There has been no shortage of capacity building for decades now. Perhaps the question is who takes the horse to water and makes it drink --srs ________________________________ From: Leo Vegoda <leo@vegoda.org> Sent: Saturday, 01 August 2026 22:10:19 To: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> Cc: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>; Serge Droz <serge.droz@first.org>; security-wg@ripe.net <security-wg@ripe.net> Subject: Re: [Security-wg] Abuse mailboxes are increasingly no longer monitored and are being replaced by (bad) forms On 1 Aug 2026, at 16:31, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote: That suggests that some capacity building is in order. They have what is effectively a fiduciary duty to IP space. So they can no more not develop competence in this than a bank manager can disclaim all competence in assessing whether a loan that they disburse is going to be repaid or not, used for illegal activity or not etc. This and other courses with a security focus are already available: <https://academy.ripe.net/mod/page/view.php?id=965> [course-material-library.jpg] RIPE NCC Academy: Fundamentals - Webinar - Anti-Abuse | RIPE NCC Academy<https://academy.ripe.net/mod/page/view.php?id=965> academy.ripe.net<https://academy.ripe.net/mod/page/view.php?id=965> Regards, Leo