[governance] ICANN might name former DHS cybersecurity boss its president?

[tvest at eyeconomics.com]

For the curious, here is the full text of the article published by  
National Journal:

National Journal's CongressDaily

June 19, 2009 Friday
PM Edition

ICANN Might Name Former Cybersecurity Boss

LENGTH: 166 words

Technology. Former Homeland Security Department National Cybersecurity  
Center Director Rod Beckstrom could become the new president and CEO  
of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a  
nonprofit group that oversees the Internet address system. Paul  
Twomey, who has held the position for six years, announced his  
departure in March. Since then, the group has faced scrutiny on  
Capitol Hill as it prepares to end its formal relationship with the  
Commerce Department in September. Lawmakers and industry stakeholders  
have raised concerns about ICANN's transparency, accountability,  
budget processes and stakeholder relationships. ICANN Vice President  
Paul Levins would not confirm Beckstrom's selection but said a  
"leading candidate" had been chosen and initial contract discussions  
were under way. The individual will meet with ICANN's board at the  
organization's meeting in Sydney, Australia, next week. The board  
expects to approve the CEO when it convenes in a week, Levins said.

On Jun 25, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Joe Baptista wrote:

>
> ICANN might name former DHS cybersecurity boss its president?
>
> Source: CongressDaily 06/19/2009
>
> Former Homeland Security Department National Cybersecurity Center  
> Director Rod Beckstrom could become the new president and CEO of the  
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
>
> ICANN a nonprofit group based in California oversees sixty to  
> seventy percent of the Internet address system. ICANN is a  
> contractor to the Department of Commerce.
>
> Beckstrom, who served as the Director of the National Cybersecurity  
> Center (NCSC) in 2008 at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security  
> (DHS), was seen trolling the ICANN meeting in Sydney wearing an  
> ICANN staff badge.
>
> I predict his appointment and association with the DHS will result  
> in further erosion of market share for ICANN. Since ICANN was formed  
> in 1998 they have lost Forty percent market share in the  
> provisioning of root domain name service (DNS). The first country to  
> jump ship was China.
>
> The Chinese Ministry of Information Industry 中华人民共和国信息产业部  
> (MII) built it’s own addressing infrastructure in 2000. The Chinese  
> no longer rely on the U.S. government for domain resolution. In  
> China users can surf the Internet in Chinese.
>
> If you happen to be in China you can visit Peking University using  
> their Chinese character domain name 北京大学.中国 like millions of  
> other Chinese do. Chinese domains will not work for users who’s  
> Internet is under U.S. Government control.
>
> Other countries are also following the China lead including Russia  
> and India. Turkey left in 2005.
>
> EOL
>
> Editors note: If you want to test Chinese character domains, or even  
> visit the Kremlin in Moscow using Russian language domains –  
> президент.орг – you can visit the Cesidian Root and use  
> their DNS to surf. Instructions are available under the heading  
> “Changing TCP/IP configuration”.
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Joe Baptista
>
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