This document provides an overview of APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia Pacific region. It summarizes that APNIC manages internet number resources like IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, supports regional internet development, and is a neutral, independent, not-for-profit organization established in 1993. The document also notes that APNIC has over 15,500 members, holds over 110 events per year, and launched an online training academy in 2018 with over 750 enrolled students. It concludes by explaining that APNIC conducts biennial surveys to understand members' challenges, priorities, and satisfaction levels to guide its future planning and activities.

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Introducing APNIC
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2. What’s APNIC?
The Regional Internet address
Registry (RIR) for the AP region
• Manages Internet number
resources
 Including IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
 Registration and certification
• Supports regional Internet
development
• A neutral, independent,
not-for-profit, open membership-
based organisation, since 1993
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3. Regional Internet Registries

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“A global, open,
stable and secure
Internet that serves
the entire Asia
Pacific community”

5. Activities
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Serving APNIC Members
Supporting Regional Internet
Development
Cooperating with the Global
Internet Community

6. APNIC Membership
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Members NIR members Projection
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15,500

7. 41 Training
16 NOGs
39 Security
12 IPv6
APRICOT 2018
APNIC 45
APNIC 46
2 Conferences
So far in 2018
Total: 110 Events

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• Relaunched August 2018
• APNIC Curriculum
• Virtual labs
• New partner courses
• Free public access
 Enrolled: 758
 Certified: 647
• Coming soon
 APNIC PDP
 Introduction to IPv6
 Internet Routing Protocols
 DNS Concepts
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9. Information Services
13%
24%
29%
35%
52%
53%
54%
59%
74%
Use of specific vendors for various products
Pricing or charging information
Internet business and operational benchmarks
Industry and market trends and information
ASN/IPv4/IPv6 distribution and usage
Use of specific technologies (eg. IPv6, DNSSEC, RPKI)
Use of new technologies (eg. SDN, NFV)
Network infrastructure, topology, usage
Network threats and security
Global IPv6 capability
IPv4 Transfers
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Projection Between RIR Regions Within APNIC Region
As at 31 Jul
7

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• Mission: To build the APNIC
Development Program
• Effectively, the ‘fundraising arm’ of
APNIC
• 10-year commitment from APNIC
• Three Board members appointed:
Edward Tian (CN); Sharad Sanghi
(IN); Sylvia Sumarlin (ID)
• Over USD 1M in funding committed
in first 18 months of operation
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‘To have a global, open,
stable and secure Internet
that is affordable and
accessible to the entire
Asia Pacific community’

11. Information Society Innovation Fund
Grants and Awards
• 2018 Call for Grant Proposals and
Award Nominations completed
• 236 nominations, 122 in new Gender
Empowerment and Innovation category
• USD 210k for 8 grants and 2 awards:
 Network Operations Research (APNIC)
 Cybersecurity (APNIC)
 Community Networks (ISOC)
 Gender Empowerment/Innovation (IDRC)
WSIS Champion
• ISIF Asia recognized as a WSIS
Champion in the International and
Regional Cooperation category
• Sylvia Cadena participated in the
Champions ceremony in Mar 2018
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Ten years: 2008 to 2018isif.asia

12. Pacific CERT Development
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CERT establishment
workshop, PNG
CERT Vanuatu launch
• Supporting new CERTs
 CERT Tonga, 2016
 CERT-PNG, Jan 2018
 CERT-VU, Jun 2018
 … and more coming
• Regional workshops in TO and
NC (APNIC 46)
• Coordination with APCERT,
FIRST, ITU etc.
• Assisted by AUD 200K funding
via APNIC Foundation

13. apnic.net/survey
• Every 2 years since 1999
• 10th Survey completed Sep 2018
• Regional focus groups, interviews and online survey
• Major input into APNIC Board planning processes
• Independent, anonymous
• Currently conducted by Survey Matters, Australia
• Two major returns
• Performance survey
• Future priorities and expectations
• Thanks to all who responded!

14. 7%
9%
15%
11%
41%
45%
36%
35%
2016
2018
Very poor Poor Below Average Neutral Above average Good Excellent
Quality of Services 91%
12%
10%
16%
10%
35%
39%
35%
39%
201
6
201
8
Very poor Poor Below Average Neutral Above average Good Excellent
Value of Membership 88%
8%
8%
14%
10%
40%
43%
37%
38%
2016
2018
Very poor Poor Below Average Neutral Above average Good Excellent
Value of Services 91%
7%
13%
15%
11%
41%
43%
36%
31%
2016
2018
Very poor Poor Below Average Neutral Above average Good Excellent
Overall experience
85%
OVERALL SATISFACTION

15. Consistent with focus group
feedback, network security is the
number one challenge facing the
community in 2018
Q9. Thinking about your Internet-related services, products or activities, what are the MAIN
operational challenges facing your organisation?
East Asia Oceania SE Asia South Asia LDEs
Developin
g
Developed
Network security 28% 34% 22% 26% 28% 25% 31%
Scarcity of IPv4 addresses 13% 9% 14% 14% 11% 13% 12%
Cost of network operations 10% 14% 17% 11% 13% 13% 11%
Hiring and / or keeping skilled employees 12% 12% 13% 10% 8% 11% 16%
Deployment of IPv6 9% 8% 8% 17% 16% 10% 7%
Management of bandwidth and network capacity 9% 9% 9% 8% 7% 9% 8%
Keeping up with the pace of technology changes 10% 5% 7% 6% 5% 9% 4%
Regulatory requirements involving the Internet 4% 6% 4% 3% 4% 4% 5%
Benchmarking and understanding best practice in network
operations
4% 2% 3% 3% 3% 4% 3%
Access to reliable and credible Internet industry data 3% 1% 4% 3% 4% 2% 2%
Other 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1%
3%
3%
4%
7%
8%
11%
12%
12%
13%
27%
Other
Benchmarking and understanding best practice in network…
Access to reliable and credible Internet industry data
Regulatory requirements involving the Internet
Keeping up with the pace of technology changes
Management of bandwidth and network capacity
Deployment of IPv6
Cost of network operations
Hiring and / or keeping skilled employees
Scarcity of IPv4 addresses
Network security
HIGHEST RATING CHALLENGES

16. NETWORK SECURITY
64%
61%
47%
45%
38%
32%
29%
28%
23%
22%
Phishing, spam, malware, ransomware
DDoS attacks
Intrusion and other breaches
Staff lack awareness of security issues
Blacklisting of IP addresses
Routing security
Lack of application security
Inadequate security policies
No cyber security focus from…
Lack of security for IoT applications
Q10. Thinking about network security, what are the MAIN challenges facing your organisation?
Significantly higher / lower than total
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30%
35%
39%
41%
53%
59%
64%
Establish an APNIC-CERT for information sharing
Encourage CERT development and information…
Engage with Governments in the region about the…
Integrate more security content in APNIC…
Share security insights on the APNIC Blog and…
Collaborate with technical security organisations…
Specific security training courses
Q11. How might APNIC best assist you or others with network security challenges?

17. 49%
38%
34%
33%
21%
21%
19%
Deploying IPv6
Cost of buying IPv4 addresses
Cost & complexity of NATs
IPv4 transfer policies
Working with brokers selling / leasing IPv4…
It is not an issue
“Health” of IPv4 addresses being transferred
Q13. Thinking about the scarcity of IPv4 addresses, what are the MAIN challenges facing your organisation?
Q14. Thinking about the scarcity of IPv4 addresses, which, if any, of the
following IPv4 activities do you think APNIC should undertake?
3%
5%
25%
39%
52%
54%
57%
Other
Take no action
Purchase addresses for distribution
Share information and best practice on…
Provide incentives for the return of address…
Monitoring and reporting usage
Reclaiming/recovering unused address space
IPv4 SCARCITY

18. apnic.net/survey
• APNIC Board (EC) produces public response
• Notes key points
• Identifies short and mid-term priorities
• Directs Secretariat to implement
• APNIC annual planning cycle
• Activity plan and budget for 2019
• Strategic planning cycle
• Next 4-year plan is 2020-2023
• 2020 Survey will provide mid-term input
APNIC Survey – Next steps

19. Stay in Touch!
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