Browse Blog Posts In Category “General”

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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Three key factors that prevent most security vendors from getting ahead of malware threats

If you find yourself regularly asking how your business can finally get a step ahead of malware infections and data theft, you’re not alone. You’re in good company with security vendors, which work tirelessly to get a step…

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Tipsheet: Five questions to ask your Internet security vendor about Big Data

Big Data has become a dominant theme in Internet security today, as it has massive potential to help vendors shift from collecting and reacting to threats to actually predicting them. But how can you find out whether a vendor is…

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Five Reasons Engineers Love Working at OpenDNS

The OpenDNS engineering, operations and research teams include some of the most talented and passionate engineers and developers on the planet. Our engineering team doubled in size over the past year and we’re still hiring…

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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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Why Richland Community College prefers malware protection without proxies or appliances

Each day, more than 2,500 students, staff, faculty and guests connect to Richland Community College’s networks from any of its six distributed sites. The school has been serving the educational needs of eight counties in South…

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OpenDNS Wins 2013 HBS Alumni Growth Award

Earlier this week OpenDNS attended the Harvard Business School Alumni/NC New Venture Competition in Palo Alto. The event featured an excellent showcase of new start-up talent, including presentations from the New Venture…

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Overcoming the hype around Big Data and Internet Security

OpenDNS recently unveiled the Umbrella Security Graph, a new tool that enables researchers to not only analyze known threats, but to predict future threat origins as well. The revolutionary tool combines Big Data analytics, graph…

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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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Locking Down: Whitelist-Only Mode

In IT, the most effective tools are often also the most adaptive. We believe network security should work the way your business needs it to, and allow change to be simple. The new Umbrella Dashboard plays a huge role in making…

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