Report: Internet Integrity Workshop II

The world relies on a secure and stable Internet, including the services and applications offered over it. As malicious actors—individual, corporate, and state—are increasingly active in attacking the Internet and any infrastructure accessible from it, there is increasing scrutiny of reliability and resiliency of Internet services at all levels.

Measurements can play an important role both in demonstrating the actual state of Internet infrastructure security and the progress industry and individual actors are making, and in stimulating laggers to take necessary actions.

Broadly, there are two types of measurements related to Internet infrastructure security:

• Measurements that track the deployment of security technologies and controls on different levels and by different actors, and

• Measurements that indicate the security and resilience level of the Internet infrastructure.

Although the deployment of security technologies is aimed at reducing risks and vulnerabilities of the Internet infrastructure and thus making it more secure and reliable, these two types of measurements are rarely presented together offering insights into a potential correlation or even causation between the two.

This observation brought up four important questions that defined the scope of the Internet Integrity Workshop II — “Measurement for Action,” held on October 20, 2025, as a parallel session to the RIPE 91 meeting in Bucharest, Romania:

• How do we know what progress is being made?
• What should be measured and shared?
• How can measurements stimulate actions by individual players aimed at improvements in key areas?
• How can we make sure progress is seen and recognized?

This report summarizes the workshop and provides next steps for the community.