Ireland domain Europe’s safest

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Dublin: Ireland’s dot.ie internet domain address has been voted the safest national domain in Europe and the second-safest in the world by leading computer security company, McAfee.

Only Japan’s national online domain (dot.jp) was deemed safer than Ireland on a global basis.

"This strong performance is a direct result of the managed registry model IEDR operates to oversee the dot.ie namespace," said David Curtin, chief executive of IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the body which operates the domain.

This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Saturday, December 05, 2009