ICANN invites the community to join a public webinar for an update on the ICANN Grant Program. This webinar will report on recent updates regarding the preliminary implementation design, the work ahead as implementation design continues, and the forecasted timeline leading to the first grant cycle. The webinar will take place on 1 December 2022 at 15:00 UTC.

ICANN, in cooperation with its regional partners, is deploying a new ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) cluster in Nairobi, Kenya. An IMRS cluster helps improve DNS infrastructure in any country, territory, or region of the world, and in this case will reduce the impact of potential cyberattacks across Africa. Click the title to read this press release and learn more.

ICANN org has published an advisory to raise awareness within ICANN community that some registrars have begun charging fees to process third-party requests for access to nonpublic generic top-level domain registration data. ICANN org is concerned that registrars' imposition of fees may pose an access barrier. Click the banner to read this advisory and learn more about this topic.

ICANN is calling for volunteers to join a design team aimed at developing a plan for safely changing the cryptographic algorithm used for the Domain Name System root key signing key and zone signing keys. This plan will enable both ICANN and the Internet community to realize the benefits provided by newer algorithms. Click the title to learn more. The deadline to apply is 25 November.