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| logo            = NCCGroupLogo.png

| logo            = NCCGroupLogo.png

| type            = Publicly Traded  

| type            = Publicly Traded  

| industry        = Data Escrow, IT Security,<br>Enterprise Risk Management

| industry        = Registry & Registrar Data Escrow, Domain Security Services,<br>Software Escrow, Security Consulting, Website Performance

| founded        = 1999

| founded        = 1999

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| headquarters    = 1731 Technology Drive,<br> Suite 880, San Jose, CA 95110

| headquarters    = Manchester Technology Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 7EF

| country        = USA

| country        = United Kingdom

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| website        = [http://www.nccgroup.us/home.aspx NCCGroup.us]

| website        = [http://www.nccgroup.com www.nccgroup.com]

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| linkedin        = [http://www.linkedin.com/company/ncc-group Profile]

| linkedin        = [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ncc-group NCC Group]

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| twitter        = NCCGroupplc

| keypeople      = [[Rob Cotton]], CEO<br>[[Craig Motta]], VP<br> [[Tom Scopazzi]], Registry Services Manager<br>[[Jennifer Antrobus]], Registry Services Manager, Europe

| keypeople      = Rob Cotton, CEO<br>Pete Stock, Managing Director, Domain Services<br> Daniel Liptrott, Managing Director, Escrow<br>Andy Ramsbottom, Account Director

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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''' is one of the world’s largest escrow providers and has one of the largest security assurance teams in the world. It is especially well known in ICANN community as a leading Registry [[Data Escrow]] provider and more recently as the operator of the .trust domain.

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.

 

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

 

Other ICANN related solutions from NCC Group include Domain Assured. Domain Assured is a domain abuse monitoring product that uses threat intelligence capabilities to deliver a complete picture of a domain’s threat landscape with continual monitoring of the major domain abuse types to provide rapid notifications of any attacks. It monitors a domain’s health and reputation and supports ICANN requirements by enabling registrars and registries to take a proactive approach to seeking out abuse.

==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 an ICANN approved 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>[https://www.nccgroup.com/en/our-services/software-escrow-and-verification/registry-data-escrow/ Registry Data Escrow, www.nccgroup.com]</ref>

In 2008, NCC Group announced that it had been chosen by [[RegistryPro]] to act as its daily data escrow provider. The agreement was finalized in January 2008, and NCC Group provides all necessary data safety and security services mandated by ICANN's data escrow requirements for registry operators. <ref>[http://www.nccgroup.us/news-and-events/08-02-26/NCC_Group_Ensures_Continued_Security_for_RegistryPro.aspx Group Ensures Continued Secuirty for RegistryPro, NCCGroup.us]</ref>

In 2008, NCC Group announced that it had been chosen by [[RegistryPro]] to act as its daily data escrow provider. The agreement was finalized in January 2008, and NCC Group provides all necessary data safety and security services mandated by ICANN's data escrow requirements for registry operators.  

[[Minds + Machines]] has teamed up to work with NCC Group with all new gTLD applicants selecting their registry and consultancy services. Minds + Machines promises to act as intercessor between their clients and NCC Group.<ref>[http://www.mindsandmachines.com/partners/escrow-services/ Partners, MindsAndMachines.com]</ref>

[[Minds + Machines]] has teamed up to work with NCC Group with all new gTLD applicants selecting their registry and consultancy services. Minds + Machines promises to act as intercessor between their clients and NCC Group.

[[Key-Systems]] has selected NCC Group as one of the preferred partners for registry data escrow services for applicants that have selected [[KSregistry]] as their new gTLD operating platform.

[[Key-Systems]] has selected NCC Group as one of the preferred partners for registry data escrow services for applicants that have selected [[KSregistry]] as their new gTLD operating platform.

In 2013, NCC Group was approved by [[ICANN]] to provide data escrow services to new gTLD clients.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-31may13-en Announcement 31May13, ICANN.org]</ref>

In 2013, NCC Group was approved by [[ICANN]] to provide data escrow services to new gTLD clients.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-31may13-en Announcement 31 May 13, ICANN.org]</ref>

 

==Technical Capabilities==

==Technical Capabilities==

===Independent IT Security Advisor===

===Independent IT Security Advisor===

Since its founding, NCC Group has also a full-service application, infrastructure, and mobile security consulting company. It has consulted for federal governments and Fortune 50 clientele regarding all forms of penetration testing and vulnerability assessments.<ref>[http://www.nccgroup.us/solutions/escrow/registry-data-escrow.aspx Escrow Registry Data, NCCGrop.us]</ref>

Through expert security consulting, penetration testing, vulnerability research, incident response, risk management and governance advice NCC Group helps organisations to identify risk and formulate a robust security strategy.

==References==

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