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Domain Security Essentials

Protect your digital assets

9 lessons
3-4 hours

About this course

Your domains are valuable digital assets that need protection. This comprehensive 9-lesson course teaches you how to secure domains against hijacking, theft, and unauthorized access using industry best practices.

What you'll learn

  • Enable two-factor authentication on all registrar accounts
  • Configure domain locks to prevent unauthorized transfers
  • Implement privacy protection correctly
  • Know your legal options against domain squatters

Course Content

1

Setting Up Two-Factor Authentication

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2FA is your first line of defense. Learn how to set it up at every major registrar.

2FA prevents account takeover even if pa...Use authenticator apps over SMS when pos...
10 min
2

Understanding Domain Locks

Domain locks prevent unauthorized changes. Learn about the different types and when to use them.

clientTransferProhibited prevents unauth...Some registrars offer registry-level loc...
9 min
3

Preventing Domain Hijacking

Domain hijacking can devastate a business. Learn the attack vectors and how to defend against them.

Social engineering is the #1 attack vect...Keep registration contact information cu...
9 min
4

WHOIS Privacy Protection

Understand when and how to use privacy protection to hide your contact information.

Privacy protection hides your contact in...GDPR has changed what information is pub...
14 min
5

Preventing Domain Theft

Learn proactive measures to protect your domains from theft and social engineering attacks.

Domain theft often starts with email com...Enable all available security features a...
14 min
6

Protecting Against Typosquatting

Typosquatters register misspellings of popular domains. Learn how to protect your brand.

Common typos include missing letters and...Consider registering common misspellings...
12 min
7

WHOIS Privacy After GDPR

GDPR changed domain privacy forever. Understand what information is now public and what's protected.

GDPR requires registrars to redact perso...Business contact information may still b...
7 min
8

SSL Certificate Validation

Understand the different types of SSL validation and how they verify domain ownership.

Domain validation (DV) is the quickest a...Organization validation (OV) adds compan...
15 min
9

Fighting Cybersquatting

If someone registers a domain targeting your trademark, you have legal options. Learn the UDRP process.

UDRP is the primary dispute resolution p...You need a trademark to file a complaint
12 min

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Who it's for

  • Business owners with valuable domains
  • Domain portfolio holders
  • IT administrators
  • Anyone concerned about domain security