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 Way of Networking Use Case: Intermediary Liability
Internet Way of Networking Use Case: Interconnection and Routing
The Internet Way of Networking: Defining the critical properties of the Internet
Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit: Introduction
The Impact of Internet Access in Indigenous Communities in Canada and the United States
Statement to U.S. Congress Hearing on “Addressing the Urgent Needs of Our Tribal Communities”
Anchoring the African Internet Ecosystem
Explainer: What is Eighty For Africa?
Like buying your food locally, and reducing how much you fly, getting your digital content locally also reduces the strain on the system. It allows the Internet to function more ...
Explainer: What is an Internet Exchange Point (IXP)?
An IXP is essential technical infrastructure where networks come together to connect and exchange Internet traffic.
Some of the types of networks that connect to exchange traffic ...
Explainer: What is Internet Peering?
In many parts of the world, connecting to the Internet is slow and expensive. Peering – exchanging traffic between networks – can help address this.
When you ...
Fact Sheet: Internet Way of Networking
ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2020: Background Paper
Archives
Internet Society contribution to WTDC 2017
Best Practices: Botnets
A "bot" or "botnet" is a program installed on a system to enable that system to automatically (or semi-automatically) perform a task or set of tasks typically under the command ...
Best Practice: Extended Validation Certificates (EVSSL)
Best Practices: Certificate Types
E-commerce has grown at exponential rates, with consumers recognizing the convenience of purchasing online and making secure and private transactions. This growth rests upon a foundation of trust. People trust ...
Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Email
Email is effectively a plaintext communication sent from email clients to receiving email servers or from one server to another. This design limitation leaves the content of a message in ...
Best Practices: Email Authentication – SPF, DKIM, and DMARC
Email security, authentication, and related best practices are the foundation of the Internet Society's Online Trust Alliance work to promote the integrity of email and standards to counter email fraud ...
DMARC
Email Integrity Audit
Email security, authentication, and related best practices are the foundation of the Internet Society's Online Trust Alliance work to promote the integrity of email and standards to counter email fraud ...
Best Practices: Consumer IoT Information & Resources
Email Security Committee
The committee works to promote adoption of email security, sending and authentication best practices for all classes of email senders and receivers including ...
2015 Online Trust Audit & Honor Roll – Leadership Quotes
2015 Leading Web Merchants and Consumer Facing Brands - Honor Roll Recipients
"We're honored to be selected again to the OTA Honor Roll ...
2015 Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll
The 2015 Online Trust Audit includes a composite analysis focusing on three major categories; a company’s data protection, security and privacy practices, including over two-dozen criteria. The 2016 Presidential Candidates and IRS eFile ...
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.