Questions & Answers

Welcome to the Hafnova FAQ

Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions about cybersecurity for organizations and supply chains.

Discover how Hafnova DoHzel, CyberIntel, and ThreatDB protect public and private organizations, their supply chains, and their mobile workforces – wherever they operate, anytime.

In today’s interconnected digital ecosystem, trust is critical — between employees, partners, suppliers, and customers.
Hafnova enforces digital trust by ensuring that all communications, data exchanges, and interactions remain authentic, secure, and private.

Our approach includes:

  • Real-time protection against phishing, brand impersonation, domain spoofing, and typosquatting.

  • Securing DNS communications without decrypting user content, respecting confidentiality and privacy regulations.

  • Building trusted ecosystems by monitoring the cybersecurity posture of your suppliers and partners with Hafnova CyberIntel.

  • Maintaining service availability and resilience through our distributed and redundant infrastructure across Europe and Switzerland.

With Hafnova, organizations can operate confidently, collaborate securely, and protect their brand reputation — strengthening digital trust across their entire ecosystem.

Hafnova CyberIntel continuously monitors the Internet to detect phishing sites, brand impersonation, and threats targeting your organization, your suppliers, and your customers.

CyberIntel monitors your entire digital ecosystem by analyzing both your organization’s digital footprint and that of your key partners and suppliers.

This creates an ecosystem of digital trust, securing business exchanges and protecting your brand reputation, customer confidence, and operational resilience.

Yes.

Hafnova monitors your environment and your business partners’ digital ecosystems to detect and block emerging threats, creating a trusted, secure network for resilient collaboration and safe operations.

Firewalls and antivirus alone are no longer enough.

91% of successful cyberattacks bypass these systems by using phishing, domain impersonation, and encrypted communications.

Hafnova DoHzel extends protection beyond the corporate perimeter — securing employees, devices, and communications wherever they work.

Absolutely.

DoHzel Connect ensures that users are protected when accessing cloud resources, SaaS applications, or corporate data — regardless of their location — without the need for traditional VPN setups.

Yes.

Hafnova is trusted by:

  • Public transportation systems

  • Hospitals and healthcare organizations

  • Energy providers

  • Public sector agencies

  • NGOs and education institutions

We adapt security to each sector’s operational, regulatory, and privacy needs.

Absolutely.

Hafnova DoHzel protects servers and cloud resources by blocking unauthorized DNS communications, preventing malware from contacting control servers and spreading inside your infrastructure.

Always-on VPNs are costly, complex to manage, and often create user friction.

Hafnova DoHzel offers lightweight, real-time security that integrates seamlessly with your existing IT infrastructure — eliminating the need for heavy, expensive, and intrusive VPN setups.

Users stay protected anywhere, anytime, without compromising speed or productivity.

Moreover, DoHzel Connect allows users to securely access corporate resources even when connected through a VPN, combining the strengths of both solutions for enhanced security and operational flexibility.

Decrypting encrypted traffic introduces serious compliance risks under regulations such as GDPR and the Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA).

Without explicit user consent, inspecting personal communications may breach fundamental privacy principles, including purpose limitation, data minimization, and confidentiality.

Hafnova enforces privacy by design: we secure communications without decrypting user content, preserving user trust while ensuring full regulatory compliance.

Moreover, traditional DPI technologies cannot effectively prevent modern attacks based on brand impersonation, typosquatting, and phishing, which exploit domain names rather than inspecting payloads.

Hafnova addresses these threats by blocking malicious domains and DNS communications in real time — before damages occur.

Traditional antispam tools focus only on securing email communications.

Hafnova protects all types of network communications that rely on the Domain Name System (DNS) — the address book of the Internet.

Whether it’s email, web browsing, applications, cloud services, or server communications, Hafnova blocks malicious DNS and IP traffic in real time, ensuring comprehensive protection across all channels — regardless of the origin.

Hafnova DoHzel actually boosts overall network performance.

First, DoHzel eliminates an average of 10% to 40% of network pollution — including ads, trackers, and redundant traffic — resulting in faster browsing speeds and lower energy consumption across network devices.

This substantially reduces the environmental impact of network devices.

Second, DoHzel operates even on older devices (Android ≥ 9), since all security intelligence and filtering are processed within Hafnova’s cloud infrastructure, minimizing device resource usage.

Finally, Hafnova’s smart, multi-tiered DNS architecture accelerates DNS resolution compared to traditional systems, delivering a noticeably faster and smoother user experience.

Human error cannot be fully eliminated.

Even with excellent training, just 1% of users cause 88% of cyber incidents.

Hafnova DoHzel acts as a last line of defense, instantly blocking malicious domains if a user clicks on a phishing link — before any damage occurs.

This is a dangerous misconception.

iPhones, like any smartphone, are vulnerable to phishing and advanced spyware like Pegasus, which can infect a device without any user action.

Hafnova DoHzel prevents attacks by blocking malicious links before a device is even exposed — providing true protection where device security alone falls short.

Hafnova DoHzel application extends the full protection of DoHzel to mobile devices: laptops, smartphones, and tablets, operating outside the traditional corporate perimeter.

Available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, DoHzel Mobile application ensures users stay protected against cyberthreats and protects corporate credentials and secrets even on personal devices.

Yes, absolutely.

Hafnova is built on privacy by design principles and fully complies with GDPR, the Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA), and other international privacy standards.

Our commitments include:

  • Pseudonymization of user identities: we never track or associate activities with individual users.

  • Encryption of all DNS traffic: preventing any third party from eavesdropping on your communications.

  • No storage, inspection, or recording of user content: ensuring that your online activities remain private and confidential at all times.

ThreatDB is Hafnova’s proprietary database containing over 45 million entries of malicious domains and IP addresses, the so-called Indicators of Compromise (IoC) we use.
Powered by AI, honeypots, crawlers, and sandboxes, and trusted sources, ThreatDB discovers more than 500,000 new malicious domains and IP addresses every day, ensuring real-time, up-to-date protection against emerging cyber threats.

Thanks to Hafnova CyberIntel, new phishing sites and domain-based threats are detected using advanced semantic AI analysis before they spread.

CyberIntel scans domains, suppliers, and partner ecosystems for emerging threats, feeding Hafnova DoHzel in real time to automatically block them — often before traditional security solutions even detect them.

More about CyberIntel:

  • Active threat discovery targeting your brand and partners,

  • Supplier risk monitoring,

  • AI-based semantic detection,

  • Full integration with DoHzel for instant action.

Learn more here: Hafnova CyberIntel

Hafnova’s ThreatDB processes over 2.3 billion security events monthly, adding more than 500,000 new Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) daily.

You benefit from real-time, automatic updates — ensuring protection against the latest threats without any manual intervention.

Yes. Hafnova DoHzel can be deployed centrally using any MDM or endpoint management platform such as Microsoft Intune, VMWare WorkspaceOne, or NinjaOne — protecting desktops, laptops, smartphones, and tablets.

For SMEs, deployment typically takes under an hour.

For large organizations, our engineering team ensures seamless integration into existing infrastructures for fast and efficient rollouts.

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With Hafnova, you don’t just react to cyber threats — you prevent them before they strike, while maintaining privacy, performance, and peace of mind across all your operations.

Contact us or Request a demo to discover how Hafnova can secure your organization, your supply chain and business partners, and your employees – wherever they are, anytime.

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