ICANN 79 Meeting:

1. Open call to rejuvenate the membership of the SSAC

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The ICANN 79 meeting included the following topics and key takeaways of the sessions:

SSAC Membership:

The rejuvenation of the SSAC membership was extensively discussed, highlighting the need for more diverse representation:

• There are currently no members from Latin America/Caribbean Islands or

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• Africa.

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• There are very few members

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• from Asia/Pacific.

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• Members with academic and research backgrounds

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   - We are (many) more men than women

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• are needed.
• The membership is predominantly male.

Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP)

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In this session NCAP was presented, focusing on the ongoing threat name collisions pose to DNS security and stability

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. The Name Collision Risk Assessment Framework

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was discussed, including:

• Integrated Risk Assessment

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• Technical Review Team

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• Enhanced Data Collection

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• Multiple Assessment Methods

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Privacy Considerations for Name Collision remediation

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• The importance of data collection and the timing and location within the evaluation process

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• were emphasized.
• It was noted that granting the TLD to the applicant does not resolve privacy risks related to name collision; rather, it transfers these costs and risks

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• to the

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• applicant

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• , who may lack the capacity or incentive to mitigate them properly

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Safer Cyber Campaign:

   - Cybersecurity Is Infrastructure

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In the SSAC-ALAC session the Safer Cyber Campaign was discussed, including the following:

• The campaign emphasized that cybersecurity is infrastructure.
• It highlighted how the SSAC and various ICANN communities effectively collaborate to reach diverse audiences

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• The focus is on curating and disseminating the most impactful DNS security information

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Evolving Internet Name Resolution Space:

In this session the

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Evolving Internet Name Resolution Space

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was discussed, including:

• The domain name resolution is becoming more ambiguous.

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• Names are becoming less visible and less conspicuous to users

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  • This ambiguity in Internet name resolution can

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• • lead to unexpected results and

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• • undermine trust in the integrity of services on the Internet.

ICANN79 Prep Week Session: Name Collision Analysis Project Study 2 Update:

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