ICANN SINGAPORE– June 21, 2011 – Afilias Limited, a leading provider of Internet domain name registry and Domain Name System (DNS) services, and RIGHT OF THE DOT LLC, a consulting firm with expertise in domain name valuation, today announced that they have entered into an agreement to assist applicants in ICANN’s forthcoming program for new Top Level Domains (TLDs).

Less than nine months after the DNS root was signed, the rollout of DNSSEC across the Internet's top-level domains is approaching the tipping point.

Afilias' Greg Aaron will be presenting the latest findings highlighted in the APWG Global Phishing Report on Abuse of TLDs at this year's Counter-eCrime Operations Summit on Wednesday April 27th, 2011.

Brings added security to three more countries around the world

DUBLIN, IRELAND - 18 November 2010 - Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that it has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for .GI, the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for Gibraltar, .MN for Mongolia, and .SC for the Seychelles.

As the industry-wide paradigm shift to cloud computing and software-as-a-service gradually continues to make the transition from buzz to reality, security and availability continue to emerge as the main barriers to customer adoption. A recent ISACA survey of over 1,800 US IT professionals found that only 17 percent believe the benefits of cloud computing outweigh the risks. Only one in 10 respondents said they would consider using software-as-a-service (SaaS) for mission-critical applications.

Hosting companies face many challenges today, from differentiating their services in a crowded market with decreasing margins, to an increasing pressure to defend against growing sets of attacks against their infrastructure. As more and more services drift into the cloud, up-time is becoming one of the most critical factors for customers choosing a web host. A hosting company’s record of reliability can often be the deciding factor for a customer to choose one service over another.

Afilias is pleased to partner with BlueCat Networks, who has chosen Afilias' FlexDNS API to launch

 

Afilias' Jim Galvin will be on the DNSSEC Panel entitled "Deployment Lessons Learned" at the upcoming North Alabama ISSA Cyber Security Summit.

Afilias' Dr. James Galvin will be a Keynote speaker.  The session, entitled Trust and confidence at the Internet domain level, will be held at 9:40 AM.  

In this session speakers will talk about challenges we face when it comes to trust on the Internet. Talks will center on trust with TLD, domain name system and business practices used to enhance trust.