Presentation by Rajnesh Singhat APRICOT 2019 on Wednesday, 27 February 2019.

1. Join us to keep the Internet open, thriving and benefitting
people around the globe.
The Internet is for Everyone
Rajnesh Singh
Chief Regional Director, Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau
singh@isoc.org
February 2019
Presentation title – Client name

2. Founded in 1992 by pioneers of the early Internet, the
Internet Society drives technologies that keep it open and
safe. We promote policies that empower people to
enable universal access for all.
We stand for a better Internet.
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3. Global Presence
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Our global community of members and Chapters span over 230 countries, territories, and areas of
geographic interest world-wide.
NORTH AMERICA
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
EUROPE
AFRICA
MIDDLE EAST
ASIA

4. Internet Society in Asia-Pacific
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The Numbers
— Individual Global Members – 37,298 (~31% of total
ISOC membership; 10.4% YoY growth)
— Chapters -21
— Chapter Members – 21,653
— Organisational Members – 20
Regional Office
Located in Singapore with staff and advisors located
across the region.
Team includes:
Noelle De GUZMAN based in Manila
Naveed HAQ based in Islamabad
Olivia LOY based in Singapore
Subhashish PANIGRAHI in Bengaluru
Aftab SIDDIQUI based in Sydney
Rajnesh SINGH based in Sydney/Singapore
Adrian WAN based in Singapore
Two Board of Trustee Members are also currently located
in Asia-Pacific: Hiroshi ESAKI in Japan, Harish PILLAY in
Singapore

5. 2018 Work Highlights
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6. 30
Economies
110+
Speaking
Engagements
80+
Events and
Activities
2000+
People
Trained
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7. Survey of Internet Policy Issues in Asia-Pacific
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- Launched in 2014, our annual study gathers the views of Internet stakeholders towards topical Internet
policy concerns in the region
- On average, over 2,000 responses per year from around 40 economies
Top five policy concerns from 2014 to 2018

8. MoUs on Routing Security
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- We signed MoUs with APNIC, ISPAI and ISPAB to collaborate on the MANRS initiative
- We signed an agreement with NSRC to provide technical training globally in 2018
- Exponential growth in MANRS sign up globally. APAC region is still lagging behind and requires more support from
the region
- MANRS IXP initiative launched mid-2018; good response from the IXP community, need more support from APAC

9. Embracing MS processes: Partnership with Philippine Government
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• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Philippine Government Department of ICT (DICT) to co-
develop National ICT Ecosystem Framework (NICTEF) using multi-stakeholder model
• DICT adopted a multi-stakeholder approach for the development of the framework, which included public
consultations to engage with various sectors
• The framework is a roadmap for the management, and development of national ICT data in the country’s plans,
programmes, and projects; officially launched 21 Feb in Manila

10. Community Network (CN) Exchange and CN Champions
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• Launched in 2017, CNXAPAC brings CN practitioners and promoters across Asia-Pacific to engage in dialogue
and knowledge exchange
• CNXAPAC 2018 focused on the role that community radios and community networks can play in creating public
Wi-Fi spaces in Asia Pacific - http://cnxapac.org
• CN Champions Programme, providing hands-on training to fellows from the Caribbean, Africa, Middle East,
Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific on building community networks

11. Community workshop on IoT security, privacy in India - Oct 2018
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• Topics discussed included the challenges around consent, data protection, security of data collection,
encryption, and the need for standardisation of Internet of Things (IoT)
• Curated workshop co-organised with MediaNama, resulting in robust discussion:
• Personalisation, security, data breaches of IoT and more
• Challenges with IoT biometrics, consent, regulation, data sharing and more
• Over 80 participants representing multiple stakeholders

12. Chapter and community engagement
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• Combined Asia-Pacific and Middle East Chapters Workshop 2018 brought together 18 regional Chapters and the Women SIG
• 10 webinars with 5 campaign-specific ones and other regional issues
• Focused engagement for inactive and less-active Chapters including 2 standalone activities
• Consistent regional support and integration of Chapters into the Bureau’s activities

13. And more…
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Over 50 senior and mid-level officials of the Government of the
Philippines attended our Internet Governance Training
Workshop in July.
In collaboration with APT, we co-organised a workshop on
ensuring sustainable connectivity, attended by policy makers /
regulators from the Pacific Islands.
Together with the ISOC Hong Kong Chapter, we ran an IoT
Security Hackathon in December for more than 70 developers in
the city.
During the first APrIGF in the Pacific, we supported fellows, had
several speaking slots, held community and stakeholders
engagements including a meeting with the Prime Minister.

14. Still more…
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Internet Society played a key role in establishing Pakistani IX
(PKIX) first node in Islamabad.
In 2018, we provided IXP training in Karachi and supported the
Karachi node with switches and servers. PKIX - Karachi node is
going through testing mode at the moment.
We have also supported PhOpenIX Davao this year by
providing network hardware.
We ran an Online Supplementary Education Project
for 40 sixth-grade girls at a village school in Pakistan, connected by
our W4C project. Curriculum was tailored to boost their
understanding of studies in English, Maths and Science.
We briefed APAC policy makers and regulators on IoT security and
Routing security during the APT Cybersecurity Forum in Seoul.

15. Regional EngagementRegional Media Coverage

16. Our Work in 2019
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17. An open, globally-connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet for
everyone
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We will work to connect the world, to improve the
technical security foundations of the Internet, and
to build trust in those core Internet functions—
while endeavouring to understand upcoming
challenges and opportunities
We will extend the reach and effectiveness of our
work by seeking collaboration, supporting and
building our community, and continuing to invest in
strengthening our global voice

18. Community Networks

19. Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS)
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MANRS is a community initiative supported by the Internet Society that
addresses routing security threats through technical and collaborative action
across the Internet.
Those who join MANRS agree to take action to improve the resilience and
security of the routing infrastructure to keep the Internet safe for businesses
and consumers alike.
The more network operators and IXPs that take the actions as specified by
MANRS, the fewer incidents there will be.
While MANRS was originally created for network operators, Internet
Exchange Points (IXPs) also have an important role in routing security. In
2018, the community created a related but separate set of MANRS actions
for IXP members.
Do you know?
In 2017 alone, 14,000 routing
outages or incidents – such as
hijacking, leaks, spoofing and
large-scale Distributed Denial of
Service (DDoS) attacks - led to
stolen data, lost revenue,
reputational damage and more.
MANRS addresses these threats
through technical and
collaborative action across the
Internet.

20. IoT Security

21. Coming Up
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22. 22
ISOC Asia-Pacific Activities
• Philippines NICTEF launch [Q1]
• Regional Policy Survey 2019 [Q2]
• HK IoT Hackathon report [Q2]
• Regional Community Network Summit [Q3]
• Regional Chapters Workshop [Q2/Q3]
• Regional Chapters Community Call [Q1, Q3, Q4]
Some in-region meetings of note
• APEC TEL 59 [Mar, Santiago]
• ICANN 64 [Mar, Kobe]
• PITA AGM & Conference [Apr, Nadi]
• ICT Days Pacific [May, Port Vila]
• APrIGF 2019 [Jul, Vladivostok]
• IETF 106 [Nov, Singapore]

23. Keep in touch
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