Watch or listen to my interview with Drew Schiff at fTLD, and learn more about the .bank story, and how they are making the internet a safer place for banks and their customers.
Author Archives: Pinkard Alan Brand
If you could fix one thing on the Internet, what would it be?
I asked the question to one of the world’s most foremost experts in digital security and fighting cybercrime. Listen to the podcast.
Abuse & Brand Protection Trends in African TLDs
As we are receiving abuse reports from our sources for a select group of African TLDs, I thought it would be a good time to catch up with Daniel and get his take on the latest concerning Internet usage, brand and IP protection issues, and abuse in African TLDs.
Premium Domain Names | A .cloud & European perspective
Besides heading up Premium Names at .cloud, Shaun speaks six languages, and founded and runs a children’s charity based in Kenya. Watch or listen to our discussion.
I&JPN Toolkit: DNS Level Action to Address Abuses
In my latest video interview and podcast for iQ, I spoke with Elizabeth Behsudi about the recently published I&JPN Toolkit on Domain Name System (DNS) Level Action to Address Abuses.
iQ Abuse Report Overview & AbuseStats.com
My colleage LG provides an overview of this service that is designed to allow anyone to gain daily insight into whether you or someone else has a problem with domain name abuse.
How Spamhaus addresses DNS abuse
How is the domain block list compiled? What is the effect of price/# of abuse reports in newgtlds vs ccTLDs & legacy TLDs? How do you get off the bad list? What about evidence? What’s a “phishing rod” attack? And more…
Managing Domain Name Abuse
How can a registry or registrar reduce the amount of duplicative and non-actionable abuse reports? How do you get off a blacklist or bad list? Should there be evidence standards from the reputation/blacklist providers? And more…
A conversation with MrPremium.com
I’ve been fortunate to know Mark Ghoriafi for several years. He has incredible energy and enthusiasm! He shares a few stories about his unusual entry experience into the domain name industry, and how he uses data and other assets to help him sell premium domain names.
Cleaning Up The Internet
By allowing Internet Infrastructure providers to act faster, more effectively and efficiently against scams. My interview with Jorij Abraham, director of Scamadviser.com.
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