The future of Internet governance and cyber-security. Issue 5 (May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Van Horenbeeck, Maarten
• Is Part Of: Computer fraud & security. Issue 5(2018)
• Page Start: 6
• Page End: 8
• Publication Date: 2018-05
• Subjects: Computer crimes -- Periodicals; Computers -- Access control -- Periodicals; 364.168
• DOI: 10.1016/S1361-3723(18)30042-3
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1361-3723

Abstract

Abstract : It's often unclear to Internet users who it is that actually makes the decisions that make their connection work. This is because the Internet, by definition, is a complex system that is not managed by a single organisation. In order for your connection to be successful, you use hardware built by a hardware vendor, protocols developed by Internet engineers in loose technical groups such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), networks operated by a third party and a website operated by the organisation with which you're actually interacting. That organisation probably uses a whole set of other vendors, such as content delivery networks or cloud providers, to provide the service. It's often unclear to Internet users who actually runs it. This is because the Internet, by definition, is a complex system that is not managed by a single organisation. You use hardware and software from a variety of vendors, protocols developed by Internet engineers in loose technical groups and networks operated by third parties. Maarten Van Horenbeeck of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams examines how this mish-mash of organisations and standards fits together and what makes it work.