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ICANN is not in a position to mandate such requirements for ccTLDs as they are not empowered to. ccTLD governance differs from gTLDs in that each country code is managed and overseen locally within the country. This is why there is such a diversity in ccTLD policies. For better or worse this model of subsidiarity is what we have today.

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Which is why I said

> Unfortunately they have little in the way of real control over ccTLDs.

Hopefully NTIA can empower ICANN (as the IANA operator) to better exercise security requirements against ccTLDs. Ultimately NTIA can pull the ccTLD from the root, which is a stick we could use increase the overall security of the internet, but I would prefer we find a carrot.

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