Since August 18, 2026, new legal requirements apply within the EU, aiming to facilitate and speed up cross-border access to electronic evidence used to investigate and prosecute criminal offences. As an online service provider, DENIC is in scope, too.
For DENIC as part of the critical infrastructure in Germany, certification in accordance with ISO 27001 is not only a matter of course, it is also a fundamental basis for providing proof of compliance with KRITIS requirements. In 2022, the international standard for an Information Security Management System (ISMS) was
The Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the European Union – NIS-2 – is currently being transposed into national legislation. DENIC as part of Germany's critical infrastructure wants to create an adequate and sustainably practicable solution for domain managers in Germany for implementing the
The recently held General Assembly of DENIC, the central registry of all domains with the German ending .de, offered an important platform for discussing the future of internet management in Germany. Members of the DENIC Cooperative and the DENIC Executive Board came together at the meeting. DENIC reported about the
The co-facilitators of the Global Digital Compact presented a zero draft in early April which has since then been widely discussed in the Internet governance community. The GDC is part of the Pact for the Future that shall be adopted during the UN Summit for the Future in September
The Activity Report of DENIC on the year 2023 is now available on our website. Learn about our activities, projects, technical developments and innovations and the challenges we dealt with. How did we support the stability and security of the internet landscape and which highlights did we master successfully with
The majority of domains classified as malicious fell into the phishing category (73.6 per cent), followed by spam (11 per cent), malware (7.8 per cent), pharming (4.5 per cent) and botnets (3.1 per cent)., 14.10.2026
In August, the ccNSO invited all ccTLD registries worldwide to take part in the third edition of the DNS Abuse Standing Committee (DASC) survey. The survey runs from August to September 2026., 14.10.2026
An EU-wide, uniform legal framework for mandatory direct cooperation between online service providers and law enforcement authorities in EU Member States, 14.10.2026