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Curated Press on Domain and DNS Compromises To help our web audience better understand DNS related security exposures and compliance gaps this curated article page is dedicated to educating business leaders, IT and infrastructure teams. The more we understand the exposures, the better we can prevent them.
Source: Finextra Barclays ditches dot com in favour of proprietary domains

A very brief report about Barclays move to their .barclays and barclaycard brand registry domains with a highlighted quote from Barclays CIO.

Source: Entrepreneur 4 Reasons Why You Should Ditch dot com for Good

Ray King, co-founder of Top Level Design, give 4 reasons why the new TLDs are better than .com domains.

Source: Adweek Should Your Shop Purchase a .Agency Domain?

This Adweek article seeks to spread the word about the new TLD extensions to the advertising industry. One analyst concludes that the new TLDs will become more visible once large brands such as .bmw and .yahoo launch official web properties.

It’s Time to Register .Bank Domains

JD Supra explains that banks wishing to register a .bank domain require a submission of trademarks to the Trademark Clearinghouse in order to qualify.

Source: Online Domain New gTLDs Accounted For 21% Of The Net Growth Of Domain Names In 2014

An in depth analysis of ICANN’s domain name report showing growth trends among various TLD categories from ccTLDs, legacy TLDs and new TLDs etc. It provides interesting stats around domain maintenance rates, newly created domain rates etc.

Source: Domain Name Wire Is Amazon.com the biggest user of new domain names?

A very interesting look at Amazon’ activity in registering new TLDs with a long list of Amazon new TLD domains from electronics.discount to wholebean.coffee.

Source: Econsultancy Brand TLDs: five potential benefits

A brief yet informative analysis of the benefits offered to brands through the new brand TLDs.

Source: Business Wire Domain Name Association Survey Reveals Strong Interest in New Domain-Name Extensions

A good overview of the Domain Name Associations survey in which 5,000+ participants were questioned across 10 countries. The report revealed that especially internationally users are open to the new TLDs.