Microsoft released the Microsoft Country-Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) Registry Security Assessment Service at the RSA Conference today in San Francisco: The new service was designed to help ccTLD registry operators find and fix security vulnerabilities before they are exploited. The offical annoucment was made on technet.com. "The exploitation of vulnerabilities specific to country-code … [Read more...]
Melbourne IT Promises A “Huge Dividend” From New gTLD Defensive Registrations
According to ComputerWorld.com.au, on a conference call with media after reporting its financial results for 2012 resulting in revenue and profit declines, Melbourne IT CEO Theo Hnarakis said ICANN's release of new gTLDs would generate a “huge dividend” for the company in 2013. Mr. Hnarakins is quoting as saying: “We have 3800 corporate customers, many of which are very defensively oriented in … [Read more...]