Tag archive: Rod Beckstrom

The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization that oversees the creation and management of top-level domains like .com, .org, and the myriad of international and special purpose domains like .tv and .mobi, has appointed Rob Beckstrom as its new CEO. The announcement came at the conclusion of ICANN's 35th international meeting in Sydney, Australia, and follows Paul Twomey's announcement… Read More

Speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, the head of the Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoffhas appealed to IT professionals to join in the fight against cyber terrorism and attacks, invoking the powerful image of 9/11.   Noting that these attacks can easily hit financial bodies andgovernments, he said that the job of security online wasn’t one that the government could handle on its own. Instead, he appealed to… Read More