Washington – The Cyber Threat Alliance has been selected as a finalist in the 2nd annual .ORG Impact Awards, which honors remarkable .ORGs and individuals positively impacting their communities and making the world a better place. The awards are hosted by the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the people behind .ORG.
The Cyber Threat Alliance is one of the top five entries in the Promoting A Safer Internet category for its work to improve the safety and security of the digital ecosystem through threat intelligence sharing and collaboration. Since 2017, CTA has developed and operationalized an automated threat data sharing platform with over 100 million observables shared to date. It has also achieved a regular cadence of early warnings and research sharing among its private-sector members, and fosters collaboration around securing major events and disrupting malicious activity.
More than 500 organizations and individuals submitted entries this year. Submissions were reviewed and scored by a panel of judges who are leaders in the Internet, non-profit, health, education and marketing sectors. All nominations must be tied to an active website with a .ORG domain.
“We’re very excited to be named as a finalist for the .ORG Impact Award. CTA’s mission is to make our digital environment more secure and resilient by enabling collaboration among cybersecurity providers. We are a digitally dependent society, so protecting our on-line spaces is just as important as protecting our physical spaces. CTA is proud to contribute to this work every day,” said Michael Daniel, President and CEO, Cyber Threat Alliance
“The .ORG Impact Awards celebrate and showcase the incredible work that mission-driven organizations are doing in their communities and around the world,” said Jon Nevett, President and CEO of the Public Interest Registry. “We want to thank all those who submitted entries and congratulate all the finalists. We look forward to celebrating all the finalists and announcing the winners at the Ten Days of .ORG later this year.”
This year’s finalists and winners will be celebrated as part of the “The Ten Days of .ORG,” an online experience beginning on November 30 that celebrates the range of achievements that have healed, inspired, transformed and connected communities over the past year. Follow and tune into @PIRegistry on social media to watch the Ten Days of .ORG presentations November 30 through December 11.
Interested parties should visit www.orgimpactawards.org for complete rules and information.
About the Cyber Threat Alliance
The Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) is an independent, nonprofit organization working to improve the cybersecurity of the global digital ecosystem by significantly reducing time to detection and closing the gap in the detection-to-deployment lifecycle through high-quality cyber threat information sharing and operational coordination between companies in the cybersecurity field. This approach brings together companies with different interests but enables them to work together for the greater good. The CTA was founded by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Cisco, Fortinet, McAfee, Palo Alto Networks, and Symantec, membership also includes AlienVault, Dragos, IntSights, Juniper Networks, K7 Computing, NEC Corporation, NETSCOUT, NTT Security, Panda Security, Radware, Rapid7, ReversingLabs, Scitum, SecureBrain, SK Infosec, SonicWall, Sophos, Telefónica’s ElevenPaths, Verizon, and VMware.
For more information about CTA, please visit: https://www.cyberthreatalliance.org/.
CTA Media Contact pr@cyberthreatalliance.org
About .ORG
.ORG is the original purpose-driven “generic” top-level domain (gTLD) with more than 10 million domain names registered worldwide. .ORG is open to everyone, providing a global platform for organizations, associations, clubs, businesses and individuals to bring their ideas to life. For more than 30 years, .ORG has built an enduring legacy of trust, preserving an open and secure Internet where diverse communities can establish a trusted online identity and freely share ideas. .ORG is powered by the non-profit Public Interest Registry (PIR). PIR has been a champion for a free and open Internet for more than 15 years with a clear mission to be an exemplary domain name registry, provide a trusted digital identity and help educate those who dedicate themselves to improving our world. PIR was founded by the Internet Society (internetsociety.org) in 2002 and is based in Reston, Virginia, USA. Visit www.TheNew.org for more information.
PIR media contact: Scott Gerber, scott@vrge.us, 408-202-4255