1. Risk management Sebastian Bellagamba CABASE wwTLD meeting Mar Del Plata, 3 March 2005

2. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Registry’s risk Administrative Financial Technical Physical

3. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Administrative risks Contracts with registrars or registrants Transfer procedures Fake signatures Registration procedures …

4. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Financial risks Overdue invoices Registrars bankruptcy Registry bankruptcy …

5. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Technical risks Data corruption Loss of network connectivity Intrusion Disk failure Server failures Unreachable main website …

6. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Physical risks Fire Earthquake Bomb Fiber cut Power failure …

7. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Consequences on Registry’s activities Registrar Registrant Local Internet community

8. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Strategies Diversify location and infrastructures Look for a proper insurance cover Run periodical checks on all the activities Learn from best practices …

9. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Diversify location and infrastructures Maintain multiple locations Replicate data Keep qualified staff at each location Make sure that each location mitigates the primary risk at the other Back up power supply …

10. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Insurance cover Insurance policies are not sufficient to cover all possible areas of weakness There could be problems related to the uncertainty of many activities They are only a part of a very well evaluated risk management process

11. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Periodical checks They can help you to auto-evaluate possible risks and threats Preferably they should be conducted by an external panel of experts

12. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Learn from best practices The grass is greener on the other side of the fence Share your fears and thoughts with other registries that might have already developed remedies and “contingency plans”

13. Mar Del Plata, wwTLD meeting, 3 April 2005 Thanks for your attention Sebastian Bellagamba CABASE wwTLD meeting Mar Del Plata, 3 March 2005