DNS Abuse Institute announces renaming to
coincide with an expansion of its offerings in an effort to
eliminate DNS Abuse online
RESTON, Va.,
May 6,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The DNS Abuse Institute,
dedicated to combating online technical abuse and fostering a safer
digital environment, announced Monday its transformation into
the NetBeacon Institute. This renaming reflects the
Institute's continued vision and commitment to provide innovative
solutions in the fight against DNS Abuse which includes malware,
botnets, and phishing.
Technical abuse online is a complex, global problem with cyber
attacks continuing to become more advanced. As hackers target
developing sections of the world and run threats where users are
most vulnerable, it is imperative that the domain industry has the
capabilities to keep users safe. With a comprehensive suite of
programs, the NetBeacon Institute aims to provide all registries
and registrars with access to free innovative solutions, education
opportunities and collaboration with key industry and cybersecurity
stakeholders.
"We have always strived to provide more resources for
organizations and make space for entities to come together to
address DNS Abuse. With a central Institute providing free,
specific data about DNS Abuse like malware and phishing, domain
registrars and registries are better prepared to mitigate
threats," said Graeme Bunton,
Executive Director of the NetBeacon Institute. "Through this
renaming and expansion effort, we hope to make safety resources
more accessible to a wider audience in order to grow our work and
partnerships and continue to make the web a safer place."
The Institute's flagship programs will be renamed as part of
this transition to better reflect their mission and scope.
Introducing NetBeacon Measurement and Analytics Platform
(MAP)
Initially launched in September of 2022 as
DNSAI: Compass, NetBeacon MAP is the Institute's initiative to
measure phishing and malware. As NetBeacon MAP expands its public
reporting and improves the user experience of its free MAP
products, it will continue to be guided by its priorities of
transparency, credibility, independence, accuracy and reliability.
The most recent offerings were developed following hundreds of
one-to-one meetings and collaborative discussions with registries
and registrars:
- Specific Reporting: The NetBeacon MAP: Monthly Analysis
report identifies registrars and Top Level Domains with the highest
and lowest levels of malicious abuse concentrations in their
zones.
- Dashboards for registries and registrars: NetBeacon MAP:
Dashboards provide an academically rigorous free benchmarking
metric to compare over time and between industry peers. The
dashboards display how much phishing and malware is concentrated in
the zones the registries and registrars manage, how much was
mitigated, and how quickly. They also provide details on whether
the domain was maliciously registered, or related to an issue of a
compromised website—an essential piece of information to inform
whether mitigation action at the DNS level is appropriate.
Combatting DNS Abuse requires many stakeholders. NetBeacon MAP:
Dashboards help operators optimize efforts to communicate progress
and improve collaboration internally and externally to better
combat threats.
Introducing NetBeacon Reporter
Initially launched in
June 2022, NetBeacon Reporter will
continue to empower individuals and organizations to report
suspected DNS Abuse and empower registrars and registries with
higher fidelity abuse reports to act upon. Thanks to continued
collaboration with CleanDNS, an anti-abuse solution provider which
generously donated the development and technology behind the
program, NetBeacon Reporter has rapidly grown since its launch,
from handling hundreds of abuse reports in its first year to tens
of thousands in its second.
Originally launched by Public Interest Registry, the people
behind the .ORG family of domains, the NetBeacon Institute was
envisioned as a place to bring together leaders in the anti-abuse
space, fund research, publish recommended practices, share data,
and provide tools to identify and report DNS Abuse. In tandem with
the nonprofit mission of Public Interest Registry at large, the
Institute and organization aim to make the internet a safer place
for all.
"Here at Public Interest Registry, we are excited to
celebrate the programs run by our newly named NetBeacon
Institute," said Jon Nevett,
CEO of Public Interest Registry. "We hope the new name
and expanded work of the Institute will make fighting DNS Abuse
more simple and accessible for all. We always aim to make the
Internet a better place for users of all kinds, and the programming
we support at the NetBeacon Institute does just that. This work
will ensure that more people are able to use the Internet without
fear, and registrars and registries are in a better position to
take action on online abuses."
As a celebration of the newly named NetBeacon Institute and
a way to spread the word about the free and accessible resources
the Institute provides to keep users safe, the Institute is
sponsoring a dedicated day for a DNS Abuse workshop with ICANN in
Paris, May
8, 2024 following the ICANN Contracted Parties Summit.
Read more about the Institute and its mission
at www.netbeacon.org.
About NetBeacon Institute
The NetBeacon Institute
is tasked with creating outcomes-based initiatives that will drive
recommended practices, foster collaboration, and develop
industry-shared solutions to combat the five areas of DNS Abuse:
malware, botnets, phishing, pharming, and related spam. The
Institute was founded in 2021 by Public Interest Registry, the
registry operator for the .ORG top-level domain.
Contact: Grace Peacore,
pir@berlinrosen.com
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