Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig ns10.securepod.com. NS
Answer
ns10.securepod.com. 5 NS ns11.securepod.com.
ns10.securepod.com. 5 NS ns10.securepod.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns10.securepod.com. 5 A 89.36.31.4
ns11.securepod.com. 5 A 89.36.26.6
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0