Online risk mitigation specialists DNProtect released details of their market report that exposes a high number of security issues related to the domain names that Fortune 500 companies rely upon for business and consumer interaction. The report utilizes data obtained from DNP Score, the company's propriety algorithm, and serves as an early warning indicator of possible security threats and open windows for domain theft or service disruption. The market release follows a number of recent high profile cases involving GoDaddy, Network Solutions, and other registrars where critical domain names were stolen, resulting in disruptions that can easily impact millions of Internet users.

Internet domain names are a critical part of a company’s online presence and play important and critical roles, such as back-end communications with other companies, especially in e-commerce activities, says DNProtect. If a company's domain name was suddenly unreachable, there would be a lot of disruption, most likely causing decreased revenue, and maybe even an online reputation issue.