CENTR

📢 Our CENTR Academy is back! With its interactive format, our (new) members can now discover the ins and outs of the CENTR Secretariat in Brussels. We are here to help you, let us show you how! 😊 ⏩ To all of our new colleagues, please join us online on the 4 June from 10.00 to 12.00 CEST: https://lnkd.in/ee2Kcaw2 #Onboarding #CENTREvents #WelcometotheCommunity

📢 We just published our EU Policy Update for the month of April, authored by Filip Lukáš & Polina Malaja. Read it to get the latest developments on: 🔴 The Council position on the Payment Services Regulation 🔴 The status of #FiDA negotiations 🔴 BEREC's assessment of the #DNA 🔴 #AIomnibus state of play 🔴 News on Better Regulation, Cybersecurity, Data Protection and much more! Read it here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ev3wXSge #EUPolicy #EUCommission #DataProtection #Cybersecurity #DNS #ccTLDs

🇩🇪 Next week: Berlin calling! The countdown is on! In just one week, the 2026 CENTR Jamboree kicks off in Berlin (6–8 May). As this year's proud host, DENIC is thrilled to welcome the community in Germany. Huge thanks to CENTR for the fantastic collaboration as always. 🤝 🗓️ The Agenda is set! The schedule is officially locked in, and trust us—you won’t be disappointed. Get ready for three days of high-level insights and even better networking. See you all in Berlin very soon! #CENTR #Jamboree2026 #DENIC #Berlin #DomainIndustry #Community

📢 A big thank you to nic.at GmbH for hosting our Tech Working Group last week, in Vienna. Strong contributions over a day and a half, with great collaboration from all members present, in person and online! #DNS #CENTRTech

📈 When European ccTLD registries ranked cybersecurity risks, the top concern wasn’t technical — it was human. ⚠️ The Top-Level Domain Threat Landscape Analysis (TLA) 2026 identified social engineering and phishing targeting registry employees as the highest-ranked combined threat across participating registry operators. The findings show that while registries operate highly resilient technical infrastructures, cybersecurity risk lies in the human and organisational layers surrounding them. 🔎 How registries ranked key threat scenarios: ▶️ Human-centric attacks (social engineering & phishing) ranked highest when combining likelihood and potential impact ▶️ Domain Management System compromise was assessed as less likely, but potentially severe in operational and regulatory impact ▶️ Persistent infiltration by sophisticated threat actors reflects concern over long-term, covert operations rather than isolated events ▶️ Cyber incidents affecting critical suppliers highlight ecosystem and supply-chain dependencies ▶️ Legacy systems and inconsistent security discipline were identified as sources of accumulated structural risk A notable takeaway from the 2026 analysis: ➡️ Risk for ccTLD registries is not driven by weaknesses in core DNS technology. ➡️ Instead, registries recognise that risk increasingly arises from people, processes, and interconnected ecosystems. Using an all-hazard methodology, registries evaluated 28 potential threat scenarios, assessing both likelihood and potential impact across operational, financial, regulatory, and reputational dimensions. This provides a shared benchmark to help prioritise security efforts and support NIS2-aligned governance. The Executive Summary can be downloaded here: https://lnkd.in/dNjdCuNN

CENTR Taskforce on Renewal Indicators publishes analysis exploring factors driving domain renewal behaviour, using a common methodology applied independently by each participating registry. Results at https://lnkd.in/gj9x5qw7 #ccTLD #CENTR #dataanalysis #domainnames

#ICANN85 recently concluded in Mumbai. CENTR’s latest blogpost by Polina Malaja takes a closer look at how the ICANN community is pushing forward on #abusemitigation, with a particular focus on the newly launched policy work on “Associated Domain Checks”. When can an associated #domain check be triggered? Discussions highlighted the need to distinguish clearly between malicious registrations and compromised domains, and to avoid automated or overly punitive responses. The ICANN community also reinforced the importance of cooperation with #cybersecurity experts, software providers, and law enforcement so that tackling abuse does not fall on #registries and #registrars alone. With an ambitious 18-month timeline, this process signals a shift toward faster, more targeted policymaking, while still ensuring essential evidence-based reporting and meaningful public consultation. As policy work moves forward at an unprecedented pace, one thing is clear: effective abuse mitigation will depend on balancing speed, accuracy, and collaboration across the global internet community. 👉 Read the full blogpost for a deeper dive into the discussion's takeaways and what comes next: https://lnkd.in/ercN5Xne

Happy birthday to all of our colleagues at auDA - .au Domain Administration Ltd.! We are proud to count you as one of our associate members at CENTR. Here's to many more successful years 🎉

📢 The February EU Policy Update is here! Drafted by Filip Lukáš & Polina Malaja, it features: 🔴 EU Member States published non-papers on competitiveness 🔴 IPRED study published by the EU Commission 🔴 EDPB and EDPS adopted a joint opinion on the Digital Omnibus proposal 🔴 ProtectEU Strategy & ICT Supply Chain Security Toolbox 🔴 News on Intellectual Property, Consumer Protection and much more! Read it here ➡️https://lnkd.in/eYRurpHN #EUPolicy #EUCommission #DataProtection #Cybersecurity

📢 #CENTRJambore2026 - CALL FOR PROPOSALS IS NOW OPEN! Our 2026 edition of the CENTR Jamboree is happening in Berlin, from the 6 to the 8 May, kindly hosted by our colleagues at DENIC eG. We are now actively seeking contributions to our agenda, selection criteria is the following: 🔴 Relevance for European ccTLDs 🔴 Cross-Working Group Relevance 🔴 Avoidance of Commercial Focus 🔴 Rewarding: Innovative topics, detailed session descriptions, data-driven proposals, interactive formats and first-time presenters 🔴 Taking into account geographical and gender diversity 🔎 Interested? You can use this link to submit your proposal: https://lnkd.in/ead4d2Nc ‼️ Deadline is the 27 February, an the announcement will be made on 5 March ⏩ More info on our website, here: https://lnkd.in/eXUpt6UZ #CENTRJamboree2026 #DNS #ccTLDs