Why?

The stable, safe and secure operation of the DNS has proven to be the foundation for the global expansion of the Internet as a universal public resource. However, like any other innovation and every technology, the Internet and the DNS are vulnerable to abuse, such as malware, botnets, phishing, pharming or spam. The topDNS initiative and its members are committed to fighting DNS abuse.



How?

To achieve this goal, the topDNS initiative rests on two main pillars:

Education & Awareness

  • Promoting existing efforts to fight abuse online
  • Educating policy & decision makers
  • Involving hosting providers and their abuse teams
  • Amplifying the messages of the industry

Collaboration & Operationalisation

  • Collaboration with eco, a trusted Internet platform
  • Sharing best-practice guidance on abuse management
  • Standardising reports, use cases, data & definitions
  • Developing a Trusted Notifier Framework

Sponsors

Among the many eco members who are fighting abuse on the Internet every day, we would like to thank our sponsors of the topDNS Initiative.

Please email topdns@eco.de if you are interested in joining!

iQ Global
.Org
Realtime Register

Steering Committee

The topDNS Initiative is lead and guided by a group of leading industry experts:

Andrew Barker

Director of Outreach
Cloudflare

Brian Cimbolic
Brian Cimbolic

Vice President, General Counsel
Public Interest Registry

Keith Drazek
Keith Drazek

VP of Policy & Government Relations
Verisign

LG Forsberg
LG Forsberg

Chief Technology Officer
IQ Global

Theo Geurts
Theo Geurts

CIPP/E Privacy & GRC Officer
Realtime Register

Volker Greimann

Head of Policy and Compliance – Online Division
Team Internet

Michael Hausding

Competence Lead DNS & Domain Abuse
SWITCH

Robert Schischka

CEO
nic.at


Supporters

In addition to the sponsors of the topDNS Initiative, many eco members actively support our work fighting abuse and content-related harms on the Internet.

Please email topdns@eco.de if you are interested in joining!


News & Articles


Events

2-day DNSSEC Workshop with ICANN

2025 is dedicated to the “Email Security Year” campaign by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), in which eco is actively participating. The goal is to promote key security mechanisms such as SPF, DKIM, DMARC, DANE and DNSSEC and thereby sustainably secure email communication. DNSSEC plays a key... ...
Nov 06 - 07, 2025
10:30 am - 3:00 pm
eco Geschäftstelle Köln
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Videos

  • topDNS Best Practice Series: How is DNS Abuse actually measured

    topDNS Best Practice Series: How is DNS Abuse actually measured

    eco’s topDNS Initiative, in cooperation with KOR Labs, NetBeacon Institute, and URLAbuse, hosted the ninth in a series of topDNS Best Practice webinars, exploring how DNS abuse is actually measured and what that means for improving mitigation across the domain industry. The session brought together experts Prof. Maciej Korczynski (KOR…

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  • topDNS Best Practice Series Part 9: Navigating Web3 Domains

    topDNS Best Practice Series Part 9: Navigating Web3 Domains

    On 2 April 2025, Freename & eco’s topDNS Initiative hosted the ninth in a series of topDNS Best Practice webinars. In the Navigating Web3 Domains webinar, Paolo Domenighetti, CTO of Freename, gave an introduction to the emerging landscape of Web3 domains, highlighting their differences from legacy domains, their potential use…

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  • topDNS Best Practice Series: Best Practices for Handling Abuse Reports and Takedowns

    topDNS Best Practice Series: Best Practices for Handling Abuse Reports and Takedowns

    Spamhaus, Team Internet, and eco’s topDNS Initiative hosted the eighth in a series of topDNS Best Practice webinars, which highlighted the domain name industry’s efforts to combat DNS abuse. The session featured Spamhaus and Team Internet, who explored critical issues and solutions surrounding abuse management and domain takedowns: During the…

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