Icann

ICANN Names New Chief Executive

Fadi Chehade to start new job at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in October.

Lessons From Major Breach Events In 2011

Dr. Whitfield Diffie, Father of Public Key Encryption explains to Abhishek Raval and Revathi Raghavan, how companies lack in making the best use of existing tools and failure of 'confinement of processes'

ICANN To Unleash New Domain Names

To allow domain names to end with words like "apple" and "orange" instead of ".com" or ".gov"

Most Firms Unaware Of Web Domain Changes: Survey

The change would let the likes of Nike or Microsoft control their own domain and better exploit their brands.

Microsoft Collaborates With Industry To Disrupt Conficker Worm

Microsoft has announced a $250,000 reward for information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally launching the Conficker malicious code on the Internet.

F-Secure Proposes .safe Domain Name

F-Secure wants ICANN to introduce a .safe domain name to be used by registered banks and other financial organisations.

US government to transfer control of Internet to ICANN today

A long-planned transfer of the internet's technical management from the U.S. government to a global community of stakeholders is expected to take place on Saturday despite last-minute attempts by conservative politicians and officials to delay the changeover.

Here is what's at stake for the US as it cedes control of the internet to Icann

On Saturday, the U.S. government plans to cede control of some of the internet's core systems - namely, the directories that help web browsers and apps know where to find the latest weather, maps and Facebook musings.

Facebook, Google, Twitter urge US Congress to handover Internet control to global community

Technology companies are urging Congress to support the U.S. government to cede control of the internet's technical management to the global community.

ICANN will take charge of Internet’s naming system on 1 October

The US is set to cede power of the Internet’s naming system to a non-profit organisation on 1 October, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the Internet’s governance.