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Review more information in Iron Mountain’s “[http://www.ironmountain.com/Knowledge-Center/Reference-Library/View-by-Document-Type/Data-Sheets-Brochures/R/Registry-Data-Escrow-FAQ.aspx Frequently Asked Questions about Registry Data Escrow.]”
Review more information in Iron Mountain’s “[http://www.ironmountain.com/Knowledge-Center/Reference-Library/View-by-Document-Type/Data-Sheets-Brochures/R/Registry-Data-Escrow-FAQ.aspx Frequently Asked Questions about Registry Data Escrow.]”
For more technical detail, Iron Mountain has developed “Registry Data Escrow Service: Your Technical Questions Answered.”
For more technical detail, Iron Mountain has developed “[http://www.ironmountain.com/Knowledge-Center/Reference-Library/View-by-Document-Type/Data-Sheets-Brochures/R/Registry-Data-Escrow-Service-FAQ.aspx Registry Data Escrow Service: Your Technical Questions Answered].”
Iron Mountain also provides a document on learning how to “Protect the Data Associated with your gTLD.”
Iron Mountain also provides a document on learning how to “[http://www.ironmountain.com/Knowledge-Center/Reference-Library/View-by-Document-Type/Data-Sheets-Brochures/R/Registry-Data-Escrow.aspx Protect the Data Associated with your gTLD.]”
==Iron Mountain Business Scope and History==
====Registrar Data Escrow====
ICANN began implementation of its Registrar Data Escrow program in 2007. This program is designed to help ensure the stability and security of the Internet’s domain name system through escrow of critical gTLD registration data, ensuring that the information associated with registered domain names is never at risk. Registrar Data Escrow protection serves as an under-the-radar safeguard, ensuring the continuity of service across the internet and delivers peace of mind to ICANN and domain name registrars worldwide.
Organizations in every major industry and of all sizes—including more than 94% of the Fortune 1000—rely on Iron Mountain to store and manage their information.
In accordance with the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), this data can be used by ICANN to allow continuity or registrar operations in the event a registrar’s RAA is terminated or expires without renewal. Iron Mountain was selected by ICANN as its designated escrow agent for the Registrar Data Escrow program as an analogue to the company’s long-lasting role as a provider of comprehensive Domain Name Registry Data Escrow services, as well as it’s recognized leadership in securing and protecting mission-critical information for corporate and government clients worldwide.
Iron Mountain safely stores some of the world's most valuable historical artifacts, cultural treasures, business documents and medical records. To properly protect and render this information, Iron Mountain employs almost 17,000 professionals and boasts an infrastructure that includes more than 1,000 facilities and 3,600 vehicles.
Through their participation in the Registry Data Escrow program, registrars can assure their customers that their domain name registration information is safe, and will be accessible by ICANN in the unlikely event that the registrar’s operations are disrupted. As Iron Mountain’s is ICANN’s selected escrow agent, there is no additional cost to registrars who escrow their registration data with the company. Registrars who elect to use a third-party provider must do so at their own expense.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/Services/Technology-Escrow-Services/Registrar-Data-Escrow.aspx Registrar Data Escro] Iron Mountain.com, Retrieved 18 Sept 2014</ref>
Find more information from Iron Mountain on this subject in the article “[http://www.ironmountain.com/Knowledge-Center/Reference-Library/View-by-Document-Type/General-Articles/R/Registrar-Data-Escrow-Compliance-Safeguarding-Domains-Large-and-Small.aspx Registrar Data Escrow Compliance: Safeguarding Domains Large and Small].”
==Iron Mountain Business Scope and Investor Information==
Organizations in every major industry and of all sizes—including more than 94% of the Fortune 1000—rely on Iron Mountain to store and manage their information. Iron Mountain safely stores some of the world's most valuable historical artifacts, cultural treasures, business documents and medical records. To properly protect and render this information, Iron Mountain employs almost 17,000 professionals and boasts an infrastructure that includes more than 1,000 facilities and 3,600 vehicles.
Iron Mountain is publicly traded under NYSE symbol IRM, is an S&P 500 company and is a member of FTSE4Good Index. Iron Mountain is also a Fortune 1000 company - currently ranked at 726.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/company/about-us.html About Us], IronMountain.com</ref>
Iron Mountain has received many different awards and honors throughout the years; including being featured as one of Fortune Magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” for six consecutive years.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/Company/About-Us/Awards-Honors.aspx Awards and Honors] Iron Mountain, 18 Sept 2014</ref>
===Significant Dates & Interesting Facts===
* Herman Knaust, “The Mushroom King”, founded Iron Mountain in 1951 in Livingston, NY.
* Originally, Knaust made his fortune by growing mushrooms. In 1936, he purchased a depleted iron ore mine so he could have more space to grow.
* When the market shifted and demand decreased he decided to focus on a new business opportunity.
* In 1951, Knaust founded the Iron Mountain Atomic Storage, Inc. and opened the first underground vaults.
* With the Cold War going on there was a question of atomic security. Knaust used the vaults to protect corporate information from nuclear attacks and other disasters. In fact, from 1958-1974 ExxonCorp. Leased a 200,000-square-foot, three level bomb shelter equipped with 65 rooms including a chandeliered dining hall and a commercial kitchen that accommodated 90 of their top executives.
* The 28-ton triple-time lock vault door protecting the Livingston vault is larger than the one protecting the United States’ gold at Fort Knox. Knaust purchased it from a bankrupted Ohio bank for $1 and paid over $20,000 to have it shipped.
* On August 24th, 1951 Iron Mountain first’s customer, East Rivers Savings Bank, brought over microfilm copies of deposit records and duplicate signature cards in armored Wells Fargo trucks to the underground vault.
* In 1978, Iron Mountain opened their first above storage facility in New York.
* Iron Mountain acquired New England Storage Warehouse in Boston in 1980 and thus expanded its network further into New England.
* Throughout the 1980s, Iron Mountain accumulated all of the product lines that the company is made up on today.
* With the acquisition of Data Securities International. Inc. (DSI) in 1997, Iron Mountain became the leading software escrow company in the world.
* Throughout 2004 to 2010, Iron Mountain formed Iron Mountain Digital with a handful of acquisitions.
* In 2011, Iron Mountain Digital was divested and eventually became a part of HP’s enterprise software division.
==Iron Mountain and ICANN==
==Iron Mountain and ICANN==