CIGF Terminology and Concepts. C a r i b b e a n Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s U n i o n ( C T U )

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1 + CIGF Terminology and Concepts C a r i b b e a n Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s U n i o n ( C T U )

2 What We Will Cover Fundamentals IG Actors Common Acronyms Concepts Infrastructure Legal Socio Cultural Development Policy Economics Caribbean Priorities

3 Why Internet Governance Matters How the Internet is governed is of growing concern to a global society increasingly dependent on the Internet and the significant economic, political and social benefits that hinge upon its stability and availability. Understanding the complex matrix of relationships, organizations, principles, protocols, economics and policy behind management of the Internet is key to being able to contribute to its advance.

4 What is Internet Governance? Internet governance is the development and application by governments, the private sector, and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. WSIS (WGIG)

5 Introduction: IG Actors Governments Private Sector Academia Civil Society Technical Community International Organizations

6 Source: Diplo Foundation

7 Internet Governance Acronyms (Only a Primer)

8 IG Acronyms: I is for INTERNET IG IGF ICT ITU Internet Governance Internet Governance Forum Information and Communications Technology International Telecommunication Union ICANN ISOC IANA IPv4 & IPv6 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Internet Society Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Internet Protocol versions 4 & 6 ISP IXP Internet Service Providers Internet Exchange Point

9 IG Acronyms: Organizations CTU ITU ARIN LACNIC Caribbean Telecommunications Union International Telecommunications Union American Registry for Internet Numbers Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry CaribNOG PCH NRO NOG Caribbean Network Operators Group Packet Clearing House Number Resource Organization Network Operating Group WSIS WCIT World Summit on Information Society World Conference on International Telecommunications

10 IG Acronyms: Technical DNS DNSSEC TLD cctld Domain Name System Domain Name System Security Protocol Top Level Domain Country Code Top Level Domain gtld TCP/IP OTT VoIP Generic Top Level Domain Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol Over-the-Top (Service or Providers) Voice over IP

11 IG Fundamentals: Infrastructure Telecommunications Infrastructure Internet Systems/Stds: Key Network Protocols Domain Name System Root Servers Content & Apps

12 Source: ISOC

13 Key Concepts NET NEUTRALITY The principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites.

14 Key Concepts CYBERSECURITY The state of being protected against unauthorized access to or use of electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this.

15 Key Concepts ENCRYPTION The conversion of electronic data into another form, called ciphertext, which cannot be easily understood by anyone except authorized parties.

16 Key Concepts CLOUD COMPUTING the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer.

17 Key Concepts CONVERGENCE Telecommunications convergence, network convergence or simply convergence are broad terms used to describe emerging telecommunications technologies, and network architecture used to migrate multiple communications services into a single network.

18 IG Fundamentals: Legal Jurisdiction Intellectual Property Rights Cybercrime Privacy and Data Protection

19 IG Fundamentals: Socio-Cultural Human rights Child Safety Multilingualism Cultural Diversity Rights of the Differently-abled

20 IG Fundamentals: Development DIGITAL DIVIDE the gulf between those who have ready access to technology and the Internet, and those who do not.

21 IG Fundamentals: Development ENABLING ENVIRONMENTS An enabling environment is a set of interrelated conditions such as legal, organisational, fiscal, informational, political, and cultural that impact on the capacity of development actors, such as Civil Society Organisations, to engage in development processes in a sustained and effective manner Canadian Council for International Co-operation

22 IG Fundamentals: Policy Internet Interconnection Over-the-Top Services

23 IG Fundamentals: Economics Internet Infrastructure, Access and Affordability Catalysts for Innovation and Economic Growth

24 Strategic Priority Areas re Caribbean IG Policy Framework (CIGPF) Physical Infrastructure for Broadband Connectivity Logical Internet Technical Infrastructure Legal Frameworks / Enforcement Internet Content Access, connectivity, QOS, regulation Addressing, domain management, critical Internet infrastructure, technical standards National & regional structures for protecting users safety, rights, property Information management, local content Public Awareness / Capacity Building Research ICT4D, local and regional expertise development Measurement and status reporting

25 Current Caribbean IG Action Areas Data Protection Data Privacy Cybersecurity Online Child Safety Network & Service Resiliency Net Neutrality / OTT Services Digital Economy

26 THANK YOU SOURCES: Diplo Foundation ne.php?idpool= Internet_Governance_Issues_Actors_Div ides.pdf Packet Clearing House Caribbean Network Operators Group CTU ICT Roadshow Internet Society (ISOC)