CGI.br
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| Type: | non-profit |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 1995 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Employees: | 51-200 |
| Website: | http://www.cgi.br |
| Key People | |
| Professor Hartmut Richard Glaser, CEO | |
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The Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil (CGI.br) or the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee is a multi-stakeholder organization responsible in promoting technological development of Internet services and to disseminate information regarding the latest innovations and available services in Brazil. It is responsible in the management and operation of the Brazil's country code top-level domain name (.br) (ccTLD).
Background[edit | edit source]
Brazil's Ministry of Communication (MC) and Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT)initiated the creation of the Internet Steering Committee citing that such organization will effectively promote public participation in decisions regarding implementation, management and use of the Internet.[1]It will also serve as a coordinating and integrating body to all the members of the internet Industry in Brazil.
CGI.br was established by Inter-ministerial Ordinance 147 on May 31, 1995 while the members of the committee were appointed by Inter-ministerial Ordinance 183 on July 3 of the same year. The ordinances were later amended by Presidential Decree 4,829 on September 3, 2003 establishing the mission and procedural requirements for the Internet Steering Committee.[2]
The Committee has three working groups covering the network engineering, computer security and the training of human resources providing technical, administrative and operational input to assist CGI.br in decisions and recommendations. [3]
Membership[edit | edit source]
The committee is composed of 21 members (12 private and 9 public sectors) which will come from representatives of government ministries and agencies, businesses, civil society and the scientific community. [4]
Services and Activities[edit | edit source]
In 2005, CGI.br created Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR (NIC.br) or the Brazilian Network Information Center, a non-profit organization under the committee to help in the implementation of specific areas of services such as: [5]
- Registro.br- Since its establishment NIC.br has been responsible in the administration and registration of the .br ccTLD and it also offers engineering and web hosting for the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Register. There are approximately 1.6 million domain names already registered under the .br TLD as of 2009.
- CERT.br- is the Brazilian Computer Emergency Response Team responsible in ensuring internet security and it provides support to network administrators and internet users in the country. It is responsible identifying new threats and malicious activities and provides information and alerts the Brazilian network. It also helps in establishing new Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) in Brazil.
- CEPTRO.br- Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Tecnologia de Redes e Operações or Centre of Study and Research for Network and Operational Technologies, is responsible in the development and innovation of the internet's technical quality. It conducts research on network technologies to widen the internet access in Brazil.
- CETIC.br- Centro de Estudos sobre as Tecnologias da Informação e da Comunicação or Center of Studies on Information and Communication Technologies is responsible in observing indicators and statistics about the availability and usage of the Internet and it collects data that are significant for monitoring the social and economic impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) in Brazil in comparison with other countries.
- W3C- is the first international consortium in South America with a objective of achieving the full potential of the internet by establishing standards and guidelines to ensure its continuous development.
CGI.br and ICANN[edit | edit source]
AS the official cc TLD Manager and operator of .br, CGI.br formalized its relationship with ICANN through the Accountability Framework program signed by both parties[6] and the exchange of correspondences[7] between the two organizations citing their cooperation and commitment for the development and benefit of both local and global internet community.