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'''NCC Group''' claims to be the world’s largest provider of Enterprise Risk Management solutions, and they are especially well known in ICANN circles as a leading [[Data Escrow]] provider. Their data escrow division became their largest business in terms of both revenue and profits after [[Rob Cotton]] was brought in as Finance Director in 2000. He also led the company through its opening on the London Stock Exchange, and led a secondary management buy-out and was appointed as Chief Executive of NCC Group Limited.<ref>[http://www.nccgroup.us/about-us.aspx About Us, NCCGroup.us]</ref>

'''NCC Group''' claims to be the world’s largest provider of Enterprise Risk Management solutions, and they are especially well known in ICANN circles as a leading [[Data Escrow]] provider. Their data escrow division became their largest business in terms of both revenue and profits after [[Rob Cotton]] was brought in as Finance Director in 2000. He also led the company through its opening on the London Stock Exchange, and led a secondary management buy-out and was appointed as Chief Executive of NCC Group Limited.<ref>[http://www.nccgroup.us/about-us.aspx About Us, NCCGroup.us]</ref>

NCC Group is uniquely positioned to provide escrow registry services and a variety of risk management solutions to all registry operators.

NCC Group is uniquely positioned to provide escrow registry services and a variety of risk management solutions to all registry operators, and new gTLD applicants.

==Industry Involvement==

==Industry Involvement==

One of the requirements built into [[ICANN]]'s new gTLD program is the daily transfer of [[Whois]] data to a reputable escrow agent. This has to be performed by a third-party provider in a transparent manner to protect against registry failure and other contingency situations.<ref>[http://www.gtldstrategy.com/tag/ncc-group/ NCC Group, gTLDStrategy.com]</ref> NCC Group is not new to the ICANN community, and has been working in the domain name industry since 2008, when it assisted ICANN with the development of the gTLD Registry Failover Plan. It has since become a registry escrow provider for a number of registries and registrars. It is the only escrow provider with major operations in Europe and North America, and is compliant with US and EU law.<ref>[http://www.nccgroup.us/solutions/escrow/registry-data-escrow.aspx Registry Data Escrow, NCCGroup.us]</ref>

One of the requirements built into [[ICANN]]'s new gTLD program is the daily transfer of [[Whois]] data to a reputable escrow agent. This has to be performed by a third-party provider in a transparent manner to protect against registry failure and other contingency situations.<ref>[http://www.gtldstrategy.com/tag/ncc-group/ NCC Group, gTLDStrategy.com]</ref> NCC Group is not new to the ICANN community, and has been working in the domain name industry since 2008, when it assisted ICANN with the development of the gTLD Registry Failover Plan. It has since become a registry escrow provider for a number of registries and registrars. It is the only escrow provider with major operations in Europe and North America, and is compliant with US and EU law.<ref>[http://www.nccgroup.us/solutions/escrow/registry-data-escrow.aspx Registry Data Escrow, NCCGroup.us]</ref>