<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Safety and
Security Plan for ICANN Meetings</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 9pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5 October
2010</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As announced earlier within
the updated <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13sep10-en.htm">Plan
for Enhancing Internet Security, Stability & Resiliency</a>, ICANN is
posting the Safety and Security Plan for ICANN International Public Meetings.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/ssr/safety-security-plan-05oct10-en.pdf">Safety
and Security Plan</a> [PDF, 116 KB] describes the planning process to evaluate
and manage security related risks to the overall enterprise and to leverage the
ICANN security team and local resources as well as support from security
consultants.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Building on efforts to
support improved security planning for ICANN Meetings, the process described in
this Safety and Security Plan will be incorporated in the site selection
process and in security preparations for ICANN Meetings held in FY 2011 and
beyond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As part of the process set
forth in the Safety and Security Plan, ICANN is also posting the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/ssr/threat-assessment-cartagena2010-05oct10-en.pdf">assessment
of risks</a> [PDF, 64 KB] conducted by an outside expert for the December 2010
ICANN Meeting site. This assessment, from international security consultancy
Control-Risks Group, details the security threats to be considered in planning
for the ICANN Meeting in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.</span></p>