LACTLD - Latin American and Caribbean ccTLDs Organization

5th Policy Workshop and Members Assembly, Medellín

carolinaa — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:25:44 +0000

Between 6-9 May LACTLD had a busy schedule in Medellín, Colombia. On 6 May LACTLD and LACNIC organized a joint opening session in two panel sessions: “The Internet Governance agenda for the next 5 years” and “ICANN’s Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean”. LACTLD’s 5th Policy Workshop was sponsored by the local host .CO, the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee and nic.br as well as SEDO and ICANN. On 9 May there was a Members’ Assembly and there were elections for renewal of one position at the board which was granted to Frederico Neves from .br for the next three years.
The workshop was centered in different security policies, from monitoring of malicious activities with domain names, DNSSEC, IXP contribution towards traffic security and operational aspects of security, stability and resiliency contained in ICANN’s strategy for the region. As is customary in these events, there were registry updates on these issues. Member participation was represented by the following registries: .bo, .br, .bz, .cl, .cr, .co, .com, .cu, .de, .ec, .gt, .hn, .ht, .mx, .pa, .pe, .py, .us, .uy, .ve

Girls in ITC International Day

Sofia Zerbino — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:22:17 +0000

On 25th April, the Girls in ICT Day was celebrated . It is an initiative that attempts to bring Information and Communication Technologies closer to this gender to bridge the current gap of women and girls in ICT. The initiative was established by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in the 70th Resolution (Guadalajara, 2010).

Despite the advantages this field can offer, lots of girls do not consider a career based on ICT, among other issues, due to the lack of information amongst students, professors and parents about the benefits of a career in this field. In this line, through the 70th resolution, the fourth Thursday of April, (this year Thursday 25th April) , is established this international celebration to get to approach the girls to the telecommunication world. Basically, countries are encouraged to develop activities (in 2012 90 countries adhered) consisting in approaching young girls and university students to the offices of ICT companies, research and education centers, public entities, and every institution that is somehow related to the ICT fields in which young girls are available to see for themselves how a career in this field may contribute with their personal growth, as a space to make questions and to get to know women that may be a role model. Informative lectures were also organized by women that have developed significant roles in this field.

It is interesting initiative to take into consideration for next year. Meanwhile, we raise the question: How can we cooperate with such an important initiative?

More info at: http://girlsinict.org/

VII Antiphishing annual Summit

Sofia Zerbino — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:15:34 +0000

From 23rd to 25th April, the Seventh annual Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS VII) is taking place at the NH City Hotel in Buenos Aires. The meeting will address issues such as operational challenges and the development of common resources for the first responders and forensic professionals who protect consumers and enterprises from the electronic-crime threat to which they are affected on a daily basis.

This year’s meeting will focus on the changing nature of cybercrime and the challenges that are being faced by the attendants to deal with this dynamic threatening scenario. There are participants from .cl, .co and .org in this event.

ICANN 46

carolinaa — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:47:27 +0000

This ICANN meeting (7-11 April) has a record attendance of 2,100 registered participants and 9 LACTLD members from the LAC region (.ar, .br, .cl, .co, .cr, .ec, .mx, .pe, .gt, .sx). During the inauguration speech ICANN’s president announced the first Engagement Center created by this organization to be based in Beijing. The regionalization strategy was emphasized with the news of the creation of 2 offices in Istanbul and Singapore to attend regional demands, added to the traditional office in Los Angeles. For the ccNSO there is a fundamental breakthrough in the finance working group with the quantification of the economic contribution of ccTLDs in ICANN.

Brazil scores a victory in its campaign against spam

Sofia Zerbino — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:09:52 +0000

According to Composite Blocking List (CBL) statistics, that provides daily updates of data referred to IPs that send spam, in four years Brazil managed to go from the first to the 12th place.

In 2009, it appeared with more than one million IPs, which corresponds to 17% of the list. Today it ranks in the 12th position, with less than 200,000 which represents 2% .

This information was obtained by the Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), when it presented the first assessment of Port 25 program management which was launched in 2005. The program includes a series of agreements aimed to reduce Spam in domestic networks and it ended in 2012 with the actions of telecommunications providers who performed network management to obstruct the main outflow of computer spam. More information

ICANN’s ccTLDs and the DNS sector meeting

Sofia Zerbino — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:05:40 +0000

Between 11-15th March a group of ccTLDs were gathered in London by ICANN’s CEO Fadi Chehadé, as part of a series of CEO Roundtables centered on strategic issues faced by the Domain Name System (DNS) sector. The ccTLD group was formed by representatives from Europe, Asia and Pacific, North America and the LAC region. Two members of the LACTLD community assisted to this meeting from .br and .cr. This roundtable served as a forum for the ccTLDs, from a diverse set of countries, to provide insights about the unique and influential role they play in the DNS ecosystem.

NIC Argentina’s new registration system.

Sofia Zerbino — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:58:28 +0000

NI C.ar is conducting a series of changes to introduce a new proposal for its users in terms of registration in which security will be prioritized and the management of domains will be simplified through a dynamic and friendly navigation interface.

This whole new system will have, among its main functions, the registry and identification in which a username and password will be required, together with minimal exposure of personal information. Inquiries for new domain names will not be shown, a registration data validation system to avoid inexistent owners and users and control optimization against cybersquatting.

More information

LACTLD and CENTR Marketing Workshop: A shared experience

Sofia Zerbino — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:23:46 +0000

Enriching and “high-level” are the two adjectives that would more accurately describe the experience of the recent Marketing Workshop organized by LACTLD, CENTR and puntCAT, celebrated in Barcelona from 6th to 8th March.

The workshop was attended by 29 Registries of which 13 were LACTLD members and 8 from the LAC region. There were 49 participants in total.

The panel of new gTLDs with an urban and territorial focus was a strong highlight of the event. The session was chaired and moderated by Eduardo Santoyo , LACTLD/.co and had the presentations from Nacho Amadoz ( puntCAT – .barcelona and .catalonia), Jonathan Cosbie Ross (Nominet – .cymru and .wales) and Oscar Robles (nic.mx and .lat).

.cl, .pa, .mx and .co shared their experiences concerning marketing campaigns, branding positioning and marketing with registrars. (http://www.lactld.org/wp-content/files_mf/marketingworkshop_agenda.pdf)

We are very thankful towards those who participated with their presence and their contributions and we hope there will be a rebound for those who were not able to attend. LACTLD also extends its thanks and appreciation to CENTR and its members and particularly to the local host, puntCAT for its hospitality and its teamwork.

First +10 Review meeting in Paris.

Sofia Zerbino — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:36:02 +0000

From 25 – 27 February, the first post WSIS +10 meeting is taking place in UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This meeting will include the most important challenges in the process of building knowledge societies for sustainable development.

The two major subjects of this first event are the trends, as well as the analysis and recommendations to follow after 2015. In this way, the results of the action lines of WSIS taking into consideration the latest developments and future forecasts will be examined. Recommendations will also be made to contribute to the post-2015 process.
The meeting is open to the public in general and accreditations is not required. It also may be attended either in person or remotely. Subsequently the IGF 2013 planning meeting will take place in an open consultation on 28 February and the MAG meeting will be celebrated on March 1. The regional organizations including LACTLD contributed with a document for the public consultation on March the 1st. http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/contributionsigf
More information at: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/wsis-10-review-event-25-27-february-2013/homepage/

St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce first .SX Registrar on the island

Sofia Zerbino — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:45:31 +0000

The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce signed on 7 February to the .SX Internet Registry and became the first registrar in that country. The Prime Minister, Sarah Wescot Williams was present at the event and highlighted the relevance that local business should start to identify with the .SX name to brand their local identity on the Internet.