DNSFilter Names Serial Scale-Up Marketer Conor Coughlan as Chief Marketing Officer as it Doubles Down on Hyper-Growth
DNSFilter, a global leader in AI-powered protective DNS and content filtering, today moved to accelerate its next phase of hyper-growth with the appointment of Conor Coughlan as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). The hire comes as the company scales globally, readies new AI-powered offerings, deepens its channel and ecosystem partnerships, and works to capture greater share across protective DNS, content filtering, and adjacent security categories.
DNSFilter Named Web Filtering and Control Solution of the Year in the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards for Second Consecutive Year
DNSFilter today announced that the company was selected as the Web Filtering and Control Solution of the Year in the annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards. Conducted by CyberSecurity Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization, the awards recognize the top companies, technologies and products in the global information security market today.
DNSFilter Builds Community for Partners Centered on Collaboration, Training and Marketing
DNSFilter today announced its first-ever, community-focused partner portal. The new offering is designed to provide the channel with easy access to the materials and support they need to learn about, discuss, market and sell protective DNS solutions. The update comes shortly after the launch of DNSFilter’s Global Partner Program in November 2022. Over the past six months since its inception, DNSFilter's Partner Program continues to grow rapidly, welcoming new notable partners such as Sourcepass.
Former Duo Security Co-Founder Jon Oberheide Joins DNSFilter Board of Directors
DNSFilter today announced that Jon Oberheide, former Duo Security co-founder and CTO, has joined the company's board of directors. A strategic appointment to the board, Oberheide will support the company as it continues its mission to make the internet more secure via DNS, with a specific focus on long-term strategy and supporting scale through hypergrowth.
DNSFilter Partners with Andretti Autosport for 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES and INDY NXT by Firestone
DNSFilter today announced an official full-season partnership with Andretti Autosport. The faster together partnership links the global racing enterprise with the creator of the world's fastest DNS-layer threat protection.
DNSFilter Named to Built In’s 2023 Best Places to Work List
DNSFilter today announced it has earned a place on Built In’s 2023 Best Places to Work List. The company was recognized as a Top 100 Fully Remote Best Midsize Places to Work by Built In for the second consecutive year.
DNSFilter Launches Global Partner Program
DNSFilter today launched its Global Partner Program to provide managed service providers (MSPs) with best-in-class technology, training, and support to secure customers against domain name system (DNS) and web-based threats. With the launch, DNSFilter unveils new Scheduled Reporting and Universal Lists features for MSPs and names Mikey Pruitt as MSP Evangelist to lead program strategy and execution.
DNSFilter Named Winner of 2022 Black Unicorn Awards
DNSFilter today announced it has been named a winner of the 2022 Black Unicorn Awards. The company was recognized as a Top 10 Baby Black Unicorn Award Winner for 2022, which honors cybersecurity companies predicted to be worth $1 billion dollar market value in three to five years.
DNSFilter Wins Prestigious 2022 SINET16 Innovator Award
DNSFilter today announced it has been named a winner of the 2022 SINET16 Innovator Award.
DNSFilter Provides a Better Secure Web Gateway with Guardian
DNSFilter today announced the acquisition of Guardian, a leading Firewall + VPN technology platform. The acquisition allows DNSFilter to provide a robust Secure Web Gateway (SWG) that more effectively protects user information and secures organizations against web-based threats.
DNSFilter Releases Free LifeSaver Program to MSPs Impacted by Cisco Ending OpenDNS Contracts for MSPs
IT Nation Secure – DNSFilter today announced its MSP LifeSaver program to support MSPs and MSSPs impacted by Cisco announcing end-of-sale, end-of-life dates for MSP contracts with OpenDNS, effective July 31, 2022. Effective immediately, the LifeSaver program provides MSPs in need with DNSFilter’s AI-powered DNS security solution free of charge.
DNSFilter Accelerates Holistic Threat Detection and Response in the Enterprise with Data Export
RSAC 2022 – DNSFilter today announced the availability of Data Export, a new feature allowing security teams to accelerate strategies for holistic threat detection and response in the enterprise. Data Export automates the export of DNSFilter query log data to leading Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and security monitoring solutions to be aggregated, analyzed, and actioned with multiple data sources.
DNSFilter Appoints Colin Britton as Chief Operating Officer and Dave Raphael as Chief Product Officer
DNSFilter today announced the appointment of Colin Britton as Chief Operating Officer and Dave Raphael as Chief Product Officer. The executive appointments come on the heels of DNSFilter’s continued growth and increasing scale, as the company doubled its headcount over the past twelve months.
DNSFilter Unveils AppAware For One-Click Application Blocking
DNSFilter today announced the release of AppAware, a next-generation application-blocking tool that enables organizations to seamlessly block common security threats. With AppAware, organizations can block over 100 high-risk applications—including filesharing, remote desktop and high-risk messaging apps—with a single click and instantly gain insights into the usage of every application across the network.
