IN THE SPOTLIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE
OPERATING CRITICAL INTERNET
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The Internet has come a long way, but as it has grown so have the threats to its security, as Scott Courtney explains.
It’s hard for many to believe that two decades ago, the Internet was mostly just used to connect technologists and researchers interested in information sharing. Fast forward to today, and the Internet has grown to more than 250 million domain names and almost 2.5 billion users worldwide who rely on it for many facets of their lives.
A 2011 report from McKinsey Global Institute, entitled Internet Matters: The net’s sweeping impact on growth, jobs and prosperity, found that the Internet has delivered substantial economic growth and created jobs on a large scale, while also facilitating the exchange of $8 trillion a year through e-commerce. Industries such as manufacturing and retail have reinvented themselves thanks to the new models of automation and e-commerce. Yet, even though there is a very large dependence on the Internet, there is very little understanding of what it takes to operate its critical infrastructure.
Internet infrastructure demands have grown exponentially
In the early days of the Internet, the focus was more on creating scalable protocols than in running critical services. Over time, as more critical resources became reliant on the Internet, stakeholders from national and international organisations, governments, the private sector, and research, academic and technical communities came together to create shared policies and standards. Their efforts helped to standardise a framework that made reliability and the ability to scale early drivers of the Internet’s growth. This started a cycle that is still seen today and is expected to continue as we discover the ever-increasing opportunities that the Internet has to offer.
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