Update on CEO Recruitment Process

As many of us in the domain name industry prepare for the ICANN meeting in Panama City I thought it would be good timing to provide an update from the Public Interest Registry board on the process for recruiting a new President and CEO. We have now agreed on a job description and appointed a recruitment company, and hope to have an advertisement and candidate pack out in early July. We will be following a thorough process with the final interviews expected in late September or early October and we hope to have the successful candidate in post by the end of the year. Our Interim President and CEO will return to being a board director and will be handing over a company we believe is in excellent shape for the new CEO to take forward. As .org is one of the oldest and largest TLDs with a strong reputation

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Brian Cute Resigns as President and CEO of Public Interest Registry

RESTON, Va. (May 10, 2018) – Public Interest Registry, the nonprofit operator of the .org domain, announced today that Brian Cute has officially resigned from his seven-year post as president and CEO, effective May 7, 2018. During his time as president and CEO, Cute helped advance Public Interest Registry’s mission through the headwinds of today’s complex and diversified online marketplace. Public Interest Registry appreciates the leadership Cute has shown the organization and the many contributions he made during his tenure. Public Interest Registry wishes him great success in his future endeavours. The Public Interest Registry Board of Directors will soon commence a recruitment process to fill the CEO position. Jay Daley is serving as interim CEO. Daley knows the registry industry extraordinarily well, having served in various leadership roles within the industry since 2002. Daley is a recent addition to the Public Interest Registry Board and has indicated to the

Internet 101: Debunking Common Internet Terms

By Tony Connor, Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry Do you consider yourself an ‘Internet Pro’? If the answer is yes, did you know that the world wide web is different than the internet? If so, do you know what the difference is? If not, we’re here to help! In 2017, we conducted a nationwide Internet 101 Survey to see just how much the average U.S. consumer knows about the internet. Interestingly enough, 84 percent of participants reported that they are “knowledgeable” about the internet. In reality, participants knew a lot less than they thought. In fact, a whopping 80 percent of internet users don’t know that there is a difference between the world wide web and the internet. It’s safe to say we were surprised by the misconceptions many people had when it came to the internet, something so many people rely on daily. At Public Interest Registry, our

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What the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Debacle Means for Nonprofits Online

By Brian Cute, CEO of Public Interest Registry Internet users around the world are still reeling from the news that Cambridge Analytica found a loophole that allowed them to use the data of a reported 50 million Facebook users to potentially influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. A #DeleteFacebook campaign is underway with many high-profile Facebook users calling on people to delete their Facebook accounts because of the company’s mishandling of personal data. What does this mean to nonprofits that are online and why should they care? Let’s look at what happened. Collecting data and profiling Facebook users Cambridge Analytica, a data firm based in the United Kingdom, harvested profile data from more than 50 million Facebook users – without their consent – to create a user profiling methodology to try to influence potential voters in political campaigns. Cambridge Analytica’s massive database of Facebook user profiles was used to target

4 Things to Do on World Backup Day to Protect Your Data

This is a guest post authored by Brent Scott, a Cybersecurity Advocacy Writer at LifeLock The ugly truth is, cybercrime is becoming strikingly widespread. An attack can happen to anyone, yet nonprofits and NGOs are increasingly prime targets, thanks to the donor and financial data they hold and, in some cases, the causes they support. […]

Partnership With Native Americans: Supporting Native American Communities in Need #ORGinAction

By Tony Connor, Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry As a part of our reoccurring #ORGinAction series – which spotlights organizations who trust the .org domain to support their communication efforts – we are happy to introduce you to the Partnership With Native Americans (PWNA) who was also this year’s #ORGinAction social contest winner! PWNA […]