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The Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the security and integrity of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems. This includes operational, administrative, and registration matters. SSAC engages in ongoing threat assessment and risk analysis of the Internet naming and address allocation services to assess where the principal threats to stability and security lie, and advises the ICANN community accordingly.  For more information on SSAC, click here.

SSAC Organizational Review

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Organizational Reviews* assess the effectiveness of ICANN’s supporting organizations and advisory committees. Organizational Reviews are conducted by independent examiners to assess: (i) whether that organization, council or committee has a continuing purpose in

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the ICANN structure; (ii) if so, whether any change in structure or operations is desirable to improve its effectiveness

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; (iii) whether that organization, council or committee is accountable to its constituencies, stakeholder groups, organizations and other stakeholders.

These periodic reviews shall be conducted no less frequently than every five years, based on feasibility as determined by the Board. Each five-year cycle will be computed from the moment of the reception by the Board of the final report of the relevant review Working Group.

The second Security and Stability Advisory Committee Review (SSAC2) implementation was considered complete in March 2021. The Board took action on 12 June 2022 to defer the Third Review of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee. See the Board resolution here.

Further information available on SSAC Review page on ICANN.org.

*Anchored in Section 4.4 of the ICANN Bylaws.

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