“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
Prim
ary
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:[email protected]: +233-243380612
Thank You !
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