According to the Domain Name Wire, the public organization Swedish Internet Foundation, which is the registry of the Swedish national domain .SE, has acquired a significant stake in iQ.global. The share of the Swedish registry in the company can be up to 20%. iQ.global company works in the field of software solutions and consulting for domain business. Its core business is security.
One of iQ.global's well-known products is the technology for detecting potentially malicious domain names at the registration stage. Many generic top-level domain registries use this service today. In a press release published by the Swedish Internet Foundation, it is said that the purpose of the investment is to strengthen the security of the global network. “The Swedish Internet Foundation works for an open Internet and we protect freedom of speech. At the same time it is important that there are effective tools to counter Internet-related crime. The investment in IQ Global AS is one of the ways we contribute to that work,” CEO Carl Piva said
