“STRENGTHENING OUR CRITICAL NATIONAL INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE”

Eric Akumiah

IA Consulting Limited

Critical National Internet Infrastructure

Domain Name Registry (.gh)

Root Server Copy ( F-Root

Project)

Cyber Security- Infrastructure

Protection

IP Numbers Resources (IPv4

to IPv6)

Internet Exchange Point

(G IXP)

National Internet

Backbone (Private, Gov.)

International Gateways Operators

National Datacentre

Infrastructure

Domain Name (.gh) Registry Project

Automation Project Completed Equipment Installed and operational Technical Management to be outsourced to a

consultant to operate GDNR - Domain Name Organization

Established by ACT of Parliament (ACT 772 –ETA) Multi-stakeholder Local Internet Community Develop Policy for Registry Oversee operation of registry Registry Board to lead

.gh Registry Project

Registry Ready for DNSSEC implementation 3R Registry Model to be adopted

Call for EOI for Registrars (Open) Registrar Accreditation Process Registrar Association to be formed to Interface

with registry

Root Server Project

Domain Name Registry planning to Deploy copy of root server

GIXP also planning to deploy copy of root server Need to harmonize effort – Look at installing L-

and R- Servers Ghana to benefit for speeding up of Internet by

joint effort Joint committee proposed to work on this

project

Cyber Security – CERT-GH

National Cyber Security Policy and Strategy already developed by Ministry with Multi-stakeholder support

Security Incidence Handling and response National CERT (CERT-GH) Deployed as coordination CERT

Ministry of Communications & ITU /IMPACT Sectoral CERTs to be developed along side

ARN, GOV (NITA), NSA, FIN, ISP, BUS Coordination Centre @ Ghana Multimedia Centre

Team to move to 3rd floor of new MOC building Constituents of National CERT (mostly network operators) to manage

incidences when they receive incidence reports Governance of CERT-GH – Independent entity with government funding ?

PPP Information Sharing platform developed and being operationalized Governance- Info Sharing platform by PPP Steering Committee

IPv4 to IPv6 Transition

IP number resources administered by AfriNIC Subscribe to be member

Depletion of IPv4 ( Critical Numbers Resources) Need to adopt IPv6 number system

Migration Plan Capacity Building Equipment compliance enforcement

Need to have National Task Force All Stakeholders

MOC & NITA to spear heard formation of Taskforce

Ghana Internet eXchange Point (GIXP)

Established in 2005 Managed by GIX Association Has membership of 17 Operators Exchange of Local traffic

Ghana traffic remains in Ghana Members mostly commercial Operators Governance?

Non-commercial (Edu) operators Issues?

National Internet backbone Principally driven by private operators

NCBC (Vodafone Wholesale) Mobile Operators

Government providing infrastructure NITA Eastern Corridor completed, Western Corridor planned GIFEC Universal Service Obligations

Policy, laws on sharing infrastructure Issues

High Cost of maintenance of Fiber Incentives for deployments

Need for national plan to guide future expansion of Infrastructure

International Gateway

Five Sub-marine Operators 0ver 12,3 Tbps capacity

Satellite Gateway operators? Policy and Law on International gateway

Promoting International Gateways Issues and challenges

National Data Centres Infrastructure

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DCspans across

three floor in new NITA-MOC Building near AITI-KACEOver 600 Racks space and up- 2 Pentabyte storage capacitySits on 10GBps Fiber ring around heart of Accra

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CLocated in KumasiConnected to Primary via high speed Fibre Optics cablesTo operate Active –Active with Primary Data Center

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CLocated in TamaleConnected to Primary & Secondary via High speed Fibre Optics

•Primarily to store all government data securely

•Lease of capacity to private sector for DC and DR services

Way Forward Registry @ National Datacenter GIXP @ National Datacenter GarNET Exchange @ National Datacenter CERT-GH Operating from National Dataenter

Synergies of Registry, GIXP, GarNET and National CERT and other National Infrastructure offer good preposition Joint Root Server Project and other Critical National Internet Ifrastructure

CONTACT:ERIC.AKUMIAH@GMAIL.COMPHONE: +233-243380612

Thank You !