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PURPOSE OF THIS REVIEW?

The Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency Review is mandated by ICANN Bylaws Section 4.6(c) to examine how effectively ICANN is meeting its commitment to enhance the operational stability, reliability, resiliency, security and global interoperability of the systems/processes (internal/external) that affect the Internet's unique identifiers.


WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS?

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MEET THE SSR2 REVIEW TEAM:

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OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE:

Become a SSR2 Observer

  • Subscribe to SSR2 as an observer!  Send a request to mssi-secretariat@icann.org 
  • Observe SSR2 meetings live: Learn more
  • Listen to past SSR2 meetings: Learn more
  • Stay up-to-date on key documents: Learn more
  • Share your input with the SSR2 Review Team via their public email list  input-to-ssr2rt@icann.org
  • Observers will receive calendar invites to plenary meetings and may have read-only access to mailing list upon request.


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KEY NEWS AND UPDATES:

SSR2 Review Team Draft Report for Public Comment

24 January 2020 - The SSR2 Review Team has published its draft report for public comment. Close date: 4 March 2020 at 23:59 UTC. View the public comment proceeding here: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ssr2-rt-draft-report-2020-01-24-en


SSR2 Draft Recommendations: Engagement Session with the Community @ ICANN66, Montreal 

2 November 2019 - The SSR2 Review Team presented draft recommendations during this community engagement session. View the meeting archive here: https://66.schedule.icann.org/meetings/1116775


SSR2 Updated Work Plan

25 September 2019 - The SSR2 Review Team has updated its work plan. The team plans to publish its draft report for public comment in February 2020. View the work plan here.


SSR2 Face-to-Face Meeting at ICANN65 in Marrakech

The SSR2 Review Team will have a face-to-face meeting on 22nd & 23rd June 2019 at ICANN65 in Marrakech. Meeting information, including the agenda, is available here.

SSR2 Review Team Activity at ICANN64 in Kobe

  • 8th, 9th and 14th March 2019 | Face-to-face meeting | More details here.
  • 11th March 2019 | Engagement Session with the Community | More details here.  

Read the SSR2 Review Team Update Blog

13 February 2019 - The second SecurityStability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team recently met for three days in Los Angeles. During the meeting, we completed our assessment of ICANN's implementation of SSR1 recommendations from 2012, and we detailed the scope items for our remaining areas of focus, as guided by ICANN's Bylaws. Read more.

SSR2 Review Team Will Meet Face-to-Face on 25 - 27 January 2019

Observers are welcome to remotely join the SSR2 Review Team's upcoming face-to-face meeting in Los Angeles. The meeting agenda and details are available here. If you would like to observe the meeting, click here to learn how.  

SSR2 Review Team Approves Work Plan

13 November 2018 -  The Team developed and approved this work plan to guide its work, which focuses on key areas for information gathering, review, discussion, decision-making and related milestones to be achieved during the review process. As was the case for other review teams, this work plan is expected to evolve with the Team's work and will be updated, if needed, as the work progresses. 

SSR2 Review Team: Seven Highlights from Our Meeting at ICANN63

12 November 2018 - The SSR2 Review Team has continued to make significant progress since restarting our work in June 2018. We held our most recent face-to-face meeting over two days at ICANN63 in Barcelona, Spain. While there, we also held a public outreach session and met with various ICANN groups. Read the blog here for seven highlights from our productive few days.

SSR2 Review Team at ICANN63, Barcelona: Meeting archive available - 21 & 24 October - SSR2 Review Team Face-to-Face Meeting


SSR2 Review Team Re-Starts, On-Boards New Members, Updates Terms of Reference

5 September 2018 - The ICANN SecurityStability, and Resiliency of the Domain Name System Review Team (SSR2) reconvened after being paused since October 2017 and held an in-person meeting from 22-24 August. The review team has on-boarded new members, selected leadership, reviewed completed work to date, and updated its scope/terms of reference. We also are refreshing our workplan and outreach plan, and moving forward with our substantive work. Read the blog here.

SSR2 Review Restarts

7 June 2018 - Today the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) organization announces the formal restart of the Second Review of the SecurityStability, and Resiliency of the Domain Name System (SSR2). Learn more.

Catch Up With SSR2 Review Team Sessions at ICANN60

1 November 2017 - Click the links below to find details of each of the sessions, including links to recordings: 

SSR2 Review Team Face-to-Face Meeting (27 October & 3 November)

ICANN60 Engagement Sessions 


EXTENSION: SSR2 Review Team is Seeking an Independent Expert to Perform a Gap Analysis

27 October 2017 - In collaboration with the second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the Domain Name System (SSR2) Review Team, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is seeking an independent expert to perform a gap analysis of the first SSR Review recommendations. Read the specifications for Gap Analysis or learn more.

Read the ICANN SSR Subgroup Summary of its Face-to-Face Meeting in Los Angeles

18 October 2017 - The ICANN SSR Subgroup had a very productive two-day, fact-finding meeting at ICANN headquarters in Los Angeles. The subgroup met with a number of ICANN staff subject matter experts and discussed a range of issues relating to the completeness and effectiveness of ICANN’s security processes and the effectiveness of the ICANN security framework (including activities connected to the SSR2 Terms of Reference and implementation of SSR1 recommendations). Learn more.


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n Update from the Second Security, Stability and Resiliency of the Domain Name System (DNS) Review Team (SSR2)

19 Jul 2017 - The SSR2 review team recently held a two-day face-to-face meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, prior to ICANN59. The review team is examining security, operational stability, and resiliency matters related to ICANN's coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers. Here, review team member Alain Aina explains why the SSR2 Review is important and shares some highlights from the recent meeting. Learn more.


SSR2 June Progress Update 

20 June 2017 - The Second Security, Stability and Resiliency of the Domain Name System Review Team, also referred to as “SSR2-RT”, is reviewing security, operational stability and resiliency matters relating to ICANN’s coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers. (Our mandate can be found in ICANN’s Bylaws). Learn more


A Conversation with Members of the Second Security, Stability and Resiliency of the Domain Name System (DNS) Review Team (SSR2)

26 May 2017 - The SSR2 Review Team is currently reviewing security, operational stability and resiliency matters related to ICANN's coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers, and recently held its second face-to-face meeting in Madrid, Spain. Here, in their individual capacities, Review Team members James Gannon and Kerry-Ann Barrett share their highlights and key takeaways from the meeting. Learn more.


Security, Stability and Resiliency of the Domain Name System (DNS) Review Team (SSR2): Follow Our Progress

26 Apr 2017 - On behalf of the SSR2 Review Team we'd like to update you on our work so far and tell you how you can get involved. Learn more.


Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS (SSR2) Review Team Announces Leadership

30 March 2017 – The Second Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS (SSR2) Review Team is pleased to announce its leadership selections. Learn more.


Selection of the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS (SSR2) Review Team Members Announced

14 Feb 2017 - ICANN announced the selection of a 16-member team to conduct the second review on the security, stability and resiliency of the DNS (SSR2). Learn more


Appointment of Board Designees for New Specific Reviews: Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the Domain Name System

 03 Feb 2017 -  SSR2 ICANN Board Resolution.Learn more.

Application Extended for the Second Security, Stability and Resiliency (SSR-2) Review Team

12 Aug 2016 - Today, ICANN announced an extension of the application deadline for participation in the community-based team that will review the security, stability, and resiliency of the DNS. Learn more.


Call for Volunteers for the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS (SSR2) Review Team

30 Jun 2016 - As part of its existing Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) requirements, ICANN is seeking volunteers to serve on the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (SSR2-RT). Learn more.

Selection of the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS (SSR2) Review Team Members Announced.

Review the announcement and full list of Review Team Members here.

Important information:

♦ Join the SSR2 for their engagement session at ICANN58 - Copenhagen! 

Where: Hall A3

When: 1:45pm - 3:00pm

Details:https://schedule.icann.org/event/9nny/security-stability-and-resiliency-review-team-ssr2-public-consultation 

 

Listen to ICANN CTO - David Conrad - discuss the SSR2

Objectives of the SSR2 Review

Under the Bylaws, Section 4.6(c), ‘The Board shall cause a periodic review of ICANN’s execution of its commitment to enhance the operational stability, reliability, resiliency, security, and global interoperability of the systems and processes, both internal and external, that directly affect and/or are affected by the Internet’s system of unique identifiers that ICANN coordinates (“SSR Review”).’

The issues that the review team for the SSR Review (“SSR Review Team”) may assess are the following:

  1. security, operational stability and resiliency matters, both physical and network, relating to the coordination of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers;
  2. conformance with appropriate security contingency planning framework for the Internet’s system of unique identifiers;
  3. maintaining clear and globally interoperable security processes for those portions of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers that ICANN coordinates.

The SSR Review Team shall also assess the extent to which ICANN has successfully implemented its security efforts, the effectiveness of the security efforts to deal with actual and potential challenges and threats to the security and stability of the DNS, and the extent to which the security efforts are sufficiently robust to meet future challenges and threats to the security, stability and resiliency of the DNS, consistent with ICANN’s Mission.

The SSR Review Team shall also assess the extent to which prior SSR Review recommendations have been implemented and the extent to which implementation of such recommendations has resulted in the intended effect.

The SSR Review shall be conducted no less frequently than every five years, measured from the date the previous SSR Review Team was convened (see Bylaws, Section 4.6(c)).

Timeline of Review

  • The first SSR Review concluded in 2012; the second review (SSR2) commenced with a Call for Volunteers in June 2016.
  • Further reviews to be conducted no less frequently than every five years, measured from the date the previous SSR Review Team was convened.

One SSR Review has been completed to date, to assess the extent to which "ICANN has successfully implemented its security plan, the effectiveness of the plan to deal with actual and potential challenges and threats, and the extent to which the security plan is sufficiently robust to meet future challenges and threats to the security, stability and resiliency of the Internet DNS, consistent with ICANN's limited technical mission."

 

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