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.

Training: Hurricane Electric Free IPv6 Certification

Hurricane Electric offers a series of free IPv6 “certification exams” aimed at helping you demonstrate your familiarity with IPv6 concepts …

The Relationship Between Local Content, Internet Development, and Access Prices

Report from the Internet Society, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and …

Best Practices: Data & Information Security

This paper is intended for all business segments including members of the interactive messaging ecosystem most recently victimized by breaches …

Understanding Your Online Identity: Learning to Protect your Identity

Identity theft, which results in a loss of control over one or more of your partial identities, is a natural …

Understanding your Online Identity: An Overview of Identity

This paper is intended to help explain the various different identities and profiles that represent you online …

The Future of Privacy IGF workshop report

A report from a workshop co-organised by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) at the 2010 …

Privacy: An Internet Society Membership Survey

Privacy and data protection issues have increasingly gained prominence in Internet governance discussions. Indeed, one of the five themes of …

Open Inter-networking

Getting the fundamentals right: access, choice, and transparency The modern Internet features increasing complexity of uses and demand for bandwidth …

NGN and the Internet

The phrase “Next Generation Network” (NGN) has both a generic and specific meaning. Generically, it is used to refer to …
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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.

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Policy Briefs

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

Internet Impact Briefs

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