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*ICANN and FIRST Sign Memorandum of Understanding on DNS Threats Mitigation
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22 May 2020

LOS ANGELES – 22 May 2020 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the signature of a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams,
Inc. (FIRST). The MoU aims to strengthen the relationship between ICANN and
FIRST and enhance its collaborative efforts to support a safer, more
secure, and resilient Domain Name System (DNS). These efforts are of
interest to both parties and target important issues such as domain names
used for abuse and security threats to the DNS. The agreement was signed by
FIRST President and CEO Serge Droz and ICANN President and CEO Göran Marby.

*"The role of the ICANN community, Board, and organization in maintaining a
secure, stable, and unified system of identifiers for the Internet has
always been important, but at this time, when reliance on the Internet has
skyrocketed, our work with FIRST is vital."* — Göran Marby, ICANN President
and CEO.

Over the last few years, the cybersecurity and ICANN communities have
centered discussions around identification of and mitigation efforts for
domain name abuse and security threats to the DNS that affect millions of
Internet users around the world. Through the MoU the organizations will
advance their shared objective of helping the incident response community
increase its understanding of the Internet's system of unique identifiers,
and improve its efficiency and effectiveness in preventing, detecting,
containing, mitigating, and analyzing malicious activity related to it. The
MoU emphasizes cooperation on research, policy, and capacity-building
activities focused on increasing risk awareness and DNS abuse mitigation
practices. Read the full Memorandum of Understanding here
<https://newsalerts.icann.org/tdEg220uC80PN00NR00001U>.
About FIRST

Founded in 1990, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST)
consists of internet emergency response teams from more than 529
corporations, government bodies, universities and other institutions across
96 countries in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Oceania. It
promotes cooperation among computer security incident response teams. For
more information, visit: https://www.first.org
<https://newsalerts.icann.org/j2qR012PC00080gNEdv0w00>.
About ICANN

ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global
Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an
address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That
address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN
helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world.
ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation
with a community of participants from all over the world.


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