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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.

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Action Plan 2025

Our 2025 Action Plan outlines our priorities in 2025, the first year of our 2030 Strategy.

2019-2024 Impact Results

Our Impact Report is a snapshot of how we worked with our global community to grow, promote, and defend the Internet worldwide.

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Internet Impact Briefs

Shorter reports that analyze how different policies or new technologies may affect what the Internet needs to exist and thrive.

Glossary of Internet Terms

Understand key terms and become fluent in the language of the Internet with our new and improved glossary. 

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Policy Briefs

Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community networks, encryption, open Internet standards, Internet Exchange Points, and more.

2024 East Africa Submarine Cable Outage Report

Discover the impact of the submarine cable cuts on local connectivity in East Africa and the importance of resilience in maintaining service levels ...

Preemptive Monitoring in End-to-end Encrypted Services

Technical measures to screen messages in end-to-end encrypted systems introduce systemic risk for both service providers and users ...

ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2024: Background Paper

This draft background paper is intended to provide the Internet Society community and interested parties with an outline of the objectives and key issues to be addressed at the World ...

Internet Society’s Submission to the Consultation on the European Commission’s White Paper on “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?”

We provided feedback in response to the consultation on the European Commission’s White Paper on “How to master Europe's digital infrastructure needs?” ...

Connectivity in the Middle East and North Africa

This report investigates the developments of broadband infrastructure and Internet connectivity in the Middle East and North Africa until 2021 ...

How Bill S-210 Puts Canadians’ Security and Privacy at Risk by Harming the Internet

Canadian Bill S-210 includes requirements that could disrupt essential functions of the Internet and ultimately harm Canadians’ security and privacy ...

Global Digital Compact: Zero Draft Matrix

The Internet Society has analyzed the Global Digital Compact Zero Draft with the aim of supporting efforts to identify areas of concern and opportunity, and proposals that may impact ...

2030 Strategy

The Internet Society’s 2030 Strategy embodies our mission: the Internet is a resource to enrich people’s lives and a force for good in society ...

2024 West Africa Submarine Cable Outage Report

Learn about the West Africa submarine cable outage, and its impact on Internet connectivity in 13 countries ...

Internet Impact Brief: Nepal’s Proposed National Internet Gateway

Learn about the implications of Nepal’s National Internet Gateway proposal on Internet access and security ...

Client-Side Scanning

Read about the Internet Society's recommendations to European Parliament proposed regulation on preventing and combating child sexual abuse ...

Community Network Do-It-Yourself Toolkit

The toolkit organizes a series of resources in 10 steps and outlines everything you need to know to prepare, build, and maintain a community network ...

Archives

2019 Online Trust Audit Methodology 

The 2019 Online Trust Audit will represent the 11th independent analysis and benchmark report of the adoption of security standards and responsible privacy practices. This methodology reflects comments received in response to the Internet Society’s ...

Policy Brief: IoT Privacy for Policymakers

The Internet of Things, or IoT, is the latest wave of integration of technology into our lives and surroundings. This rapidly-spreading new generation of devices brings cameras, microphones, sensors, computing, ...

Are Organizations Ready for New Privacy Regulations?

Based on 1,200 privacy statements, many are not prepared for coming regulations ...

2019 Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll

The 2019 Online Trust Audit & Honor Roll will represent the 11th independent analysis and benchmark report of the adoption of security standards and responsible privacy practices. 

Sites  are eligible to ...

2018 Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report

This year’s report includes ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, connected device vulnerability, and more ...

Policy Brief: Principles for Responsible Data Handling

More and more of our activities generate data which is collected and used in ways we don't see and can't control. While the data is used for ...

The State of User Privacy and Trust Online

In the 2019 CIGI-Ipsos Global Survey on Internet Security and Trust, Internet users point to cybercriminals, Internet companies, other Internet users, and governments as major sources of their distrust in ...

Net Neutrality Experts’ Roundtable Series Process Report

The United States needs an approach that upholds the core principles of an open Internet and provides market stability; it also needs a solution that puts consumer rights at the ...

Net Neutrality Legislation: A Framework for Consensus

Note: The Net Neutrality Principles do not represent the views of the Internet Society, nor any of its Chapters, members, partners or any of the participating organizations. Rather, they ...

Enhancing IoT Security: Final Outcomes and Recommendations Report

The Internet of Things (IoT) carries enormous potential to change the world for the better. Projections for the impact of IoT on the Internet and the global economy are impressive, ...

The Trust Opportunity: Exploring Consumer Attitudes to the Internet of Things

This new research from Consumers International and the Internet Society explored consumer perceptions and attitudes towards trust, security and the privacy of consumer Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The survey ...

The economics of the security of consumer-grade IoT products and services

Security is often lacking in consumer IoT devices: an analysis of 10 of the most common types of consumer devices found that 70% contained serious vulnerabilities ...

Annual Reports and Financials

On annual basis, we publish annual reports (an Action Plan and Impact Report), as well as financial reports, annual financial statements, and Form 990s.