Frankfurt, 29 April 2025 – Oliver Elste is the new Chairman / Dr. Johannes Loxen newly elected to the Supervisory Board / Honorary members of the Executive Board remain unchanged
At today's Annual General Assembly of DENIC eG – the central registry for all .de domains – the members elected the cooperative'
Frankfurt, 2 April 2025 – DENIC eG announces that Barbara Stolz will join the Executive Board of the cooperative on 12 May 2025. She succeeds Andreas Musielak, who has decided to leave the company on 30 June 2025 to pursue new professional challenges.
Barbara Stolz brings many years of leadership experience
DENIC passes re-certification audit for its Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) – ISO/IEC 22301 successfully again
DENIC eG as an operator of a critical infrastructure in Germany has been certified according to the international standards for an Information Security Management System (ISMS) – ISO/IEC 27001 and for a Business Continuity
Current happenings in the Internet governance context in September 2022:
On 26 September 2022, the ITU General Assembly, which is held every four years, was opened in Bucharest. On the agenda is the program for 2023 – 2027. The conflict between ICANN and ITU over domain name and IP address governance
Study finds .de to have the highest awareness, trust and registration values among German consumers
When choosing from the wealth of domain extensions, Internet users in Germany definitely prefer their own country code. This is the result of a survey, the market research institute YouGov carried out on behalf of
Current happenings in the Internet governance context in August 2022:
On the way to an IGF+, UN Secretary-General António Guterres named ten members on 15 August 2022 of the IGF Leadership Panel (ILP) he had announced in his Roadmap for Digital Cooperation (June 2020). The ILP is intended to give
In 2021, with the trend towards digitisation continuing, the number of domains registered under the German country code .de grew to exceed 17 million worldwide. Every year, the precise geographic distribution of .de domains is mapped in the annual regional domain statistics published by DENIC. The registry managing all domains
Developments in the Internet Governance Environment April to June 2022:
The Internet is increasingly getting drawn into the global geo-strategic conflicts of 2022. The war in Ukraine has accelerated the polarisation in the Internet governance discussion that has been emerging for years, and with it the process of a "
DENIC, eco Association and the City of Hamburg as joint hosts of the 78th meeting of ICANN
* Hamburg wins bid to host ICANN78 Annual General Meeting
* DENIC eG, eco Association and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg expect around 2,500 participants from research, tech community, politics, economy and
Today, enhancing your digital security is more important than ever: In mid-May, open source-based cybersecurity vulnerability database EUVD was made available to the general public by Enisa (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity). Next to vulnerability information from trustworthy sources, it also provides recommendations on dedicated remedial action., 13.05.2025
The German population still has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to digital technology. The annual report by Initiative D21 on the digital society provides a detailed overview., 10.03.2025
New project from the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs and the Federal Ministry of the Interior as part of the federal programme ‘Demokratie leben!’ (Live Democracy!): Those affected, those seeking advice and their families and friends can now access support services on conspiracy thinking by telephone or online., 27.02.2025
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