Nameshield
| Type: | SAS (limited liability - France) |
| Industry: | Internet, Registrar, Domain Names |
| Founded: | 1994 |
| Headquarters: | 39 boulevard des Capucines 75002 Paris |
| Country: | France |
| Employees: | 80+ |
| Website: | Nameshield.com |
| Facebook: | [1] |
| Twitter: |  @nameshield
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With nearly 30 years of experience at the service of its customers and partners, Nameshield is the French provider of reference for domain names management, security and associated services.
Founded in 1994, Nameshield is the first French registrar to be certified ISO 27001.
Recognized by its peers, Nameshield evolves in the heart of the cybersecurity ecosystem and anticipates the current and future challenges of companies and administrations. Nameshield is a member of Hexatrust, First, Cesin, Clusif, DNS Oarc and is also part of the ICANN Stakeholder group and the AFNIC Board of Trustees (.FR registry).
As a sovereign registrar, Nameshield maintains its societal commitment by being 100% owned by its employees and by the Esperancia endowment fund (which has for purpose to support associative projects intended to protect and assist children and underprivileged young people in their development).
Origins[edit | edit source]
Founded in 1996, Nameshield’s original name was l’Observatoire des marques with the goal of the protection of brands on the Internet.
History[edit | edit source]
- 1998 Registration of domain names in more than 180 countries
- 2017 Certification ISO 27001
- 2018 Label France Cybersecurity
Characteristics[edit | edit source]
In a changing technological and regulatory environment, Nameshield has developed innovative solutions allowing them to build long-term partnerships with their customers. These innovations have always followed a specific red line: to protect the identity of the companies. These innovations enable Nameshield to be now the registrar of thirteen companies present in CAC40.
Today, the global solution of Nameshield provides its customers the assistance of experts on every aspects of domain names management (daily management, legal services, technical security – SSL – DNS – DMARC - etc., online brand protection, monitoring, etc.) from a global multi-users platform. Its management system, multi-subsidiaries and adapted billing method (by subsidiary, department, business, etc.) also offer simplified management for large companies.
A part of Nameshield's activity is Brand Protection. Nameshield is ranked 1st of UDRP proceedings as Complainant representative.