Barbara Jantzen

Communicator at deSEC
Joined on January 6, 2026
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About
Barbara Jantzen is a trained teacher, long-time and award-winning schoolbook editor for French, and freelance dramaturgist. Since April 2025, she works as a communicator for the German non-profit organization deSEC, in a project on DNSSEC automation supported by the ICANN Grant Program. Her focus is to understand, convey and mitigate the impact of image, which has been hindering DNSSEC deployment despite substantial technical improvement.

Featured Blogs

Common Beliefs About DNSSEC Put to the Test: An Invitation to Fact-Check Your Assumptions

With its perception still tinged by decade-old notions, DNSSEC in 2026 bears little resemblance to its troubled early years. Here's what the evidence says about its benefits, cost, and availability today. more

The Excruciating Slow Rise of DNSSEC: A Dialogue With Roy Arends About Myths, Realities and Hard Lessons

DNSSEC promised to secure DNS with cryptographic proof, yet messy rollouts, outages, and hype backlash ruined its reputation. This piece argues that storytelling and emotions shape adoption as much as specs, and that automation enables a reset. more