ieee.org operates primarily as a knowledge base, focusing on electrical and electronics engineering. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world's largest technical professional organization. It is a leading developer of industry standards and a major publisher of scientific journals, research papers, and conference proceedings in electrical engineering and computer science. It is operated by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Platforms hosting reference and educational content.
Highly Established
ieee.org is a well-established platform operated by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Top 1,000 global website, 36 years old. Standard web safety practices apply.
Top 1,000 global website36 years old
Security Considerations
While ieee.org is an established platform, these capabilities require extra vigilance.
Document Hosting
ieee.org
hosts documents and pages shared via links. Because the domain is trusted, links pass through email spam filters easily. Attackers exploit this to host fake invoices, login pages, or malware download prompts.
Custom Subdomains
ieee.org
allows users to create custom addresses like "anything.ieee.org". An address like "paypal-secure.ieee.org" may look official but is actually controlled by whoever registered that subdomain—not Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Remember: The platform itself is established, but even established platforms can be abused.
Network Infrastructure
Historical and current IP address mappings for this domain.
Access this classification data programmatically via our API.
GET /api/v1/classify?domain=ieee.org
{
"domain": "ieee.org",
"confidence": "high",
"category": {
"purpose": "knowledge_base",
"specialization": "Electrical and Electronics Engineering"
},
"identity": {
"headline": "Global professional organization for advancing technology",
"summary": "The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world's largest technical professional organization. It is a leading developer of industry standards and a major publisher of scientific journals, research papers, and conference proceedings in electrical engineering and computer science.",
"operator": "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
"parent_entity": null,
"topics": [
"electrical engineering",
"electronics",
"computer science",
"technical standards",
"scientific research"
]
},
"functions": {
"is_ugc_platform": false,
"is_file_host": false,
"is_url_shortener": false,
"is_public_idp": false,
"is_crypto_platform": false,
"allows_user_subdomains": true,
"is_form_builder": false,
"is_document_host": true
},
"facts": {
"registered_date": "1989-12-01T00:00:00Z",
"rank": 614,
"hosting_provider": "IEEE"
}
}