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| keypeople = Rob Cotton, CEO<br>[[Pete Stock]], Managing Director, Domain Services<br> Daniel Liptrott, Managing Director, Escrow<br>[[Jean-Christophe Vignes]], Director, Domain Operations<br>[[Andy Ramsbottom]], Account Director
| keypeople = Rob Cotton, CEO<br>[[Pete Stock]], Managing Director, Domain Services<br> Daniel Liptrott, Managing Director, Escrow<br>[[Jean-Christophe Vignes]], Director, Domain Operations<br>[[Andy Ramsbottom]], Account Director
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'''NCC Group''' is one of the world’s largest escrow providers and has one of the largest security assurance teams in the world.
It is especially
well known in the [[ICANN]] community as a leading [[Registry]]& [[Registrar]] [[Data Escrow]] provider and more
recently
as the operator of the [[.trust]] domain
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'''NCC Group''' is one of the world’s largest escrow providers and has one of the largest security assurance teams in the world.
Originally
well known in the [[ICANN]] community as a leading [[Registry]]& [[Registrar]] [[Data Escrow]] provider
, it has expanded its footprint
and
now as well as escrow, it has become
more
and more involved in the Registry and Registrar business, both
as the operator of the [[.trust]] domain and
as the new owner
of the
Registry Service Provider, OpenRegistry
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[[.trust]] is a [[gTLD]] that aims to provide a safer
and
more secure Internet for both businesses and consumers.
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All applicants for a [[.trust]] will have to verify their identity and ownership
of the
trademark or brand used for the [[domain name]]. They will also have to ensure their organisation is secure by complying with [[.trust]]’s strict and specific code of security policies and undergo regular security monitoring to assure their infrastructure remains safe
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NCC Group is uniquely positioned to provide registry & registrar data escrow services and a variety of domain security solutions to all registry operators, and new gTLD applicants.
NCC Group is uniquely positioned to provide registry & registrar data escrow services and a variety of domain security solutions to all registry operators, and new gTLD applicants.
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Other ICANN related solutions from NCC Group include Domain Assured. Domain Assured is a domain abuse monitoring product that uses threat intelligence capabilities to deliver a complete picture of a domain’s threat landscape with continual monitoring of the major domain abuse types to provide rapid notifications of any attacks. It monitors a domain’s health and reputation and supports ICANN requirements by enabling registrars and registries to take a proactive approach to seeking out abuse.
Other ICANN related solutions from NCC Group include Domain Assured. Domain Assured is a domain abuse monitoring product that uses threat intelligence capabilities to deliver a complete picture of a domain’s threat landscape with continual monitoring of the major domain abuse types to provide rapid notifications of any attacks. It monitors a domain’s health and reputation and supports ICANN requirements by enabling registrars and registries to take a proactive approach to seeking out abuse.
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Industry Involvement
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==
.trust Registry==
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.trust is a gTLD that aims to provide a safer and more secure Internet for both businesses and consumers.
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All applicants for a .trust will have to verify their identity and ownership of the trademark or brand used for the domain name. They will also have to ensure their organisation is secure by complying with .trust’s strict and specific code of security policies and undergo regular security monitoring to assure their infrastructure remains safe. This monitoring is performed by NCC Group's Continual Monitoring Service that was specifically developed by NCC Group and is managed by a dedicated Security Operation Centre.
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.trust went live on March 9 2015 and NCC Group has moved its corporate website and emails to nccgroup.trust.
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==Escrow Provider
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One of the requirements built into ICANN's new gTLD program is the daily transfer of [[WHOIS]] data to an ICANN approved escrow agent. This has to be performed by a third-party provider in a transparent manner to protect against registry failure and other contingency situations.<ref>[http://www.gtldstrategy.com/tag/ncc-group/ NCC Group, gTLDStrategy.com]</ref> NCC Group is not new to the ICANN community, and has been working in the domain name industry since 2008, when it assisted ICANN with the development of the gTLD Registry Failover Plan. It has since become a registry escrow provider for a number of registries and registrars. It is the only escrow provider with major operations in Europe and North America, and is compliant with US and EU law.<ref>[https://www.nccgroup.com/en/our-services/software-escrow-and-verification/registry-data-escrow/ Registry Data Escrow, www.nccgroup.com]</ref>
One of the requirements built into ICANN's new gTLD program is the daily transfer of [[WHOIS]] data to an ICANN approved escrow agent. This has to be performed by a third-party provider in a transparent manner to protect against registry failure and other contingency situations.<ref>[http://www.gtldstrategy.com/tag/ncc-group/ NCC Group, gTLDStrategy.com]</ref> NCC Group is not new to the ICANN community, and has been working in the domain name industry since 2008, when it assisted ICANN with the development of the gTLD Registry Failover Plan. It has since become a registry escrow provider for a number of registries and registrars. It is the only escrow provider with major operations in Europe and North America, and is compliant with US and EU law.<ref>[https://www.nccgroup.com/en/our-services/software-escrow-and-verification/registry-data-escrow/ Registry Data Escrow, www.nccgroup.com]</ref>
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[[Key-Systems]] has selected NCC Group as one of the preferred partners for registry data escrow services for applicants that have selected [[KSregistry]] as their new gTLD operating platform.
[[Key-Systems]] has selected NCC Group as one of the preferred partners for registry data escrow services for applicants that have selected [[KSregistry]] as their new gTLD operating platform.
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Accredited provider to ICANN of Registrar Data Escrow services:
In 2013, NCC Group was approved by [[ICANN]] to provide data escrow services to new gTLD clients.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-31may13-en Announcement 31 May 13, ICANN.org]</ref>
In 2013, NCC Group was approved by [[ICANN]] to provide data escrow services to new gTLD clients.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-31may13-en Announcement 31 May 13, ICANN.org]</ref>
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In 2014, NCC Group became a Third Party Provider of Data Escrow services for Registrars.
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==Monitoring==
In 2014, NCC Group launched its new Domain Abuse Monitoring Service, which monitors and reports on the overall health of domain portfolios. [[.wien]] became on the of the first new gTLD applicants to adopt the service.
In 2014, NCC Group launched its new Domain Abuse Monitoring Service, which monitors and reports on the overall health of domain portfolios. [[.wien]] became on the of the first new gTLD applicants to adopt the service.
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Domain Name Transfer Agreements facilitated
by NCC Group
Escrow Solutions
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During the ICANN52 meeting in Singapore, NCC Group presented a standalone version of the CMS product originally developed for .trust which could now be used
by
other gTLDs or by specific websites willing to improve their security posture and have a comprehensive view of their Internet assets.
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==Registry Service Provider - ICANN accredited Registrar==
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On January 20 2015, NCC Group acquired the OpenRegistry group of Companies. OpenRegistry is a Registry Service Provider that provides backend services to 23 Top Level Domains. OpenRegistry oversaw the ICANN gTLD application process for several major brands and cities and is one of the few providers to offer a fully licensed solution where the TLD can be run on the Registry Operator’s own infrastructure.
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The OpenRegistry team also managed a registrar whose technical expertise reinforces
NCC Group
Secure Registrar, the company’s separate ICANN accredited Registrar formed in 2014. Originally created to provide an end-to-end solution to .trust customers, the Registrar takes advantage of the Group’s years of experience in security threat management to offer counsel and consolidation opportunities to major brands wanting to rationalise their domain names portfolio
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==Technical Capabilities==
==Technical Capabilities==
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* NCC Group's [[Registry]] [[Data Escrow]] program is based on our Escrow Live service.
* NCC Group's [[Registry]] [[Data Escrow]] program is based on our Escrow Live service.
* NCC Group utilizes a fully redundant infrastructure with four globally dispersed Tier III+ data centers, ensuring business continuity and no single point of failure.
* NCC Group utilizes a fully redundant infrastructure with four globally dispersed Tier III+ data centers, ensuring business continuity and no single point of failure.
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===Independent IT Security Advisor===
===Independent IT Security Advisor===
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Through expert security consulting, penetration testing, vulnerability research, incident response, risk management and governance advice NCC Group helps organisations to identify risk and formulate a robust security strategy.
Through expert security consulting, penetration testing, vulnerability research, incident response, risk management and governance advice NCC Group helps organisations to identify risk and formulate a robust security strategy.