Shadow IT Discovery with DNS Analytics

How DNS analytics helps you discover shadow IT and unauthorized apps, where it falls short, and how to act on what you find.

DNS Filtering for Enterprise IT: Deployment Guide

Deploy DNS filtering across your enterprise the right way: the four models, a phased rollout, and the problems to prevent before they hit.

DNS Filtering for HIPAA Compliance

How DNS filtering supports HIPAA, maps to the Security Rule, what to require from a provider, and the log risk to watch for.

How DNS Filtering Supports SOC 2 Compliance

See which SOC 2 compliance criteria DNS filtering supports, and the exact evidence to hand to your auditor for each.

Enterprise DNS Filtering vs. Web Proxy: Which Does Your Enterprise Need?

DNS filtering blocks domains fast; a web proxy inspects full HTTPS sessions. Which does your enterprise need in 2026, and when to run both?

DNS Logging Best Practices and SIEM Integration

DNS logging best practices for security teams: what to capture, where, how long to keep it, and how to stream clean logs into your SIEM, without slowing DNS down.

Announcements

Control D Updates: July 2026

Control D's latest updates, including smarter scheduling, stronger org controls, passkeys, and 2 new free tools. Here's what's new.

Podcast

How a University CISO Refused a $1.25M LockBit Ransom Demand

A CISO's real LockBit incident: why he refused a $1.25M ransom, and the fundamentals that decide who survives an attack.

Podcast

Inside the Capital One Breach: The 1% Security Gap Nobody Fixed

Ross Young was inside Capital One during the 2019 breach. He explains what the headlines missed and why most security budgets go to waste.

Control D Pricing Guide 2026: Plans, Costs & What You’ll Pay

What Control D costs, from $3/mo personal to $2/endpoint for teams. Compare every plan and start a 14-day free trial, no credit card required.

Technical

DNS vs VPN: Privacy, Speed, Control & More

DNS filtering and a VPN solve different problems. Compare them on privacy, speed, and control, plus when to use each and when to run both.

DNS Custom Rules Explained: What Are They And What Can They Do?

Custom DNS rules let you override what any domain resolves to. Here's how block, bypass, and redirect rules work, and what you can actually do with them.

Podcast

Navy Officer Reveals the Threat Modeling Mindset Most Cybersecurity Teams Are Missing

Ben Lipczynski spent 12 years on nuclear submarines before enterprise security. His take on patching, legacy systems, and the CVE avalanche.

Podcast

Why Your Audit Passed But Security Failed: Shadow AI & Compliance Theatre

ISO 27001 lead auditor John Verry on why compliance theatre is the default, and how shadow AI is widening the gap between audit and reality.

Announcements

Control D Updates: May 2026

A faster backend, cleaner Analytics, bulk Client cleanup, a custom Services view, plus easier advanced rules. Here's everything new in Control D.

Podcast

Ex-FBI Agent: One Phone Call Gave Hackers Full Network Access

A single phone call gave a threat actor full network access. Devon Ackerman explains why identity-based attacks beat modern defenses and what CISOs should do.

Case Studies

Case Study: Pennsylvania College of Technology Closes Its BYOD Security Gap With Control D

How a Pennsylvania college gained visibility into thousands of unmanaged student devices without compromising student privacy.

Podcast

Cyberwarfare Is Not What CISOs Think: How to Protect Your Crown Jewels

Matan Eli Matalon joined Full Metal Packet from Israel as Iranian missiles flew overhead, pausing mid-interview to take shelter. What he revealed about how cyberwarfare actually works makes this one of the most grounded conversations we've had.

OpenDNS Pricing: Is It Worth It?

Breaking down OpenDNS plans, features, and hidden "costs", plus a better alternative that starts at $0.

Best DNS Servers for Gaming 2026 [Ranked]

Find the top DNS servers for gaming. Improve load times, block threats, and keep connections stable.

GoGuardian Pricing: Is It Worth It?

We explain GoGuardian's cost structure, features, and trade-offs, and compare it with an alternative to help you choose the right web filtering service.

Podcast

For the First Time in 15 Years, One Thing Is Dominating Cybersecurity

Matthew Rosenquist has made cybersecurity predictions for 15 years. In 2026, for the first time, AI is dominating all of them.

How to Evaluate DNS Security Solutions: A Practical Checklist for IT Teams

A practical checklist for IT teams on how to evaluate DNS security solutions covering security, deployment, compliance, and cost.

Podcast

AI Is Rewriting the Incident Playbook & Most Security Teams Are Still on the Old Version

Randolph Barr has been CISO at over 10 companies across 25 years, including Cisco, Zoom, and BioRender. That kind of career gives you a vantage point most people in security never get: you stop seeing individual incidents and start seeing the pattern underneath all of them.

Case Studies

Case Study: GitHub Cuts Security Overhead With Control D

GitHub needed DNS security that was easy to deploy, easy to maintain, and trustworthy. Control D delivered on all three.