Digital Common Sense

Friend and colleague, Dave Piscatello recently joined the leadership at ICANN. He’s been investigating domain hijacking with the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC). Per his blog post -

“I’ve prepared a report on behalf of and with the extensive input and support from SSAC and ICANN staff. The Domain Name Hijacking Report was commissioned in response to both highly publicized hijacking events and a number of lesser publicized events. The SSAC found that domain name hijacking incidents are commonly the result of flaws in registration and related processes, failure to comply with the transfer policy and poor administration of domain names. The report recommends ten key actions including implementation of improved auditing and compliance measures, and additional measures to protect registration information from misuse by would-be hijackers, as well as implementation of emergency procedures to assist in the urgent restoration of a domain name.”

You can find the report at ICANN

Filed by Ken at 12:00 pm under General, InfoSec