As a result of increasing threats to the integrity and privacy of personal information, it was deemed necessary to implement protections for individuals to counter the rising incidents of theft, loss, and abuse of personal information that was attendant to the recent expansion of information technology and electronic communication.
The company has and continues to implement critical technical enhancements for .com, such as IPv6 and DNSSEC support, to ensure the integrity and availability of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS).