Internet Resilience

The Peering Disconnect
Connectivity 15 May 2026

The Peering Disconnect

This report examines the risks of centralized and virtual peering, showing how monopolies and outages threaten resilience, and why...

Multistakeholder Internet Security
Online Thursday 18 December 2025 – Thursday 18 December 2025

Multistakeholder Internet Security

This webinar, co-hosted by the Internet Society and the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI), brought together a panel of...

What Is Internet Resilience?
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Rebuilding Trust 11 August 2025

What Is Internet Resilience?

A resilient Internet connection is one that can maintain an acceptable level of service in the face of faults...

No Power = No 1s and 0s. Internet Resilience Requires Electrical Resilience
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Measuring the Internet 14 November 2024

No Power = No 1s and 0s. Internet Resilience Requires Electrical Resilience

In the last three months, Ecuador, Kenya, Senegal, and Venezuela have all experienced nationwide power outages related to infrastructure,...

Going for Gold: Strong Internet Resilience Matters
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Infrastructure and Community Development 1 August 2024

Going for Gold: Strong Internet Resilience Matters

When a host city is selected for the Olympics, major work begins to update the necessary infrastructure to accommodate...

Why Internet Resilience Matters
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Measuring the Internet 2 August 2023

Why Internet Resilience Matters

The Internet Resilience Index (IRI) tracks open-source Internet resiliency metrics to support the development of policies and infrastructure to...

A New Tool to Measure Internet Resilience—Why It Matters
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Measuring the Internet 16 November 2021

A New Tool to Measure Internet Resilience—Why It Matters

The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear that the Internet plays a critical role in society, and it’s underlined the...

IXP.GT Improves Speed, Lowers Costs, and Increases Resilience and Security of Guatemala’s Internet
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Infrastructure and Community Development 26 May 2021

IXP.GT Improves Speed, Lowers Costs, and Increases Resilience and Security of Guatemala’s Internet

Of the four new Internet traffic exchange points in Latin America, the most advanced is IXP.GT in Guatemala. It...

MIRA Project to Provide Overview of Internet’s Resiliency in Africa
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Connectivity 18 May 2021

MIRA Project to Provide Overview of Internet’s Resiliency in Africa

Internet resilience is the ability of a network to maintain an acceptable level of service at all times. The...

Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa
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Measuring the Internet 25 November 2020

Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa

For many in the African region, Internet interruptions or service degradations occur frequently, which results in a disjointed Internet...

A Partnership to Improve Africa’s Internet Infrastructure Resilience and Reliability
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Measuring the Internet 30 July 2020

A Partnership to Improve Africa’s Internet Infrastructure Resilience and Reliability

Last week, we announced an expanded partnership with AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry for the African region. On Friday, 24...

Holding Steady: How CDNs, IXPs, and Network Providers Help Keep us Online
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Measuring the Internet 13 July 2020

Holding Steady: How CDNs, IXPs, and Network Providers Help Keep us Online

Although the COVID-19 pandemic is, unfortunately, far from over, the Internet continues to be resilient, supporting the additional demands...