Governments | DNS4EU | A sovereign DNS layer for Europe

DNS4EU

An initiative of the European Union, started when the European Commission appointed Whalebone as the programme's Consortium Leader.

DNS4GOV

The protective DNS solution developed as part of that programme, to align with the requirements of governmental institutions. It is a way for governments to secure, manage and control data.

Tailored for the government use-cases

Ransomware attacks

These attacks cripple critical infrastructure, still there is only ~20% chance of getting data back after paying the ransom

Strategic data exfiltration

Using elusive techniques such as DNS tunneling to get access and steal secret information

Phishing and scams

Trying to get access to a pre-selected institutions' databases to steal sensitive data

Abusing insufficient security of public institutions

Selecting public institutions, such as schools, as an easy target

DNS4EU and DNS4GOV in numbers

16M+

threats stopped every day across the network

1.3B

queries resolved every day on EU infrastructure

3

national PDNS deployments in operation

20+

countries and regions in proof of concept or past it

Future of DNS4EU

Country-wide and regional Protective DNS should become standard across all EU countries. We are working with the EU to get there within five years.

A national protective DNS layer is agreed once, by the state, and any institution under it can join without a project of its own.

What DNS4GOV brings

Unified Protection for National Infrastructure

DNS4GOV offers a multi-tenant architecture, allowing each government entity or institution to maintain visibility and control over its own protected environment, while being part of a nationally coordinated security consortium. This enables consistent protection across ministries, municipalities, healthcare networks, and more, all under one cohesive shield.

Instant Results, Zero Heavy Lifting

The out-of-the-box nature of DNS4GOV means no need for costly development, custom integration, or in-house threat hunting. Institutions benefit immediately from Whalebone's unparalleled threat intelligence, derived from millions of endpoints, global partners, and the DNS4EU backbone.

Simplified Rollout, Maximum Coverage

With a centralized deployment model and no per-institution licensing barrier, DNS4GOV is designed to encourage rapid adoption across hundreds or thousands of public bodies, without requiring additional budget or internal staffing. CERTs, digital ministries, or coordinating agencies can easily onboard entire sectors in weeks, not years.

Trusted Infrastructure, Built for Global Impact

The DNS4EU backbone represents a growing network of redundant, privacy-first, and high-availability DNS resolvers deployed across the European Union. Operated by Whalebone under the mandate of the European Commission, these resolvers ensure that DNS traffic is handled securely, compliantly, and without reliance on non-EU jurisdictions.

Every nation will operate a national PDNS

Whalebone whitepaper

Europe's Digital Shield

Why every nation will operate a national protective DNS, why resolution is infrastructure rather than a product, what it takes to run it inside the union, and where protective DNS is already written into regulation as a requirement rather than an option.

Written for the people who decide how a country resolves DNS.

Get the whitepaper

Join the DNS4EU ecosystem

DNS4GOV is the commercial solution built from the DNS4EU project, for governments and public institutions. It brings additional value thanks to the DNS4EU ecosystem.

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