New Products Highlight the Integration of Infoblox's Universal DDI and Google WAN Cloud to Tackle Challenges in Hybrid, Multi cloud Networking and Cybersecurity.

Figure 1. Infoblox and Google Cloud Partner to Secure Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Enterprise Resources.

Infoblox and Google Cloud have announced a partnership to deliver new products that aim to accelerate enterprise cloud adoption by providing advanced networking and security capabilities. Figure 1 shows Infoblox and Google Cloud Partner to Secure Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Enterprise Resources.

The Infoblox Universal DDI for Google’s Cloud WAN combines Google Cloud's Cross-Cloud Network infrastructure with Infoblox’s DNS and DHCP services, enabling enterprise customers to deploy Universal DDI’s NIOS-X as a Service with greater ease. This product offers infrastructure-free DNS and DHCP services globally and is seamlessly integrated with Google Cloud Cross-Cloud Network.

Mukesh Gupta, Chief Product Officer at Infoblox, explained, “The integration of Infoblox Universal DDI with Google Cloud WAN marks a significant advancement for enterprises looking to simplify core network service management. Traditionally, setting up DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) involved a mix of hardware, virtual machines, and manual configurations across multiple environments. This integration eliminates those complexities, offering a cloud-native, fully managed solution built on Google’s global cloud infrastructure. Organizations can now deploy and manage network services swiftly, without operational overhead.”

Gupta further emphasized, “By consolidating these services into one unified platform, teams gain centralized visibility and control across their entire network—regardless of where their users, applications, or data centers are located. This reduces the challenges of scaling globally, ensures consistent performance, and provides enterprises with a more intelligent and resilient foundation for connecting everything from remote branches to cloud workloads.”

According to the vendor, Infoblox Universal DDI for Cloud WAN will allow enterprise organizations to:

• Replace multiple customized WAN and MPLS solutions, enabling seamless connectivity for workloads, offices, data centers, and users over Google’s private backbone.
• Reduce reliance on on-premises hardware and virtualization software by leveraging a cloud-delivered solution for critical network services.
• Reclaim orphaned resources and mitigate security risks by automatically identifying conflicting subnets, zombie assets, and outdated DNS records across public clouds, preventing outages.
• Secure branch offices and enable quick responses to security incidents, while ensuring consistent security policy enforcement across all sites.
• Gain access to Google’s global network infrastructure.

Additionally, the partnership introduces Google’s DNS Armor from Google Cloud, powered by Infoblox’s protective DNS and DNS-centric threat intelligence. This product helps secure cloud workloads and provides simplified, scalable threat detection. It allows enterprise organizations to monitor DNS traffic for malicious activity, such as ransomware, command and control communications, data exfiltration, Zero Day DNS threats, and domain generation algorithms.

Mukesh Gupta explained, “Google Cloud DNS Armor, powered by Infoblox, offers proactive protection against a wide range of cyber threats by using DNS as the first line of defense. Since nearly all cyberattacks involve DNS at some point—whether it’s ransomware communicating with a command server, exfiltrating data, or using domain generation algorithms—DNS Armor is uniquely designed to identify malicious activity early in the attack chain.”

He further added, “This solution inspects DNS queries in real time to detect suspicious behavior like command-and-control traffic, zero-day threats, and domains associated with known adversaries. Unlike traditional security tools that react after damage occurs, DNS Armor proactively identifies and blocks threats—often months before other systems can detect them. And because it's integrated natively into Google Cloud, customers can easily activate and manage it directly from the console, without the need for additional infrastructure. This means stronger protection with less effort and a more secure environment for cloud workloads.”

This product allows enterprise customers to activate and configure DNS threat detection directly from the Google Cloud console, enabling administrators to monitor DNS queries and access DNS threat logs for early threat detection.

Bob Walker, Senior Domain Network Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group, stated, “As cyber threats become more advanced, the collaboration between Infoblox and Google Cloud offers a groundbreaking approach to network security. Google Cloud’s DNS Armor, powered by Infoblox, combines cutting-edge DNS threat intelligence with scalable cloud architecture to provide enterprises with robust protection against emerging threats.”

According to Infoblox, DNS Armor leverages Infoblox's DNS technology to enhance visibility and detect DNS-based attacks with a low false positive rate. This increased visibility helps reduce the risk of malware, data breaches, and cyberattacks for Google Cloud customers.

Chris Kissel, Research Vice President of Security and Trust at IDC, stated, “Infoblox powers Google Cloud’s DNS Armor with intelligence that goes beyond a simple DNS block list—tracking adversary activity to uncover and flag every corner of their malicious network. The first challenge to cybersecurity is that it’s often reactive, but DNS Armor, powered by Infoblox, provides a proactive solution to securing cloud workloads without adding extra complexity or computational burden.”

Source: NETWORK WORLD

Cite this article:

Priyadharshini S (2025), Infoblox and Google Cloud Collaborate to Safeguard Hybrid and Multi Cloud Enterprise Resources, AnaTechMaz, pp.135