Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig sqm-secure.eu. NS
Answer
sqm-secure.eu. 5 NS ns1.itars.eu.
sqm-secure.eu. 5 NS ns2.itars.eu.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0