THE world's internet domain name regulator has formally chosen IT security guru Rod Beckstrom as its new chief executive to replace the retiring Paul Twomey.
Beckstrom to head ICANN
Rod Beckstrom, previously US National Cybersecurity Centre director, immediately put the spotlight on the internet's role in troubled Iran. Pic: Renee Nowytarger
The selection of Mr Beckstrom, whose appointment was first reported in The Australian, was finalised in Sydney this week where Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) officials are meeting.
Mr Beckstrom said his first goal would be to meet with the many working groups and stakeholder or "tribes" within ICANN. He also said that he planned to take a close look at ICANN's organisational plan to see what was "on track and what wasn’t on track.”
ICANN's board chairman Peter Dengate Thrush said Mr Beckstrom has "the strong personal and technical background that ICANN needs as we enter a period of unprecedented growth and change for the internet".
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