DAVE PISCITELLO

Dave Piscitello has been involved in Internet technology for over 40 years, and serves presently as ICANN’s Vice President of Security and ICT Coordination. He regularly collaborates with the information security, operations, and law enforcement communities on a diverse range of security issues related to the Domain Name System and domain name registration processes, including phishing, spam, botnets, DDoS attacks, domain hijacking and registration abuses.

Piscitello’s research includes proxy and private domain registration abuse, REST-based Internet directory services, domain seizures and DNS abuse investigative techniques. Dave has authored books on internet protocols, remote access and Voice over Internet Protocol Security (April 2006). He publishes articles regularly on the Internet security, DNS, anti-phishing, malware, the Internet policy and privacy.