Shawn Randhawa
Cybersecurity and cyber resilience becomes more important with every passing year as threats grow in sophistication. Thankfully, increasing domain security, DNS and SSL is pretty simple. With just a little time and a few tweaks, you can significantly improve your protection from a variety threats such as domain theft, accidental downtime, identity fraud, business impersonation, brand spoofing and more.
We recommend taking 60-minutes, or longer depending on the size of your domain portfolio, to review the best practices, tips and recommendations shared below and create an implementation plan to ensure that your domain, DNS and SSL security posture is proactive and one step ahead of bad actors.
Best practices for protecting domain names, DNS, SSL & email in 2025 🔒
✅ Consolidate domain names that are spread across different providers with a reputable domain registrar like Webnames.ca (or Webnames Corporate for larger organizations) that provides robust security features and is committed to industry best practices
✅ Now required for your security at Webnames, make sure multi-factor verification is turned on for your Webnames account (and everywhere else you can use it!). Further increase your efficiency and security by using our Single Sign-On option
✅ Never password share. Use our multi-user functionality to assign authorized staff appropriate roles, permissions and unique login credentials
✅ Audit your domain registration details once per year to confirm registrant and contact information is up-to-date.
✅ Enable registry or registrar locks on key domain names and Account Lock on organization owned accounts
✅ Periodically scan DNS records for old, unused entries that may point to servers you no longer control.
✅ Implement a no expiry policy on brand referencing & previously used business domains to prevent repurposing and identity theft by spammers
✅ Use DNSSEC to ensure the integrity of your DNS data and prevent a variety of DNS attacks
✅ Increase email security by implementing SPF and DMARC to prevent a range of email attacks
✅ Set-up DKIM for your email to let recipients know that your email message is authentic and authorized by the owner of a domain
✅ Utilize SSL management tools and SSL monitoring to reduce issuance errors, prevent disruption and catch issues quickly
✅ Train your staff about cybersecurity best practices and encourage vigilance
Get started with these free security features from Webnames and friends today
Utilize Webnames’ Domain Security Scan tool to check the transfer lock state, SSL status, registrant privacy and more on any domain name
Sign up for a free domain monitoring trial to detect domains that might be infringing on your trademarks
Get acquainted with our Account Activity Log (in your Webnames account) which shows a complete history of every action undertaken in your account for full transparency and oversight
Consider using CIRA’s Canadian Shield at home, a public DNS resolver it actively blocks websites associated with malware, phishing, botnet, internet scams and (optionally) pornographic content.
Schedule a call with us to improve your security together 🤝
If you would like our help implementing any of the above recommendations on your Webnames account, or wish to schedule a security review of your domain and SSL portfolio as a new client, we’re standing by to help.
Wishing you a secure and prosperous 2025!
As Webnames VP of Business Development, Shawn Randhawa uses his 10+-years of domain industry experience to work with corporations, lawfirms and government, capturing their specific needs to develop custom domain and SSL portfolio management strategies that consolidate, optimize, secure, and proactively protect their brands and trademarks online.