Adam

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Global Phishing trends study for the first half of 2009 and .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR), was highlighted for its leadership in significantly reducing online fraud.   The APWG study noted that: “A success story in 1H2009 [first half 2009] was the new anti-phishing program put into place by The Public Interest Registry (PIR), the operator of the .ORG TLD. . ..

On Wednesday of last week, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel on Domain Name Security Extensions (“DNSSEC”) for the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) hosted by the RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA.

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) is committed to providing a model for exemplary Registry practices. In furtherance of this goal, PIR has been working proactively to address domain name abuses including phishing, malware, child pornography, and spam distribution. These abuses result in financial damage, identity theft, harm to children, and an erosion of trust in the Internet by users. To address the problems caused by criminals who victimize the public and misuse Internet domain names, PIR has taken steps to curb such abuses.

Alexa Raad (.ORG CEO) and I (.ORG policy counsel) are currently attending the CENTR European Internet conference in Pisa Italy this week. For several months now, .ORG has been leading Internet community discussion on adoption of DNSSEC. The importance of DNSSEC adoption was emphasized throughout multiple presentations during today’s CENTR meeting.