[Excom] Fwd: Re: [ccnso-council] CENTR Board letter to ICANN

Tue Jun 14 11:17:03 EAT 2022

Dear Barrack, thank you for this information.

I do not think ccTLDs would do good being governed like gTLDs and imposing national policies is not ideal. Rather encourage Governments to recognize ccTLDs in their National policies, and even subsidise and support the running of ccTLDs. For those Governments with Data Protection Acts which have data accuracy obligations, the relevant DPA Commissioner needs to work with Registries and encouraged to adopt ways of ensuring accuracy of Registrant data.

What I seem to agree with about the NIST2 is that countries should declare/recognize ccTLDs as Critical Infrastructure. In my country for instance, anything deemed as National Critical Information Infrastructure is treated with priority including ensuring its continuity, stability, and security of that infrastructure. The cybersecurity unit’s role includes dealing with cybercrime perpetuated through the DNS or on the DNS.

This model isn’t the only work around. ccTLDs can collaborate with National CIRTs without using strict enforcements and stringent supervision. In our case where there is absence of a Cybersecurity Law, cybersecurity awareness has yielded more results in having organizations with critical information comply. Additionally, we have been able to deal with cybercrime through ccTLD policies that also recognize DNS Abuse in the form of content abuse as well as IP infringements which are currently not ICANN’s remit.

As it is, cybercrime and computer related acts, financial crime acts, and other acts that mention cybercrime developed by Member states already have penalties and to have additional sanctions for me, would be counterproductive; Collaboration and cooperation key to achieving cyber resilience, and where need-be, harmonization could help as well, and to achieve this, those in charge of cybersecurity need to make all relevant stakeholders aware of the importance of having cybersecurity capabilities, not impose.

Warm Regards,

Ms. Angela Matlapeng

From: EXCOM <excom-bounces at aftld.org> on behalf of barrack at aftld.org <barrack at aftld.org>
Date: Thursday, 09 June 2022 at 10:49
To: excom at aftld.org <excom at aftld.org>
Subject: [Excom] Fwd: Re: [ccnso-council] CENTR Board letter to ICANN
Dear EXCOM,

What are your thoughts on this matter?

Regards

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Subject: Re: [ccnso-council] CENTR Board letter to ICANN
Date: 2022-06-08 15:02
From: Peter Van Roste via Ccnso-council <ccnso-council at icann.org>
To: Nick Wenban-Smith <Nick.Wenban-Smith at nominet.uk>,
"ccNSO-Council at icann.org" <ccnso-council at icann.org>
Reply-To: Peter Van Roste <peter at centr.org>

Hi Nick,

Thanks for forwarding.

Luckily, this seems to be a EU specific issue.

However, if there is an interest, I'd be happy to summarise at the next
call or answer any individual questions people may have in the meantime.

Hope to see many of you in The Hague!

Peter

Van: Ccnso-council <ccnso-council-bounces at icann.org> Namens Nick
Wenban-Smith via Ccnso-council
Verzonden: dinsdag 7 juni 2022 18:30
Aan: ccNSO-Council at icann.org
Onderwerp: [ccnso-council] FW: CENTR Board letter to ICANN

FYI, is this something that could be discussed under AOB at council next
week perhaps?

From: fm-request at centrlists.org <fm-request at centrlists.org> On Behalf Of
Peter Van Roste
Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 11:58 AM
To: fm at centrlists.org
Cc: leaders at centrlists.org
Subject: [centr-fm] CENTR Board letter to ICANN

Hi Everyone,

As mentioned in a previous email, a Member had signalled that ICANN had
reached out to European governments in the context of the NIS2
negotiations.

In that exchange, ICANN suggested that governments apply internationally
approved policies and procedures on their national ccTLD.

If successful, this outreach would result in ccTLDs having to abide by
rules developed for gTLDs.

Feedback from Members indicated that this was indeed not a stand-alone
case.

Wording I've seen, included indeed the encouragement for governments to
establish internationally agreed policies regarding registrant data for
ccTLDs.

As many expressed during the Jamboree, this is worrisome and we need to
fully understand the scope of this effort by ICANN.

As a follow-up, the CENTR Board has sent a letter to the ICANN CEO to
highlight this issue and request some clarifications.

Full letter is attached, here are the clarifications requested:

* How many European governments were approached in the context of this
outreach?
* On what grounds did ICANN suggest that governments should consider
imposing regulation on ccTLDs?
* How was this particular suggested amendment developed and what
consultation process was followed?
* On what basis does ICANN believe this specific message and related
proactive outreach to governments is within its mandate?
* Why did ICANN decide to advise governments on how to govern their
national ccTLDs without consulting the ccTLD community?

Most importantly, the Board asks ICANN to discuss how this issue can be
avoided in the future and insists on synchronisation with the relevant
ccTLD should there ever be a need for ICANN to discuss ccTLD regulations
with a government.

I will keep you posted of any follow-up.

Best Regards,

Peter

Peter Van Roste

General Manager

CENTR - Belliardstraat 20, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

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