Number four on ICANN’s list of top priorities in the organization’s three year strategic plan is improving the confidence in the gTLD marketplace by making sure registries and registrars operate in accordance with their contracts and ICANN policies. Captured in this initiative is the goal to “introduce methods for protecting registrant from abuse of their registrations and preventing the registration of fraudulent sites.” By assuring adequate protection measures in the New gTLD process, and taking action to improve some existing problem areas, ICANN should be able to score a few confidence points.

See the entire ICANN strategic plan