CIRA: Akamai Case Study

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) operates on a mandate to run a safe, secure, and reliable .CA domain for all Canadians. Established in the year 2000, it has more than 2.8 million domains under management. A few years ago, CIRA saw the opportunity to complement its registry revenue
with new services. In 2015, CIRA first moved into DNS cybersecurity with the introduction of D-Zone Anycast DNS, a service now used by some ISPs, the Canadian government, and many educational institutions.

After the release of this comprehensive Canadian secondary DNS service, many of CIRA’s customers requested a recursive DNS service. Organizations in the education sector were particularly interested in a service with content filtering.