Resource Library
Everyone should have access to an open and trusted Internet.
Read our reports, papers, and other documents for insight and vision on how we can get there.
Action Plan 2024
Our roadmap for tackling the threats and challenges for today’s Internet as we look to grow and defend it for future generations.
2023 Year in Review
The Year in Review shows the steps we took in 2023 to ensure the Internet is for everyone. Learn about the positive difference we made for the Internet.
Internet Impact Briefs
Shorter reports that analyze how different policies or new technologies may affect what the Internet needs to exist and thrive.
Global Internet Report (GIR)
From trust to consolidation, access to sustainability, a deep look at the forces shaping our digital future.
Policy Briefs
Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community networks, encryption, open Internet standards, Internet Exchange Points, and more.
Internet Crossing Borders: Boosting the Internet in Landlocked Developing Countries
Encryption Brief
The Year That Was Report
Policy Development Process at the Internet Society
Unleashing Community Networks: Innovative Licensing Approaches
Internet Society-Chatham House Roundtable on Encryption and Lawful Access
Cryptography: CEO Questions for CTOs
Report from the Field: Post-Hurricane Connectivity in the Caribbean
2017 Indigenous Connectivity Summit Community Report
The Indigenous Connectivity Summit, held November 8 and 9, 2017, at Hotel Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was the first Internet Society meeting to focus on connecting North ...
Internet Access and Education
Enabling Digital Opportunities in the Middle East
Policy Brief: Spectrum Approaches for Community Networks
Archives
Internet Society Perspectives on Internet Content Blocking: An Overview
Comments on Fostering the Advancement of the Internet of Things
Comments received in response to the Request for Comments on the Benefits, Challenges, and Potential Roles for the Government in Fostering the ...
Best Practices: Smart Home Checklist for Buyers & Sellers
Advice for buyers, sellers and renters to maximize security, privacy and personal safety when buying, selling, or renting a smart home.
...Unleashing the Internet in the Caribbean: Removing Barriers to Connectivity and Stimulating Better Access in the Region
2016 Cyber Incident & Breach Readiness Guide
The cyber threat landscape has changed dramatically over the past twelve months, with the definition of incidents expanding significantly beyond reported data breaches. Organizations large and small have been the ...
Flow of information of the follow-up of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
- 6 January 2017 -
Since the Tunis Summit, the Internet Society has been actively involved in supporting the implementation of the targets, recommendations and commitments of the WSIS as ...A Vision for Trusted Email
Since the introduction of email over 45 years ago, email has become ubiquitous for individuals, businesses and governments worldwide. The total number of worldwide email accounts is expected to exceed ...
State of DNSSEC Deployment 2016
Global Internet Report 2016
ITU WTSA 2016 Outcomes: An Internet Society Perspective
WTSA 2016 Matrix of Resolutions
This chart summarizes the proposed changes to Internet related WTSA-12 resolutions (including new resolutions) in an effort to identify issues, areas of concern, organizations impacted, etc., on a best-efforts basis. Suggestions to ...
Statement for the House of Representatives: “Understanding the Role of Connected Devices in Recent Cyber Attacks”
Statement for the Record
“Understanding the Role of Connected Devices in Recent Cyber Attacks”
United States House of Representatives
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Joint Hearing of the
Subcommittee on ...
Organization Reports
On annual basis, we publish annual reports (an Action Plan and Impact Report), as well as financial reports, annual financial statements, and Form 990s.