It’s a new year! Time to clear out the clutter from the old year and make ambitious plans for the new one. While this tradition often involves personal goals and business forecasts, it’s also the perfect opportunity to perform a strategic overhaul of your digital infrastructure to protect your company’s online presence for a more resilient 2026.
At the turn of the new year, one of the best ways to start and stick to something new isn’t starting something new. Replacement is what actually works. This year, let’s apply the “out with the old, in with the new” philosophy to the foundation of your digital identity: your DNS security.
It’s time to replace outdated, passive approaches with modern, resilient strategies.
Here are five critical upgrades to make for a more secure and prosperous 2026.
1. Out with Single-Provider Dependency, In with Multi-Provider Resilience (Entreprise-Level)
The Old Way: Putting all your DNS eggs in one basket by relying on a single, major cloud provider for all your DNS needs. The thinking was that the biggest players were “too big to fail.”
The New Way: Implementing a true multi-provider DNS strategy that includes automatic, registry-level failover.
Why it’s essential: Major outages in recent years have taught us a hard lesson: no single provider is infallible. When a massive cloud provider experiences a core DNS failure, their internal redundancy becomes meaningless, and they become a single point of failure for every client they host. True resilience is about having an automated plan for when they inevitably do.
Result: By using a secondary, independent DNS provider, a failover system can instantly redirect your traffic the moment an outage is detected, ensuring your business stays online. This moves you from a position of dependence to one of control.
2. Out with Reactive Monitoring, In with Proactive Threat Hunting
The Old Way: Waiting for a monitoring alert to tell you that your website is down or, even worse, for a customer to report a phishing site impersonating your brand.
The New Way: Proactively hunting for threats before they are weaponized by continuously scanning for look-alike domains and other indicators of malicious activity.
Why it’s essential: A reactive security posture means you are always one step behind the attackers. By the time a phishing site is live and targeting your customers, the damage has already begun. A modern, proactive approach involves using sophisticated tools to scan global domain registrations in real-time.
Result: This allows you to identify a confusingly similar domain the moment it’s registered, giving you the power to initiate a takedown before it can be used in an attack. This is the difference between cleaning up a disaster and preventing it from ever happening.
3. Out with Basic Passwords, In with Mandatory 2FA
The Old Way: Relying on password complexity rules and hoping employees use strong, unique passwords for their domain management accounts.
The New Way: Enforcing mandatory Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for every user with access to your domain registrar and DNS control panels.
Why it’s essential: Passwords are a fundamentally broken security model. They can be stolen, guessed, or phished with alarming ease. A password alone is an open invitation for a domain hijacking. 2FA adds a critical second layer of defense by requiring a physical token or a code from a mobile device.
Result: One of the most effective security measures you can implement, immediately neutralizing the risk of compromised credentials. In 2026, 2FA should not be optional; it should be the standard.
4. Out with Bloated Permissions, In with a Zero-Trust Model
The Old Way: Granting broad administrative access to multiple team members for the sake of convenience, leading to “permission creep” over time.
The New Way: Adopting a Zero-Trust or “least privilege” model, where every user has only the absolute minimum level of access required to perform their specific duties.
Why it’s essential: Every user with administrative access to your domain is a potential attack vector. The more users with high-level permissions, the larger your internal attack surface. This risk comes from well-intentioned employees who can make accidental, service-disrupting mistakes.
Result: By regularly auditing user permissions and enforcing a least-privilege model, you dramatically reduce the risk of both internal threats and human error. A clean and lean access policy is a secure policy.
5. Out with a Budget Registrar, In with a Security-First Partner
The Old Way: Choosing a domain registrar based solely on who offers the lowest price for a .com registration, treating a critical business asset like a commodity.
The New Way: Selecting a registrar that functions as a security partner, one that prioritizes the protection of your assets and provides the advanced tools and expert support needed to do so.
Why it’s essential: Your domain name is one of your most valuable assets. Entrusting it to a budget provider that focuses on volume over value is a massive gamble. A security-first registrar, like Domainsure, understands the stakes. At Domainsure, we provide more than a registration service.
Result: We provide a comprehensive protection platform. This includes advanced security features, proactive monitoring, expert support, and a deep understanding of the threat landscape. This year, stop treating your domain like a line-item expense and start managing it like the critical asset it is.
A More Secure 2026 Starts Now
These five upgrades are a shift in how you view and manage your digital identity. By replacing outdated dependencies and passive postures with modern, proactive, and resilient solutions, you are enhancing your security, and building a stronger, more reliable business.
Make 2026 the year you take control of your domain security.
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