Nominet key facts
Last updated- Legal entity
- Nominet UK
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom (GB)
- Ownership
- Independent
- Founded
- 1996
- Data hosting
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
- Proprietary/On-premises
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Open source
- No
- US Cloud Act exposure
- Low (no US parent)
- Replaces
- Verisign, Cloudflare Gateway, Cisco Umbrella (OpenDNS), Infoblox, Akamai (DNS solutions)
About Nominet
Nominet UK is a public benefit company that manages the critical national infrastructure of the .UK domain registry. Beyond its role as a registry for over 10 million .uk domains, the organization leverages its unique position in the DNS hierarchy to provide advanced cybersecurity services. These services analyze vast datasets of DNS traffic to identify and mitigate malicious activity for large-scale networks, including the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and various government departments. As a company with a public-focused mission, Nominet invests in the broader internet ecosystem through its DNS Fund, which supports open-source projects, and initiatives aimed at closing the digital divide. While headquartered in the UK and primarily serving British interests, its cybersecurity solutions are utilized by enterprises and governments globally to protect against domain-level threats and provide network visibility.
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