World Economic Forum Urges ISPs Join Routing Security Initiative

ISPs should “strongly consider joining the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security initiative,” the World Economic Forum said Thursday. “Systemic security issues about how traffic is routed on the Internet make it a relatively easy target for criminals,” WEF Outreach Manager-Asia Pacific Adrian Wan wrote. “MANRS helps reduce the most common routing threats and increase efficiency and transparency among ISPs on peering relationships.”