MARINA DEL REY, CA - Following extensive collaboration and consultation with experienced gTLD registries, ccTLD managers, Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) and other members of the community, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the implementable version of the gTLD Registry Failover Plan during the ICANN Public Forum in Paris, France on June 25, 2008.
A press release by the Corporation stated that ICANN's gTLD Registry Failover Plan is intended to provide protection for registrants, and add to the security and stability of the Internet through collaboration with registries, registrars and members of the Internet community.
The plan provides a comprehensive guide describing potential ICANN actions in specific situations involving a registry and is intended to define the roles of registries and ICANN in the event of registry failure.
The plan also includes provisions for information sharing, situation handling and event management, crisis response, communications, business continuity, data escrow and data security, TLD and data transition and registry closure.