Introduction

Validin empowers security teams, threat researchers, and threat hunters to explore and track threats across the key attributes required for public infrastructure tracking.

We provide the most comprehensive internet intelligence available in one place, enabling you to investigate threats, uncover unique connections, and proactively defend your organization.

Overview

This guide provides an overview of the Validin platform and how to use it for:

• Threat investigation and triage
• Threat infrastructure tracking
• Proactive lookalike domain discovery
• Tracking and identifying infrastructure associated with specific threats

What is Validin?

Validin is more than just a DNS database - it's the key to understanding the many ways that domain names and IP addresses connect. We meticuously collect and analyse data across the layers critical for security investigations: DNS records, host responses, certificates, registration data, and open-source threat intelligence.

Our proprietary data, collection, mapping, and tooling turn raw data into the insights needed for a complete overview of an entity's online presence and its connections to the broader threat landscape.

Validin's Unique Visibility

We empower threat hunters with:

• Unparalleled breadth and depth: We provide the most extensive collection of internet intelligence vailable, ensuring you have all the essential information needed to make an informed decision
• Unique insights and connections: our fingerprinting and history reaveal hidden connections and patterns that you can't find anywhere else.
• Collaboration and tracking: collaborate with your team using shared projects. Track changes to indicators automatically and receive alerts on changes.

Purpose of the documentation

This documentation provides first-time users with an overview of the Validin Platform and guidance on how to leverage it for common security workflows.

Scope and Limitations

This guide covers all the essential features of the Validin Platform, making it perfect for users of our web-based UI. For system administrators and developers, we offer separate documentation tailored to your needs.