DNSSEC is short for Domain Name System Security Extensions. It is a set of extensions that add extra security to the DNS protocol. This is done by enabling the validation of DNS requests, which is. specifically effective against DNS spoofing attacks. The banking sector and ISPs were lagging behind in the Netherlands. The government sector has to be fully compliant by the end of 2017 and is now at a level of 59% of all domain names to be cryptographically secured and signed. If you have any similar figures in your country, let me know in the comments.”]
Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/security-world/2017/02/dnssec-why-do-we-need-it/