DNSSEC Survey Report
BT Diamond IP just published its latest report detailing results of its DNSSEC industry survey, conducted in November, 2014. This year’s survey yielded strong participation from active DNSSEC deployers, meaning those who have already deployed or are deploying DNSSEC. While not likely representative of overall industry deployment status, opinions regarding complexity and business case as obstacles and lack of interest in high security module (HSM) appliances for private key storage prove insightful. Among the key findings of the survey: Nearly all respondents agreed with the statement that DNSSEC can or does provide value to their organization and over 85 percent likewise agreed that DNSSEC technology is mature and can be reliably deployed. Forty-seven percent of respondents agreed that deploying and maintaining DNSSEC is very complex, 12 of the 47 percent strongly. Only 22 percent disagreed. This is rather telling in that DNSSEC is not only considered complex to the uninitiated, bu...