BrandShelter

10/16/2026

🔐 SSL certificate management is changing. Is your business ready?

Our latest SSL Certificate Risk Report reveals some important insights into the risks businesses face, including:

⚠️ Fragmented certificate portfolios can increase operational complexity and multiply existing risks.

🤖 Automation is no longer optional. As renewal cycles shorten, manual processes will struggle to keep up.

The takeaway? Certificate lifecycle management is no longer just an IT task. It’s a business continuity and brand trust issue.

📥 Discover the key findings and learn how to prepare for the future of SSL/TLS certificate management: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0z7rZV0

Our SSL Certificate Risk Report analyzed client certificates from 2025 to Q1 2026. Download the full report.

10/08/2026

Reveal Day has arrived!

Yesterday marked an important milestone in ICANN’s 2026 New gTLD Programme, with the applications submitted for the round revealed to the public.

But this is just the beginning of the next stage of the journey.

As the programme moves forward, there are a number of important milestones, evaluations and deadlines ahead - and keeping track of what happens when will be key for applicants and brand owners alike.

That’s why we’ve created our ICANN New gTLD 2026 timeline.

📅 We’ll be keeping the page continuously updated as the programme progresses, so you can bookmark it and return for the latest dates, developments and key stages.

👉 Check out the timeline and keep it bookmarked:
https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0yYvHY0

Got any questions? Our expert Frederic Guillemaut is always happy to chat.

Find out about the upcoming key milestones for the ICANN new gTLD round 2026.

10/06/2026

Downtime caused by an expired certificate is entirely preventable, yet many organizations still rely on manual processes to manage growing SSL estates.

Our latest SSL Certificate Risk Report explores the challenges facing organizations today and why automation is becoming essential as certificate lifecycles continue to shrink.

Learn how BrandShelter's SSL API helps simplify certificate lifecycle management and prepare for what's next.

📥 Download the report here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0yTZdk0

10/02/2026

Your brand can be copied in more ways than you think.

From lookalike domains and phishing websites to fake social accounts, counterfeit products, spoofed emails and fake reviews — online brand abuse is becoming increasingly automated and scalable.

And the biggest problem?

By the time you notice it, your customers may have already encountered it.

The good news is that many of these tactics can be tackled with a proactive approach:
🔎 Monitor where your brand is being used
🛡️ Prevent obvious avenues of abuse
⚡ Detect threats early
🚨 Enforce quickly and consistently

We’ve broken down 10 of the most common online brand abuse tactics — and what businesses can do about them.

Read the full article here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0yNq990

Protect your brand from online threats with practical guidance on preventing and responding to these 10 brand abuse tactics.

09/30/2026

Mathilde Meurice and Pauline Siozade, IP Counsel within BrandShelter's Brand Protection team, were delighted to attend this year’s AFNIC Legal Meetings last week!

Great insights on the latest developments across the .fr namespace, from strengthened abuse detection and reporting mechanisms to evolving SYRELI procedures and the impact of AI on domain name abuse.

Mathilde and Pauline particularly enjoyed the interactive survey on the impact of AI, which allowed legal professionals and stakeholders from across the domain name and intellectual property ecosystem to share and discuss their views.

A big thank you to AFNIC for organizing such engaging sessions! They are particularly valuable for Brand Protection practitioners, providing direct insight into emerging abuse trends and enforcement practices, while creating opportunities to share experiences with registries, legal professionals and other key industry stakeholders.

09/25/2026

Managing SSL certificates manually may have worked in the past. But as certificate lifecycles shorten and certificate estates grow, the risks and operational burden continue to increase.

In our latest SSL Certificate Risk Report, we analyzed SSL certificate orders from 2025 and Q1 2026 and uncovered several trends that organizations should be paying attention to, including certificate fragmentation, high volumes of DV certificates, and the growing need for automation.

The reality is simple: certificate management is no longer just an IT task. It's a business resilience issue.

Download the report to explore the findings and learn why many organizations are preparing for an automation-first future.

📥 Get your copy: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0yBSZX0

09/18/2026

For an industry built on technology, process, and predictability, it's remarkable that launch timelines for new TLDs may ultimately be influenced by a raffle ticket.

The next gTLD round is bringing portfolio strategies to the forefront, with some applicants pursuing hundreds of strings. But beyond application volumes, critical questions remain around contention resolution, launch prioritization, and when meaningful revenues can realistically begin.

Our latest analysis by DotBrands Specialist Frédéric Guillemaut examines how these factors could shape the competitive landscape for applicants in the 2026 round.

Read the article here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0yr91j0

How applicants are navigating contention, launch priorities, and ICANN's lottery system ahead of the 2026 new gTLD round.

09/10/2026

3 questions every brand protection team should be asking:

1️⃣ What are we not seeing?
Threats can emerge anywhere across your digital footprint. Visibility matters.

2️⃣ What actually matters?
Not every alert requires the same response. Prioritizing real risks is essential.

3️⃣ What happens next?
Detection alone isn't protection. Teams need a clear process for turning intelligence into action.

The goal isn't to monitor everything.

It's to understand what matters most, and know what to do about it.

This is where BrandShelter comes in.

We help organizations gain greater visibility across their digital footprint, turn complex data into actionable intelligence, and prioritize the risks that matter most.

Because better visibility is only valuable when it leads to better protection.

Don't know where to start? Contact us: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0xTMfb0

09/08/2026

Your customers experience your brand as one thing.

Attackers don't.

They see domains that could be impersonated.
Websites that could be cloned.
Email addresses that could be spoofed.
Social profiles that could be misused.
Digital touchpoints that could be exploited.

That's why brand protection can't focus on just one channel.

The more complex your digital footprint becomes, the more important it is to understand the full picture.

Your customers see one brand.

Make sure you know every place that brand exists online.

And when you find your brand name being misused? Let our experts take it down before it seriously harms your reputation: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0xTFNR0

09/03/2026

Thousands of potential threats. Limited resources. Sound familiar?

Many brand protection teams are overwhelmed by growing volumes of domain, social media, marketplace and phishing alerts. The issue isn't that the alerts are wrong.

It's that not every threat deserves the same response.

The organizations that succeed aren't monitoring more. They're getting better at identifying what matters most and acting faster when it counts.

Our latest blog post looks at why the future of brand protection is intelligence-led, not alert-led.

📖 Read more here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0xTFRN0

Intelligence-led brand protection sorts which threats matter, and helps you put your effort where it helps most.