Browse Blog Posts In Category “Announcements”

Breaking News: Traffic to Syria drops off the Internet

The Umbrella Security Labs team reported today that traffic to Syria dropped off the Internet around 18:45 UTC.  On closer inspection it seems Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet.
Shortly after our team broke the…

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Introducing Internal Networks: map your entire distributed network with ease

One goal of the Umbrella security service is to allow you to secure each component of your increasingly distributed network in a way that makes the most sense for your organization.  Up until now, Umbrella Insights and Umbrella…

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Six new datacenters come online in Europe

Today we announced that OpenDNS has brought new datacenters online in Prague, Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw and Bucharest, effectively tripling our presence in Europe. Over the past few years the OpenDNS operations team has…

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Field Reports: How FLEXcon reduced malware by 98% with Umbrella by OpenDNS

Depending on their business size or industry, our customers choose Umbrella for vastly different reasons. For example, while a K-12 school district might choose Umbrella as a stand-alone solution for Web filtering and malware…

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Preserving privacy and providing transparency in a world of always-on security

Many people know us for our disruptive model of delivering security, offering it as a highly scalable and globally available service. And, people are starting to talk about the powerful security we provide our customers by…

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3 Reasons to Meet OpenDNS At EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference

Next month the OpenDNS crew is headed to St. Louis for the EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference, and we couldn’t be more excited. It’s our second year attending the event, and we’re eager to gain a deeper…

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Big News from OpenDNS

When I shared some stats earlier this year about our terrific 2012 growth, we already had big plans in the works to take OpenDNS to new heights. This morning we made two big announcements about how we’ll make it happen. First,…

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Despite DNS break, OpenDNS users can still access Instagr.am links

Twitter this morning:

This morning we noticed that Instagram’s short URL, Instagr.am, wasn’t resolving. Needless to say, Insta-fans were not happy. While hundreds of people were reporting the issue on Twitter, our engineering…

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Spring Cleaning: Five IT Tips to Keep Your Business in Secure Order

As an IT administrator for OpenDNS, I rarely have a quiet day. Case-in-point: five new employees started this morning, which meant provisioning five new laptops, phones and email accounts, along with dozens of other activities…

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OpenDNS Hosts Security Researchers and Innovators During RSA

RSA, the world’s largest security conference, is held each year in San Francisco, OpenDNS’s backyard. The week-long conference consists of countless events, from educational sessions to blockbuster parties.

But for security…

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