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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The below report on Identifier Systems SSR Activities might be of interest to some.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fahd Batayneh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Wednesday, February 08, 2017 2:50 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Releases Identifier Systems SSR Activities Report<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SX2yIWLTfGQp_oe1BZLgnlE0fHCVJvI4oKpbuNIuoS8&s=mwieLfR5eEB7gRhi0pVTfF2_f-u2ne_8f6X-H6e2kmc&e="><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=94 height=94 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.png@01D2822D.5A27C260" alt=ICANN></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-02-07-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-02-07-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:15.0pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN Releases Identifier Systems SSR Activities Report<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7 February 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As part of our continuing commitment to transparency and accountability, ICANN's Identifier Systems Security, Stability and Resiliency (OCTO SSR) department is pleased to publish its activities report for calendar year 2016. You can find the 2016 report <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_octo-2Dactivities-2D2016-2D03feb17-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SX2yIWLTfGQp_oe1BZLgnlE0fHCVJvI4oKpbuNIuoS8&s=ON-2EN1oxyaQlgsKvR37QkIoAG4JYS7ZZxO5oxSGHJY&e=">here</a> [PDF, 261 KB].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This reports describe the activities that are performed to maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet's global identifier systems. These activities include collaboration with, global security and operations groups and public safety communities where ICANN staff serves in several roles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Depending on the engagement or request, our staff:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>offers security or DNS subject matter expertise;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>facilitates cooperative action among ICANN and other communities to maintain Identifier System Security, Stability, and Resiliency;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>conducts research;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>engages with public and private sector actors in capability building related to Identifier Systems SSR;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>supports the daily efforts of security or operations communities to mitigate the misuse or harmful use of the Identifier Systems (in particular, DNS or domain name registration services).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 2016 activities reports highlights our collaboration and stakeholder activities from July 1 through December 31, 2016. We summarize activities we perform as part of our identifier system SSR threat awareness and preparedness remit and provide progress reports on analytics or productivity improvement projects as well. At this time, we are also publishing a complementary report, OCTO SSR Training Metrics: Investigating Identifier Systems Abuse or Misuse. You can find this report <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_octo-2Didentifier-2Dsystems-2Dtraining-2Dmetrics-2D2016-2D03feb17-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SX2yIWLTfGQp_oe1BZLgnlE0fHCVJvI4oKpbuNIuoS8&s=o-UJ4Uq4D-s4fORuB2pbrVkt6h7P9BSL80N_cmJNMUY&e=">here</a> [PDF, 545 KB].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information about IS-SSR click <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/is-ssr-2014-11-24-en">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/is-ssr-2014-11-24-en</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 2H 2015 report is available <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_is-2Dssr-2Dupdate-2D2h-2D2015-2D26feb16-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SX2yIWLTfGQp_oe1BZLgnlE0fHCVJvI4oKpbuNIuoS8&s=atwCGTdkfO0IJhSbypL1SjaWkMjL601tfrckj5SMgpM&e=">here</a> [PDF, 429 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 1H 2015 report is available <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_is-2Dssr-2Dupdate-2D1h-2D2015-2D20jun15-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SX2yIWLTfGQp_oe1BZLgnlE0fHCVJvI4oKpbuNIuoS8&s=GON0q9RGt2lQi0-03r2CRyGWvKz1M9O7C7r-6HVYiHI&e=">here</a> [PDF, 2.85 MB].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 2H 2014 report is available <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_is-2Dssr-2Dupdate-2Ds2-2D2014-2D21jan15-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SX2yIWLTfGQp_oe1BZLgnlE0fHCVJvI4oKpbuNIuoS8&s=kgwJo0W3OdcWOKMKV4YKE6d82_gr8vhu4n_vmk5SNFE&e=">here</a> [PDF, 328 KB].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 1H 2014 report is available <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_identifier-2Dsystem-2Dupdate-2D30jun14-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SX2yIWLTfGQp_oe1BZLgnlE0fHCVJvI4oKpbuNIuoS8&s=V8ipBW8lOiiz1gl-WDk3cTO5my3b7WRtsbyeLBKxJII&e=">here</a> [PDF, 73 KB].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please contact <a href="mailto:john.crain@icann.org">John Crain</a> or <a href="mailto:dave.piscitello@icann.org">Dave Piscitello</a> with questions, comments or suggestions.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>