New Secretariat, Same Commitment to Better Routing Security

It’s been another busy quarter for the MANRS community, with new secretariat Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) focusing on making the transition as seamless as possible. Business as usual has prevailed, and here’s an update on all of it.?

• In Q1, we welcomed 23 new MANRS participants in three programs - 20 new Network Operators, 2 new IXPs, and 1 new CDN. Together, these organizations serve 41 countries around the world.
• The MANRS Community Report 2023 celebrates the strength of the MANRS initiative as we celebrate its 10th anniversary.?
• To understand how MANRS fits into GCA’s existing work, check out this blog post by GCA CTO Leslie Daigle, “Framing MANRS into the Mosaic of Cybersecurity.”?
• Research and innovation remain a key aspect of our work; learn more about ROSE-T in this guest blog post from Mariano Scazzariello, Antonio Prado, and Tommaso Caiazzi, “Verify MANRS Compliance Automatically with ROSE-T.”
• In Observatory news, this week we'll be rolling out a new version of the ROA Stats Tool (ROAST). ROAST provides an easy overview of RPKI ROA deployment and highlights potential configuration problems. The new version has a familiar look and feel consistent with the MANRS Observatory, and also provides several useful new features.
• The MANRS+ WG continues to develop the Control Matrix that defines an extended set of controls for the MANRS+ program-to-be. The focus is on detailing audit requirements to provide a high level of assurance.?
• And, sadly, no quarter is complete without major routing incidents like this one on March 11, reported by Doug Madory (Kentik).

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MANRS in the Community

• On February 12 – 14, Leslie Daigle (GCA) attended NANOG 90 in Charlotte, NC (USA), where she offered the lightning talk ‘Have You Been Minding MANRS Lately?’.
• From February 21 – March 1, Aftab Siddiqui and Kevin Chege (Internet Society) attended APRICOT 2024 in Bangkok (Thailand). In the ‘Routing Security @APRICOT’ session, they offered a MANRS update and met participants. You can find a video of the entire session here.
• Coming on April 18, Andrei Robachevsky (GCA) will offer a MANRS update at GéANT’s 31st Services and Technology Forum in Brussels (Belgium).

Upcoming MANRS Community Meetings

• The first MANRS Community Meeting of the year will be on May 15. It’s a perfect opportunity to get updates, learn more about research and innovation work, and meet other participants. It will be offered in two virtual sessions of two hours each, one at 8:00am UTC and the other at 8:00pm UTC (May 16 in many areas of the Eastern Hemisphere).?
• Save the date for the second MANRS Community Meeting on November 13. More information to come.?

We are planning our activities for the rest of 2024 and welcome ideas on MANRS Community Events and other events to attend. Get in touch.

Can We Help?

We always welcome feedback on the MANRS initiative, the community, the Actions, and our partners. You can email [email protected] or submit feedback via the website.? In the meantime, follow us on social media @RoutingMANRS for all the day-to-day updates. And if you know of another organization that should join us, send them here!? We’ll see you next quarter.?