Sponsorship Levels & Benefits

One of the primary membership benefits of supporting the VSIG is the knowledge that the online course provides free access to course.
All benefits may be customized to suit the sponsor’s needs

Sponsorship Levels:

• Platinum Sponsor: Exclusive sponsorship, $
• Gold Sponsor (up to two available):  $
• Silver Sponsor (up to four available):   $
• Bronze Sponsor: ( unlimited available) $
• Contributor: Donation of prizes, resources or general giveaways for students
• Faculty Advisor: Inkind Donation of time and materials

Organizational Sponsor: Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities

FBSC is a Canadian nonprofit registered in Canada for more than twenty years. Deeply involved in three focus areas, Information Communication Technologies( ICT), Sustainable Agriculture and Humanitarian Technologies

PLATINIUM SPONSORSHIP

RIPE NCC

RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre) is the regional Internet registry (RIR) for Europe, West Asia, and the former USSR. It is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a branch office in Dubai, UAE.^[1]

A RIR oversees the allocation and registration of Internet number resources (IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses and autonomous system numbers) in a specific region.

The RIPE NCC supports the technical and administrative coordination of the infrastructure of the Internet. It is a not-for-profit membership organisation with over 10,000 (as of March 2014) members located in over 76 countries in its service region.

Public Interest Registry announced as the first Platinium Sponsor

Public Interest Registry is a Reston, Virginia-based not-for-profit created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .ORG top-level domain. It took over operation of .ORG in January 2003 and launched the .NGO and .ONG top-level domains in March 2015.

GOLD SPONSORSHIP

Verisign Gold sponsor of VSIG

Verisign Inc. is an American company based in Reston, Virginia, United States that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet‘s thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the .com, .net, and .name generic top-level domains and the .cc and .tvcountry-code top-level domains, and the back-end systems for the .jobs, .gov, and .edutop-level domains. Verisign also offers a range of security services, including managed DNS, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack mitigation^[7] and cyber-threat reporting.

ARIN Gold Sponsor of VSIG

The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is the regional Internet registry for Canada, the United States, and many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands. ARIN manages the distribution of Internet number resources, including IPv4 and IPv6 address space and AS numbers. ARIN opened for business on December 22, 1997^[1] after incorporating on April 18, 1997.^[2] ARIN is a nonprofit corporation with headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia, United States.^[3][4]

ARIN is one of five regional Internet registries in the world. Like the other regional Internet registries, ARIN:

• Provides services related to the technical coordination and management of Internet number resources
• Facilitates policy development by its members and stakeholders
• Participates in the international Internet community
• Is a nonprofit, community-based organization
• Is governed by an executive board elected by its membership

LACNIC Silver Sponsor

The Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry is an international, non-governmental organization established in Uruguay in 2002. It is responsible for assigning and managing Internet number resources (IPv4, IPv6), Autonomous System Numbers, and Reverse Resolution for the region.

LACNIC contributes to regional Internet development through an active cooperation policy. It promotes and defends the interests of the regional community and helps create conditions for the Internet to function as an effective instrument for social inclusion and economic development in Latin American and the Caribbean.

It is managed and run by a board of seven directors elected by LACNIC members. This group of members comprises more than 12,500 network operators who provide services in 33 Latin American and Caribbean territories.

Click here for more information on the history of LACNIC.

.PR

.PR is the PR domain name is the Country Code domain for Puerto Rico, but most notably recognized as a domain hack for public relations. Whether you are a Puerto Rican local, a small business owner, a PR agency, a smartphone application, or just someone who wants to get their perfect name, a .PR domain name is for you! Notable brands like Stumble Upon and Whisper are using .PR domains to word play and hack their brand name into a shorter website address. Become an early adopter of the trendy .PR domain today.

SILVER SPONSORSHIP

Amazon.com, Inc.^[8] (/ˈæməzɒn/AM-ə-zon) is an American multinationaltechnology company based in Seattle, Washington, which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook.^{[9][10][11][12]} The company has been referred to as “one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world”, as well as the world’s most valuable brand.^[13][14]

CIRA Silver sponsor of VSIG

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) (French: Autorité canadienne pour les enregistrements Internet ACEI) is the organization that manages the .ca country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Canada. Its offices are located at 979 Bank Street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. CIRA sets the policies and agendas that support Canada’s Internet community and Canada’s involvement in international Internet governance. It is a member-driven organization with membership open to all that hold a .ca domain. As of May 2020, there were more than 2.9 million active .ca domains

AFRINIC Silver Sponsor of VSIG

The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) is a nonprofit and member-based organisation registered and operating under the Corporate Legal Frameworks of Mauritius.

As the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa and the Indian Ocean region, AFRINIC is responsible for the distribution and management of Internet number resources consisting of:

1. Internet Protocol (IP) address space (IPv4 and IPv6);
2. Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs). 

AFRINIC’s mission is to provide professional and efficient distribution of Internet number resources to the African Internet community, to support Internet technology usage and development across the continent and to strengthen Internet self-governance in Africa through a bottom-up, multi-stakeholder Policy Development Process (PDP).

Internet number resources are allocated to AFRINIC and the four other RIRs by Public Technical Identifiers (PTI). PTI is responsible for coordinating the Internet’s unique identifiers and performs the IANA functions, which include coordination of domain names, Internet number resources and protocol parameters.  

ICANN is a Silver Sponsor

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is an American multistakeholder group and nonprofit organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces and numerical spaces of the Internet, ensuring the network’s stable and secure operation.

IDENTITY DIGITAL INC

Identity Digital Inc Former Donuts and Former Afilias, Inc. is a US Corporation that is the registry operator of the .info, .mobi and .pro top-level domain, service provider for registry operators of .org, .ngo, .lgbt, .asia, .aero, and a provider of domain name registry services for countries around the world, including .MN (Mongolia), .AG (Antigua and Barbuda), .BM (Bermuda), .BZ (Belize), .AC (Ascension Island), .GI (Gibraltar), .IO (Indian Ocean) .ME (Montenegro), .PR (Puerto Rico).SC (the Seychelles), .SH (Saint Helena) and .VC (St. Vincent and the Grenadines). .AU (Australia). Afilias also provided ancillary support to other domains, including .SG (Singapore), .LA (Laos) and .HN (Honduras).

We have launched a GOFUND Campaign as well for the students interested in supporting the project

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