IGF 2022 Lightning Talk #30 What is the DNS Abuse Institute?

In 2021, Public Interest Registry, the People behind .ORG, launched the DNS Abuse Institute as part of its not for profit mission and ongoing effort to protect Internet users from the threat of DNS Abuse such as malware, botnets, phishing, pharming, and spam. The Institute has one mission: reduce DNS Abuse. We aim to do this through our three pillars: Innovation, Education, and Collaboration. As part of our collaboration activity, we want to share our work with the multi-stakeholder community for feedback and ideas on where we can improve and what we can do next. Join us for an overview of what the Institute has achieved so far, and an opportunity to contribute to making the internet safer for everyone. In particular, we’ll have a deep dive into: Measuring DNS Abuse: If we can’t measure it, we can’t improve. So how do we create credible, independent, transparent, accurate, and reliable metrics on phishing and malware? We’ll be sharing insight from our DNSAI Intelligence project. This reporting is intended to shine a new light on DNS Abuse, providing an understanding of what drives it, what helps, and what doesn’t. We’re working closely with registrars and registries behind the scenes to share this data directly with them and support them in making changes to impact abuse. Blog: https://dnsabuseinstitute.org/dns-abuse-if-we-cant-measure-it-does-it-e… Improved DNS abuse reporting through NetBeacon: The new, free service, addresses industry-wide need for a simplified, standardized, and streamlined abuse reporting system. NetBeacon is publicly available free of charge for anyone to easily submit or receive reports of DNS Abuse, which includes harmful Internet activities such as malware, botnets, phishing, and spam. Streamlining what has long been a manual, slow, and convoluted investigatory process, NetBeacon will collect standardized reports of DNS Abuse, enrich them with useful information for registrars, and route reports through the appropriate channels. The aim is to reduce friction for reporters, and increase quality for registrars. NetBeacon: https://netbeacon.org/ Press release: https://dnsabuseinstitute.org/dns-abuse-institute-launches-netbeacon-fi… Blog: https://dnsabuseinstitute.org/introducing-netbeacon/ What next? We want your views on what is needed next to tackle DNS Abuse. Further info: Read more about the Institute in our Annual Report: https://dnsabuseinstitute.org/dnsai-releases-first-ever-annual-report/

1) How will you facilitate interaction between onsite and online speakers and attendees? We will alternate between questions from the audience and virtual—starting with virtual questions. We will have an onsite and virtual moderator. Polls will be virtual and presented on the screen so all participants can see and engage in real time. Slides will be used so all participants can see the same information at the same time. 2) How will you design the session to ensure the best possible experience for online and onsite participants? We intend to use Menti to ask engaging questions of the audience throughout the presentation and take questions at the end from both in person and virtual attendees. 3) Please note any complementary online tools/platforms you plan to use to increase participation and interaction during the session. Menti to poll the audience (TBC)