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.ORG, The Public Interest Registry, announces today the achievement of key milestones with Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC).

PIR is dedicated to transparency in its implementation and sharing lessons learned with the Internet infrastructure community, with the goal of widespread adoption of DNSSEC. DNSSEC is a very important starting point that will allow companies to evaluate how to secure the many applications that are intertwined with DNS.
"DNSSEC is a critical part of our mission to lead the upgrade of Internet infrastructure and ensure online safety for current and future generations of users," says Alexa Raad, CEO of .ORG, The Public Interest Registry. "We are committed to lead the way and demonstrate the feasibility of this important security measure for the rest of the industry."
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