure to reduce incident response times, eliminate alert fatigue and improve visibility across increasingly complex environments. The integration of Infoblox, a leader in Protective DNS and DNS-based threat intelligence, with Google Security Operations empowers these teams with actionable intelligence, automated workflows and deeper asset context hence unlocking a new level of efficiency for modern security operations.
Mitigating Threats with Google Security Operations
Google Security Operations helps SecOps teams detect, investigate and respond to modern threats. SecOps teams choose Google Security Operations for its planetary scale, which allows the platform to ingest and search through massive amounts of data in seconds and automatically enrich alerts with Google Threat Intelligence data to proactively respond to threats. Google Security Operations also appeals to SecOps teams due to its AI-enabled productivity.
The Value of Infoblox Universal DDI and Threat Defense to Security Operations
Infoblox Universal DDI™ brings comprehensive visibility into your network environment through enriched DNS, DHCP and IP address management (IPAM) data. This asset inventory is critical for closing the gaps left by incomplete or conflicting logs and can enrich Google Security Operations with the most accurate information about devices, users, workloads and network activities.
Infoblox Threat Defense™ leverages real-time predictive DNS threat intelligence, advanced machine learning-based detection algorithms and seamless response capabilities. Its integration with Google Security Operations’ response workflows and capabilities help to ensure early detection, event enrichment and automated remediation across the security ecosystem.
With Infoblox and Google Security Operations integration, organizations are enabled to:
- Bridge data silos by correlating contextual information from Universal DDI and Threat Defense with external sources in Google Security Operations
- Automate repetitive tasks and orchestrate response actions within Google Security Operations environment
- Amplify the effectiveness of Google Security Operations for rapid detection, investigation and response with Threat Defense and Infoblox SOC Insights
Infoblox as a Launch Partner for Google Security Operations Content Hub
Google Cloud recently announced its new Google Security Operations Content Hub, to help organizations streamline security operations and maximize the platform’s potential. Security operations teams can access content packs for top product integrations and use cases, making data ingestion configuration and data onboarding more efficient.
Use Cases
Detection with Threat Defense and Google Security Operations
Using predictive DNS intelligence, Infoblox Threat Defense preemptively detects and blocks malicious/high-risk domains, reduces alert volumes and forwards critical events to Google Security Operations for centralized monitoring and rapid triage, helping teams quickly identify and respond to high-priority threats.
Investigation with SOC Insights and Enriched Asset Data
Infoblox SOC Insights applies AI-driven correlation to DNS, DHCP and asset data, condensing large alert volumes into actionable insights. Enriched asset data fills gaps and resolves conflicting logs. Lookup playbooks help analysts rapidly identify “who, what, where,” accelerating investigations and improving incident context within Google Security Operations.
Response: Blocking, Quarantine and Automated Ticketing
Infoblox Threat Defense logs sent to Google Security Operations Content Hub can utilize response playbooks to automate response actions like real-time blocking (DNS response policy zone (RPZ), firewalls), vulnerability scans and device quarantines. Automated workflows also create and prioritize tickets for qualifying incidents, streamlining response and reducing manual effort during incident management.
Benefits of Integrating Infoblox with Google Security Operations
Google Security Operations collects and analyzes security telemetry from across the organization, providing SecOps teams with a centralized platform to detect, investigate and respond to threats. Combining Infoblox DNS data and security signals with Google Security Operations delivers several key benefits:
- Increased Efficiency: Intelligent correlation reduces alert volumes and noise by allowing analysts to focus on the most critical threats.
- Faster Response: Automated enrichment and orchestration shorten investigation and implement automated remediation, enabling your team to contain threats faster and resolve incidents quicker.
- Stronger Investigation: Rich DDI asset data and SOC Insights eliminate contextual gaps, improving forensic analysis speed and accuracy, which contributes to significantly reducing false positives.
Integrate Infoblox and Google Security Operations Today
Infoblox’s collaboration with Google Cloud aims to ensure our mutual customers safeguard their Google Cloud infrastructure and services more effectively. By integrating Infoblox’s DNS security and threat intelligence with Google Security Operations, critical threat detection data flows seamlessly into the platform—helping security teams quickly identify, investigate and remediate cloud threats before they are exploited. For detailed instructions on deploying and configuring this integration, please visit our step-by-step implementation guide on GitHub: Infoblox Threat Defense with DDI for Google Security Operations Integration.
This resource provides comprehensive documentation and deployment assets to accelerate your integration.
