The program integrates the political, legal, economic, sociocultural, and technological dimensions of Internet governance into a coherent curriculum, focusing on regional imperatives critical to the ...

Encryption is a technology designed to help Internet users keep their information and communications private and secure. The process of encryption scrambles information so that it can only be read by ...

The Internet we want is open, trustworthy, and safe. For everyone. But challenges remain: high costs, fragile infrastructure, shutdowns, and privacy threats. Our Action Plan is a roadmap for progress, ...

Because the Internet impacts all of us, we work with organizations of all shapes and sizes to address the wide range of social, economic, and policy issues. Our organization members and partners ...

IPv6 deployment is increasing around the world, with over 9 million domain names and 23% of all networks advertising IPv6 connectivity. Google reports 37 countries exceeding 5% of traffic, with new ...

In 2014, African Union (AU) members adopted the African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection (“the Convention”).[1] To facilitate implementation of the Convention, the ...

The IANA stewardship transition completed on 30 September 2016 fulfilled a vision of multistakeholder governance set forth nearly 20 years ago. The work undertaken by the global Internet community to ...

The Internet has become an indispensable resource for information, communication, and human connection. It has fueled extraordinary economic growth and catalyzed social progress. Yet, although the ...

The Internet Society was formed in 1992 by Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn, and other early pioneers who led the technical development of the Internet. Among our leadership and members are many of the Internet’s ...

The security of IPv6 networks is extremely important. On this page we feature some of the resources to help you learn more about IPv6 security. The most recent information posted to our site can be ...

Simply put, Internet governance is how the Internet is managed. We advocate for a multistakeholder approach, which means that all interested actors can participate in inclusive, consensus-driven ...

Vinton G. Cerf co-designed the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet and is Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. He is a former member of the National Science Board and current member ...