On June 10, 2020 the M&A Leadership Council canvassed C-suite executives and senior professionals on their plans for new mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Unsurprisingly, given the uncertain times in which we live, 51% indicated a “temporary pause” on their plans.
It’s Time for Business Executives to Stake Their Claim to Internet Policy
By Alban Kwan, regional director, East Asia Share this post Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post in 2019 about the need to update the rules of the internet. He wrote: “I believe we need a
Thinking Outside the Box—Protecting Non-Music Brands’ IP on Digital Music Services
By Koo Moore, enforcement analyst andStephanie Mitchell, marketing manager Share this post When brands think about registering a trademark, it’s natural to consider the classes that match the direct nature of their products and services. A car manufacturer would register
New CSC Research Finds Significant Lack of Redundancy for Enterprise Domain Name Systems (DNS)
By Vincent D’Angelo, global director Share this post As outlined in CSC’s recent 2020 Domain Security Report: Forbes Global 2000 Companies, cyber criminals are disrupting organizations by attacking the protocol responsible for their online presence—their domain name system (DNS). When
How Digital Asset Management May Change Due to COVID-19
By Alban Kwan, regional director | East Asia Share this post One of the “fathers of the internet,” Vint Cerf, in a September 2019 article he published said: “Today, hackers routinely break into online accounts and divert users to fake
How Global Trends Arising from COVID-19 May Influence Online Brand Protection Strategies
By Alban Kwan, regional director | East AsiaLan Huang,subject matter expert | CSC domain and Brand Abuse Enforcement Share this post We’re in an interregnum where society has paused, and there’s no telling how things may turn. In such times
How Brexit Raises Risks for Non-Compliant .EU Domain Names
On June 3, 2020, EURid, the registry for .EU domains, published its timeline and action plan to withdraw and delete .EU domains registered to entities and individuals located in the U.K. If your domain portfolio is managed by CSC, you
Our Findings Show that More than Half of the Forbes Global 2000 Companies Still Use Retail-Grade Domain Registrars. What are the Risks?
By Sue Watts, head of Marketing Share this post As with every research report we write, our 2020 Domain Security Report: Forbes Global 2000 offers best practices to mitigate cyber security threats. What we see time and again is the
June 2020 Dot Brand Insights Report: How .SHARP Surged to the Top of the Alexa Rankings
By Connie Hon, domain product manager Share this post In our June 2020 Dot Brand Insights Report, we look into the increase in .BRAND domains being used by brand owners to communicate important messaging to their customers, investors, and employees
Which Industries and Regions Fare Better in their Domain Security Posture?
By Sue Watts, head of Marketing Share this post In our 2020 Domain Security Report: Forbes Global 2000, what surprises us most is the weaker than expected security posture of banks that manage personal identity information and large amounts of