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ISOC Releases 2015 Internet Governance Survey Results

March 24, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Governance, ISOC, Internet Governance, Information Security, Infosec Policy, Cybersecurity Economics

ISOC - the Internet Society, has released the compiled results of the organizations' 2015 Internet Governance Survey (download the PDF here). Via the 2015 Internet Governance Survey, the primary takeaways are:

  • The majority of respondents (86%) indicated that Cybersecurity is the most important issue facing the Internet community today;

  • The priorities for the community are to make Internet governance easier to understand (with 75% feeling that this is “Extremely” or “Very Important”) and to develop and share best practices amongst countries and communities (70% indicating that this was Extremely” or “Very Important”);

  • A high percentage of respondents (90%) indicated that informal local and regional communities should be enhanced while 87% of respondents want the global, regional, and national Internet Governance Forums (IGFs) to be enhanced; and

  • 27% of respondents think NMI is needed for effective Internet governance, while 56% indicated that they are unclear as to whether NMI is needed, and 17% think it is not needed.

March 24, 2015 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Governance, ISOC, Internet Governance, Information Security, Infosec Policy, Cybersecurity Economics
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