To evaluate active threat vectors targeting regional academic infrastructure, the University of Dhaka deployed an APNIC Honeynet sensor over a 204-day period. The deployment recorded 1.27 million attack events from 36,598 unique IP addresses, offering critical empirical data on global threat patterns and localized activity.
This presentation covers key operational findings, including attacker origin countries, automated credential-stuffing tools, and post-exploitation tactics. We highlight localized threat dynamics, such as activity from 19 Bangladeshi source IPs, a high-volume echo-probe campaign from a domestic ISP, and a confirmed persistence mechanism involving a hidden sshd binary. Attendees will gain actionable insights on deploying threat telemetry and transforming honeypot data into effective institutional defenses.
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Draft agenda
The APNIC Executive Council (EC) invites all APNIC Members and interested members of the community to attend the APNIC Member Meeting (AMM). At the AMM, APNIC’s plans, budgets and reports are presented to the community, and questions and feedback to both the EC and APNIC Secretariat are encouraged. NRO NC and SIG election results are also announced during the AMM.
Draft agenda
Dress Code:
Smart casual
Menu:
Regional Indian food & live food stations
Entertainment:
Live instrumental performances and Bollywood dances.
![\"APNIC-62-Closing-Social\"](\"https://conference.apnic.net/62/images/closing-social.png\")
\n Finish your APNIC 62 experience at the closing social, saying goodbye to your new friends.
\nYour APNIC experience starts here.
If this is your first time at an APNIC conference, do not miss this session — everyone is welcome!
There will be fun games, good vibes—and prizes too!
Start strong, get connected, and enjoy the conference.
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Traditional, manual network management cannot scale fast enough to meet the ultra-low latency and hyper-resiliency demands of modern digital economies. The future of Internet infrastructure lies in the transition from passive physical pipes to intelligent, software-defined utility grids.
In this keynote, Amajit Gupta explores the paradigm shift toward \"Zero-Touch\" network operations. Drawing from Lightstorm’s experience pioneering utility-grade smart networks, he will outline how automated routing, real-time telemetry, and self-healing fiber architectures can eliminate traditional network bottlenecks.
The session will detail how next-generation carrier-neutral grids can dynamically reroute traffic, predict outages before they occur, and self-optimize to deliver uninterrupted connectivity across South and Southeast Asia.
Attendees will gain a blueprint for the future of regional routing, looking at how the integration of automation and smart infrastructure will redefine the internet backbone for the next decade.
CERTs (Computer Emergency Response Teams) play a vital role in the cybersecurity ecosystem. Their primary mission is to respond to cyber security incidents, and it relies on close collaboration, coordination, and information sharing among CERTs as well as with other stakeholders.
Through years of experience in the global CERT communities, this keynote explores the key element that strengthens collaboration: trust. It argues that trust develops only through first-hand experience, repeated interactions, and personal relationships.
The keynote also highlights the importance of active participation in the community and how it helps build trust and strengthen collaboration among stakeholders. It encourages participants to consider how their own engagement contributes to a stronger and more connected global community.
ROAs published, ROV enforced, prefixes clean — yet compliant transit networks still propagate hijacks and leaks they didn't cause. This talk examines real APAC incidents that expose the gap between prefix-level protection and network-level responsibility, then presents a layered defense already deployable today: ROV as the foundation, ASPA for path validation, and BMP telemetry for real-time detection—no upstream or regulatory dependency required.
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This session introduces IP geolocation as a community discussion topic, drawing on insights from the IAB Workshop report draft-iab-ip-geo-workshop-report-01. Featuring experts from the IAB, Fastah, TATA Communications, and MaxMind, this panel discussion will explore how geolocation data is created, maintained, verified, and used across real-world Internet operations.
The discussion will cover data quality, geofeed deployment, operational challenges, and the roles of network operators and geolocation providers. It will also examine how inaccurate geolocation can affect content delivery, traffic engineering, regulatory compliance, fraud detection, service accessibility, and customer experience.
As the first APNIC conference session dedicated to this topic, the panel aims to build shared understanding and encourage ongoing dialogue on improving the accuracy, transparency, and trustworthiness of IP geolocation data across the Internet ecosystem.
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This presentation covers both predictive and proactive results from the ML solution for AI-Ops of broadband network services. The predictive insights identify specific sets of optical (PON) ports and service aggregation nodes (OLT’s) which are vulnerable to failures. The results show 60-70% predictive accuracy for these network vulnerabilities and helps alert the operator to take remedial steps beforehand. The proactive live network impact analysis enables large set of alarms, traffic deviations and service anomalies to be consolidated into specific events and prioritized based on service impact. It provides 40-50X scalability advantage in alarm and deviation handling to streamline network operations.
The solution uses standardized ML platform supporting diverse algorithms to enable optimizing models for different use-cases. The models are further extendable to include additional information streams such as, geographic locations, customer details, etc. and the platform enables sharing network data across diverse use-cases. Thus, the ML solution delivers proactive, predictive and scalable AI-Ops platform.
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We’ll cover AI-assisted workflows, MCP-powered tools, and data visualization that take the grunt work out of checking ranges, validating city, state, and country assignments, and getting your feed ready to publish with confidence.
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It is shaped by policy, governance, standards development, digital inclusion, and the communities that work together to keep it open, secure, and accessible.
In this interactive Birds of a Feather (BoF) session, participants will:
Participants will leave with practical next steps to support their continued involvement in the Internet community beyond APNIC 62.
Don't just attend APNIC 62—discover where you fit in the Internet ecosystem and what comes next!
Network operators encounter challenges before solutions or mature deployment practices become available. At the same time, these operational realities do not always translate into applied research questions.
This Birds of a Feather (BoF) session will explore how the APNIC community can better connect operational challenges with applied research and bring the resulting knowledge back into operations. Perspectives from operators, researchers, NOGs, and the wider APNIC community will help identify existing gaps and opportunities for collaboration.
The discussion will also consider how such efforts can complement existing APNIC and regional activities without duplication.
The BoF will assess whether there is sufficient community interest and a distinct, continuing need for an Operations-to-Research SIG.
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c) How can this Operations‑to‑Research initiative help bridge this gap?
Dress Code:
Indian traditional, National Costume or smart casual
Theme:
Flavours of India
Menu:
Street Food of India & Indian main course
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\n\nBuilding on core automation principles, the workshop introduces key architectural concepts such as the SALT (State, Abstraction, Layering, and Topology) framework, which helps participants understand how to design scalable and maintainable automation systems. Attendees also gain hands-on experience with data modeling and templating techniques, including the use of YAML for structured data representation and Jinja for dynamic configuration generation. Practical lab exercises reinforce concepts such as device provisioning, configuration management, and validation workflows.
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\nThis course is intended for senior network engineers, network architects, and network operators seeking to deepen their expertise in network automation. It is particularly suited to professionals who want to build advanced skills in applying automation frameworks, data models, and tooling to improve network consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency. Participants should have a solid understanding of networking concepts and looking to transition towards programmable, software-driven network practices.
\nIt is assumed that participants have an excellent understanding of:
\nWe require the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:
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\nThis workshop will provide a blend of theory and practical hands-on exercises that covers the following:
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\nDay 2
\nDay 3
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\n\nBuilding on core automation principles, the workshop introduces key architectural concepts such as the SALT (State, Abstraction, Layering, and Topology) framework, which helps participants understand how to design scalable and maintainable automation systems. Attendees also gain hands-on experience with data modeling and templating techniques, including the use of YAML for structured data representation and Jinja for dynamic configuration generation. Practical lab exercises reinforce concepts such as device provisioning, configuration management, and validation workflows.
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\nIt is assumed that participants have an excellent understanding of:
\nWe require the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:
\nThis workshop is delivered in a Train-the-Trainer (TTT) format and is designed for community champions who plan to deliver training and lead capacity-building initiatives within their local communities. In addition to advancing their technical expertise in network automation, participants will develop practical skills in presentation, facilitation, and instructional delivery. The workshop also equips attendees with the knowledge to set up and manage backend lab environments, enabling them to replicate hands-on training sessions effectively. The program aims to empower participants to confidently train others and scale network automation knowledge within their regions.
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\n\nBy the end of this workshop, participants will be well-equipped to address the complex challenges of network security in their organizations, armed with both the understanding and practical skills to enhance their network's defenses against evolving threats.
\n\n\nNetwork and System Engineers and IT Managers who are interested in security practices and want to gain an understanding of network and cyber security.
\n\nIdeal participants have a basic understanding of networking concepts and are looking to enhance their knowledge of network and cybersecurity practices.
\n\n\nIt is assumed that participants have a basic understanding of network operations, Internet technologies, OSI reference model and TCP/IP. In particular, you should be able to:
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\n\n\n\n \n
The past few years have seen a shift in the technology deployed by Communications Service Providers (CSPs). Segment routing has become the service-provider routing technology of choice. In addition, EVPN has advanced and matured to a level where it can subsume a multitude of service-layer properties leading to a simpler operational model. In parallel with these routing-area developments, there has been a shift from polling-driven statistics collection to a streaming telemetry-based approach.
\nThis workshop will provide a blend of theory and practical hands-on exercises that covers the following:
\nThis workshop is targeted towards attendees who have an intermediate level of knowledge of routing and switching in a service provider environment. In particular, it assumes knowledge of the following:
\nThe workshop is not suitable for beginners in service provider routing technologies.
\nParticipants are advised to bring their own laptop or desktop computers with high-speed internet access and administrative access to system.
\nDay 1
\nDay 2
\nDay 3
\nThis workshop is designed to strengthen participants’ foundational knowledge on Network Automation and enable confident application in day-to-day network operations. As modern networks continue to scale in size and complexity, the transition from manual processes to structured, automated workflows is important to improve consistency, efficiency, and reliability.
\n\nBuilding on core automation principles, the workshop introduces key architectural concepts such as the SALT (State, Abstraction, Layering, and Topology) framework, which helps participants understand how to design scalable and maintainable automation systems. Attendees also gain hands-on experience with data modeling and templating techniques, including the use of YAML for structured data representation and Jinja for dynamic configuration generation. Practical lab exercises reinforce concepts such as device provisioning, configuration management, and validation workflows.
\n\nBy the end of the workshop, attendees are equipped with the skills to design, implement, and maintain automated network solutions using industry-relevant tools and methodologies.
\nThis course is intended for senior network engineers, network architects, and network operators seeking to deepen their expertise in network automation. It is particularly suited to professionals who want to build advanced skills in applying automation frameworks, data models, and tooling to improve network consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency. Participants should have a solid understanding of networking concepts and looking to transition towards programmable, software-driven network practices.
\nIt is assumed that participants have an excellent understanding of:
\nWe require the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:
\nThis workshop is delivered in a Train-the-Trainer (TTT) format and is designed for community champions who plan to deliver training and lead capacity-building initiatives within their local communities. In addition to advancing their technical expertise in network automation, participants will develop practical skills in presentation, facilitation, and instructional delivery. The workshop also equips attendees with the knowledge to set up and manage backend lab environments, enabling them to replicate hands-on training sessions effectively. The program aims to empower participants to confidently train others and scale network automation knowledge within their regions.
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\n\nBy the end of this workshop, participants will be well-equipped to address the complex challenges of network security in their organizations, armed with both the understanding and practical skills to enhance their network's defenses against evolving threats.
\n\n\nNetwork and System Engineers and IT Managers who are interested in security practices and want to gain an understanding of network and cyber security.
\n\nIdeal participants have a basic understanding of networking concepts and are looking to enhance their knowledge of network and cybersecurity practices.
\n\n\nIt is assumed that participants have a basic understanding of network operations, Internet technologies, OSI reference model and TCP/IP. In particular, you should be able to:
\n\nAcademy resources to be completed before start of workshop
\n\n\n\n \n
The past few years have seen a shift in the technology deployed by Communications Service Providers (CSPs). Segment routing has become the service-provider routing technology of choice. In addition, EVPN has advanced and matured to a level where it can subsume a multitude of service-layer properties leading to a simpler operational model. In parallel with these routing-area developments, there has been a shift from polling-driven statistics collection to a streaming telemetry-based approach.
\nThis workshop will provide a blend of theory and practical hands-on exercises that covers the following:
\nThis workshop is targeted towards attendees who have an intermediate level of knowledge of routing and switching in a service provider environment. In particular, it assumes knowledge of the following:
\nThe workshop is not suitable for beginners in service provider routing technologies.
\nParticipants are advised to bring their own laptop or desktop computers with high-speed internet access and administrative access to system.
\nDay 1
\nDay 2
\nDay 3
\nThis workshop is designed to strengthen participants’ foundational knowledge on Network Automation and enable confident application in day-to-day network operations. As modern networks continue to scale in size and complexity, the transition from manual processes to structured, automated workflows is important to improve consistency, efficiency, and reliability.
\n\nBuilding on core automation principles, the workshop introduces key architectural concepts such as the SALT (State, Abstraction, Layering, and Topology) framework, which helps participants understand how to design scalable and maintainable automation systems. Attendees also gain hands-on experience with data modeling and templating techniques, including the use of YAML for structured data representation and Jinja for dynamic configuration generation. Practical lab exercises reinforce concepts such as device provisioning, configuration management, and validation workflows.
\n\nBy the end of the workshop, attendees are equipped with the skills to design, implement, and maintain automated network solutions using industry-relevant tools and methodologies.
\nThis course is intended for senior network engineers, network architects, and network operators seeking to deepen their expertise in network automation. It is particularly suited to professionals who want to build advanced skills in applying automation frameworks, data models, and tooling to improve network consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency. Participants should have a solid understanding of networking concepts and looking to transition towards programmable, software-driven network practices.
\nIt is assumed that participants have an excellent understanding of:
\nWe require the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:
\nThis workshop is delivered in a Train-the-Trainer (TTT) format and is designed for community champions who plan to deliver training and lead capacity-building initiatives within their local communities. In addition to advancing their technical expertise in network automation, participants will develop practical skills in presentation, facilitation, and instructional delivery. The workshop also equips attendees with the knowledge to set up and manage backend lab environments, enabling them to replicate hands-on training sessions effectively. The program aims to empower participants to confidently train others and scale network automation knowledge within their regions.
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\n\nParticipants will explore key topics including cryptography fundamentals, VPNs, access control mechanisms, packet analysis, DDoS mitigation strategies, intrusion detection systems, and routing security including RPKI. Through a combination of expert instruction and practical lab exercises, attendees will learn to identify vulnerabilities, architect secure networks, and implement effective monitoring solutions.
\n\nBy the end of this workshop, participants will be well-equipped to address the complex challenges of network security in their organizations, armed with both the understanding and practical skills to enhance their network's defenses against evolving threats.
\n\n\nNetwork and System Engineers and IT Managers who are interested in security practices and want to gain an understanding of network and cyber security.
\n\nIdeal participants have a basic understanding of networking concepts and are looking to enhance their knowledge of network and cybersecurity practices.
\n\n\nIt is assumed that participants have a basic understanding of network operations, Internet technologies, OSI reference model and TCP/IP. In particular, you should be able to:
\n\nAcademy resources to be completed before start of workshop
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The past few years have seen a shift in the technology deployed by Communications Service Providers (CSPs). Segment routing has become the service-provider routing technology of choice. In addition, EVPN has advanced and matured to a level where it can subsume a multitude of service-layer properties leading to a simpler operational model. In parallel with these routing-area developments, there has been a shift from polling-driven statistics collection to a streaming telemetry-based approach.
\nThis workshop will provide a blend of theory and practical hands-on exercises that covers the following:
\nThis workshop is targeted towards attendees who have an intermediate level of knowledge of routing and switching in a service provider environment. In particular, it assumes knowledge of the following:
\nThe workshop is not suitable for beginners in service provider routing technologies.
\nParticipants are advised to bring their own laptop or desktop computers with high-speed internet access and administrative access to system.
\nDay 1
\nDay 2
\nDay 3
\n![\"Workshop-Graduation-and-Social\"](\"https://conference.apnic.net/62/images/Workshop-Graduation-and-Social.png\")
\nVenue: Powai Ballroom, The Westin Mumbai Powai Lake
Celebrate the conclusion of the workshops with an evening of connection and festivity.
Dress code: Smart Casual
Highlights include:
Spam does more than annoy users; it can lead to IP blocklisting, affecting email delivery and business communication. When an IP is listed in an RBL, messages may be blocked or filtered. This often results from poor practices or security issues. To fix it, identify the cause, secure systems, clean mailing lists, and use SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. Regular monitoring and responsible emailing help maintain a good.
Earlier, ISPs focused on spam control mainly by blocking SMTP Port 25. Today, spammers use multiple ports like 465, 587 and 443, along with botnets and encrypted traffic. Modern RBLs track overall IP reputation, not just ports. As a result, a blacklisted IP can impact all services, making continuous monitoring and security essential.
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This session will provide an overview of the rationale for Version 3 and explain the key changes from Version 2, including updates to the Recognition and Derecognition processes, audit and compliance review provisions, emergency continuity arrangements, decision-making thresholds, ICANN’s role, and new safeguards for transparency and accountability.
Join this session to understand how Version 3 responds to community feedback and how the proposed governance framework aims to support the stability, accountability, and self-governance of the Internet numbers registry system.
Curious about how Internet number resource policies are developed and who gets to shape them? This interactive Policy 101 session is designed for anyone looking to understand the policy development process at APNIC.
What to expect:
Whether you are new to APNIC or simply want to better understand how decisions are made, this session offers a practical and engaging pathway into Internet policy development.
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The SIG will act as a forum to develop and clarify deployment of services by APNIC such as RPKI, IRRd, RRDP etc and collect feedback from network operators about what changes they want and how it is positively/negatively impacting their operations.
The SIG will focus on information sharing, outreach, capacity building, and other activities that will advance APNIC’s vision for a global, open, stable, and secure Internet.
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We advocate nibble-aligned address partitioning prioritising regions over services instead of pursuing bit conservation. Proper alignment delivers readable structures, efficient route aggregation, streamlined automation and sustainable long-term scalability.
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This raises critical questions:
- How do we identify the most relevant threats for a given context or environment?
- How can we ensure this intelligence is actionable and effectively translated into protective measures?
- How do we share it with stakeholders—direct or indirect—who may lack deep cybersecurity expertise?
Identifying IT and OT assets is just the first step. The real challenge lies in mapping those assets to their stakeholders and delivering clear, actionable, and tailored insights to less knowledgeable audiences. The goal? Elevating the security posture of the entire organization, its ecosystem, and its supply-chain.
In this talk, Olivier Caleff will explore practical strategies for effective sharing, using real-world examples to demonstrate how organizations can curate, filter, and disseminate cybersecurity intelligence to empower their partners, suppliers, and constituents. - speaker not yet confirmed. Details to be updated once confirmed.
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This presentation offers an in-depth look at India's Internet attack surface and cyber threat landscape, including comparisons with other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Drawing on Shadowserver's global datasets, we will examine significant cybersecurity incidents involving exposed Internet-facing assets that affected India over the past year.
The session will conclude with an overview of emerging attack trends observed globally, along with key lessons learned from large-scale incident detection, notification, and remediation efforts.
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","presentation_type":"In Person","presentation_files":[]},{"id":"shoko-nakai","type":"speaker","photo":"https://conference.apnic.net/62/assets/segment-speakers/504f0041-b530-47a0-b7c2-a287a36683e3.png","name":"Shoko Nakai","organisation":"JPCERT/CC","position":"Senior Incident Coordinator","time":null,"topic":"","abstract":"Modern Security Operations Centers (SOCs) face overwhelming alert volumes, causing analyst fatigue, skill gaps, and manual processes that result in improper verdicts, missed threats, and compromised organizational resilience. This session introduces \"\"CoAnalyst\"\" - a practical, AI-driven framework designed to streamline and enhance security incident triage and analysis, empowering Tier 1 analysts and improving operational scalability.
Our approach integrates Large Language Models (LLMs) with historical incident data and existing security tools, executing a four-phase workflow. This framework dynamically generates analysis steps, enriches cases with context from similar past incidents, and automates triage tasks across various security platforms. It culminates in AI-driven analysis that delivers clear verdicts, detailed case notes, and crucial explainability.
This methodology enables analysts to make faster, more informed decisions, significantly reduces manual effort, and improves accuracy. Attendees will gain practical, transferable insights into architectural principles and lessons learned for building efficient, resilient security operations.
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Post authentication behavioural analysis provides approach to identifying this type of activity by establishing behavioural baselines around what an identity normally accesses, how resources and applications are used, the sequence of activities, time-of-day patterns, data volumes and use of existing privileges.
The methodology combines per-user and peer-group baselines to provide two complementary perspectives: whether activity is unusual for the individual and whether it is unusual for users with similar roles or responsibilities. The peer-group view also covers new joiners and infrequent users who have too little history to support an individual baseline. Multiple weak behavioural signals are combined into session level risk score, enabling security teams to prioritise suspicious sessions rather than respond to isolated anomaly alerts.
The approach is designed around telemetry that many organisations already collect, including authentication logs, application and file access logs, and VPN or remote access records. It also considers the practical limitations of behavioural detection including; limited historical data, changes in legitimate user behaviour over time and challenge of managing false positives when genuine compromises are relatively rare. The methodology provides a realistic and adaptable approach to detecting identity compromise across organisations with different levels of cybersecurity maturity.
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The Secretariat invites the community to:
Share needs, concerns, questions, and perspectives during the consultation.
The Secretariat has structured the community consultation in two stages to ensure accessible participation:
Stage 1 – Online engagement (June to August 2026)
Stage 2 – APNIC 62 session (September 2026)
This session will further refine the themes and findings from the online sessions and incorporate additional perspectives.
\nStage 1 Summary Report is available here: Stage 1 Summary Report on Diversity Community Consultation
APNIC Blog post: Stage 1 report released
\nFor more information about the consultation, please visit: https://www.apnic.net/community/community-consultations/
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Because DNS operates under strict latency constraints and heavily relies on stateless UDP transport, the significantly larger public keys and signature sizes characteristic of PQC algorithms introduce a high risk of IP fragmentation. Therefore, implementing quantum-resistant algorithms—such as ML-DSA and Falcon—into DNSSEC poses unique architectural bottlenecks. This presentation evaluates these operational trade-offs, analyzes the viability of hybrid cryptographic deployment strategies, and proposes a phased migration framework for root zones and top-level domains. Ultimately, we demonstrate that proactively adapting the internet naming infrastructure to post-quantum standards is not merely a future-proofing measure, but an immediate necessity to maintain global digital trust and operational resilience.
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\n\n![\"Meet-the-EC-Social\"](\"https://conference.apnic.net/62/images/Meet-the-EC-Social-v2.jpg\")
\n Indian buffet dinner & drinks will be served.
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\nIt is assumed that participants have an excellent understanding of:
\nWe require the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:
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\nDay 2
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\nDay 2
\nDay 3
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\nWe require the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:
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\n\nBy the end of this workshop, participants will be well-equipped to address the complex challenges of network security in their organizations, armed with both the understanding and practical skills to enhance their network's defenses against evolving threats.
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\n\n\n\n \n
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\nThe workshop is not suitable for beginners in service provider routing technologies.
\nParticipants are advised to bring their own laptop or desktop computers with high-speed internet access and administrative access to system.
\nDay 1
\nDay 2
\nDay 3
\nThis workshop is designed to strengthen participants’ foundational knowledge on Network Automation and enable confident application in day-to-day network operations. As modern networks continue to scale in size and complexity, the transition from manual processes to structured, automated workflows is important to improve consistency, efficiency, and reliability.
\n\nBuilding on core automation principles, the workshop introduces key architectural concepts such as the SALT (State, Abstraction, Layering, and Topology) framework, which helps participants understand how to design scalable and maintainable automation systems. Attendees also gain hands-on experience with data modeling and templating techniques, including the use of YAML for structured data representation and Jinja for dynamic configuration generation. Practical lab exercises reinforce concepts such as device provisioning, configuration management, and validation workflows.
\n\nBy the end of the workshop, attendees are equipped with the skills to design, implement, and maintain automated network solutions using industry-relevant tools and methodologies.
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\nIt is assumed that participants have an excellent understanding of:
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Ritesh Mukherjee is an accomplished leader focused on global communications and technology. Ritesh leads network infrastructure product strategy at Nokia, focusing on pioneering network transformations and harnessing AI's potential in networking.
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In addition to his professional roles, Ritesh is a dedicated educator sharing his expertise in Computer Networks and Security as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Northeastern University.
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Geoff Huston AM is the Chief Scientist at APNIC, where he undertakes research on topics associated with Internet infrastructure, IP technologies and address distribution policies. From 1995 to 2005, Geoff was the Chief Internet Scientist at Telstra, where he provided a leading role in the construction and further development of Telstra's Internet service offerings, both in Australia and as part of Telstra's global operations. Prior to Telstra, Geoff worked for the Australian National University, where he led the initial construction of the Internet in Australia in the late 1980s as the Technical Manager of the Australian Academic and Research Network.
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\n\nHe has extensive experience working on programs and finance verticals of various sectors\nsuch as Ministry of Home Affairs, Economic sectors (Department of Fertilizers), Social sectors\n(Health) as well as Revenue Department of Government of India. He has also worked in multi-\ncultural environment and developing countries, particularly in Timor-Leste, having worked\nthere as Treasury Advisor in Government of Timor-Leste. He has conceived and successfully\nimplemented the computerization of receipt accounts of Direct Taxes across the country by\nleveraging the banking interface. As a National level Consultant for WHO and DFID, he\nprovided technical assistance for formulation and implementation of financial and accounting\nguidelines for National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), a flagship scheme of Government of\nIndia.
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Paresh has more than 27 years of experience with both service providers and vendors in building carrier-grade IP/MPLS networks.
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\nBefore taking the plunge with Lightstorm in the middle of the pandemic, Amajit headed the \nIndia operations of Juniper Networks, a Silicon Valley-based networking technology global \nleader. He has also accomplished glorious stints at global companies such as Microsoft \nIndia, Alcatel Lucent (now Nokia), Motorola and the Tata Group.
\nA visionary, Amajit is known to have seeded the 'hosting' business in Microsoft India, which \nhas now become the ubiquitous ‘cloud'. While at Motorola, he managed the program to build \nIndia's first-ever pioneering mobile network services in Kolkata in the mid-1990s. He started \nhis professional journey with the Tata Group company during the pre-personal computer i.e., \nthe mainframe era.
\nAmajit is widely recognized as a thought leader and has been involved in several policy and \ntechnology advocacy by industry and government forums. He is also actively sought out by \nmedia across the Asia Pacific region. Amajit was also nominated as one of India’s Top 10 IT \nand Telecom Technologist by Hindustan Times and Haryana state government in 2013 and \n2014 respectively.
\nHe holds an Electronics Engineering degree from Nagpur-based Regional Engineering \nCollege (now VNIIT). Additionally, he has successfully completed advanced management \ntraining from XLRI and Cornell University.
\nWhen he is not engrossed in solving real challenges with disruptive solutions, Amajit likes to \nwork with young entrepreneurs and dynamic start-ups. Being passionate about mentoring \nstart-ups to survive and thrive in today’s cut-throat competition, he is an early-stage mentor \nand angel investor for new- age companies in emerging technology areas such as \ncybersecurity and wireless analytics.
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On campus, he serves as a core member of the Youth Internet Governance Forum (yIGF), organizing regular reading sessions and hands-on projects to deepen peers’ understanding of digital rights, cybersecurity, and policy issues.
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\n\nHer areas of expertise include Intellectual Property Law, Telecommunication Regulations and Policy, Internet Jurisdiction and Policy, Internet Governance, Cybersecurity Governance, ICT and Creative Industry etc.
\n\nShe received an EMBA degree from National Chengchi University, an LL.M degree in Intellectual Property from the University of London and an LL.B degree from National Taiwan University.
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At NIXI, Dr. Tyagi is spearheading initiatives to enhance internet peering, local content hosting, and IPv6 adoption, making India’s digital backbone more resilient and efficient. He is also actively involved in promoting Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) to improve internet accessibility and performance nationwide. His commitment to cybersecurity, emerging technologies, and indigenous digital infrastructure is ensuring that India remains at the forefront of the global digital economy.
With nearly 35 years of experience, Dr. Tyagi has played a pivotal role in shaping India’s IT and Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) landscape. Prior to NIXI, he held leadership positions at Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and National Informatics Centre (NIC), where he led critical ICT projects, policy implementation, and technology-driven governance reforms.
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Dhruv Dhody is an Internet standardization expert at Huawei-India with over 23 years of experience in the research and development of technologies including Path Computation Element (PCE), Segment Routing (SR), Network Slicing, and SDN. An active IETF contributor since 2010, Dhruv’s work has focused on path computation, traffic engineering, and SDN in the routing area.
Dhruv serves as Chair of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and co-chairs the IETF SRv6OPS and PCE WGs. They are also active in the Routing Directorate, YANG Doctors, and Operations Directorate, and have previously served as IAB Outreach Coordinator, on the IETF list moderator team, and as an IAB liaison to the IESG.
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\n\nAfter studying physics at ETH Zurich and the University of Alberta in Canada, he earned his doctorate in theoretical astrophysics. Dr Droz then spent more than 20 years working in research, the private sector, public administration and the national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).
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My involvement in initiatives such as AIORI (Advanced Internet Operations Research in India) reflects my commitment to building next-generation Internet measurement platforms and DNS research testbeds to support a more resilient and seamless Internet experience. As part of AIORI’s technical outreach efforts, I have also worked with over 250 faculty members across the country to advance Internet measurement, operational practices, and standards development. Through regional standards-focused hackathons and community programs, I continue to encourage deeper engagement with Internet protocols and participation in the IETF ecosystem.
Beyond strengthening the technical Internet ecosystem, I remain deeply committed to nurturing the next generation of Internet leaders. During my tenure as Chair of the Internet Society Kolkata Chapter, I actively supported capacity-building initiatives, academic engagement, and efforts to make Internet technologies and standards more accessible to students and professionals alike. In my professional career, I also contributed to the design and development of statewide e-governance projects, where I witnessed firsthand the transformative role technology can play in public service delivery — always with the support of dedicated teams and collaborators.
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He has around 3 decades of experience with 25 years of experience in Service provider networks where his expertise has been in design, development and building of scalable resilient Metro E, IP/MPLS Core networks for providing secure VPN and ethernet services for Enterprise customers. He has been recently working on on design and development of Quantum Safe vpn services for strengthening the Security of Global vpn Customers in a SP network.
Adli joined APNIC in February 2014, bringing with him extensive experience and technical leadership in cyber security. He is APNIC’s security evangelist, spearheading security outreach, engagement, and collaboration with the regional community. Adli was elected in 2015 as a member of the FIRST.org Board of Directors.
","topic":"","abstract":"","keynote":false,"affiliations":{"APNIC":"Senior Internet Security Specialist"},"sessions":{"297":{"day":6,"name":"APNIC / FIRST 2","presentation_files":[]},"342":{"day":4,"name":"Internet Abuse and Cybercrime: A Multistakeholder Dialogue","presentation_files":[]},"294":{"day":6,"name":"APNIC / FIRST 1","presentation_files":[]}},"highlighted":false,"highlightedPosition":null},"luna":{"name":"Luna","photo":"https://conference.apnic.net/62/assets/speakers/fe97dd4b-4762-4ba5-8918-372735f5d000.jpg","bio":"Luna is the Senior Product Manager taking MaxMind’s GeoIP product line to new and exciting places. They helped to create MaxMind’s flagship proxy detection suite and GeoIP Exchange, a platform to foster collaboration with network operators. They have spoken at the Internet Architecture Board and the North American Network Operators Group on IP geolocation.
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Since 2019, Marcin has been one of the main designers and developers in the Stork project, a Graphical Monitoring and Management Tool for Kea DHCP and BIND DNS. As a DHCP expert, he was initially responsible for implementing critical DHCP-specific features in Stork (e.g., subnet management and failover monitoring). His current focus is on implementing DNS monitoring features.
Marcin co-authored several IETF documents, including RFC 8415, a rewrite of the DHCPv6 specification. He has spent many years on DHCP protocols. Currently, he is ramping up to DNS, as more advanced features for managing DNS servers are added in Stork.
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Expert, focusing on supporting Internet infrastructure growth and
interconnection initiatives across the Asia-Pacific region. With a
career in IT that began in 1994, he brings a broad range of experience
from technical consulting to Internet community training. He previously
served as a Senior Network Analyst/Technical Trainer at APNIC, where he
delivered technical workshops and provided support to Internet operators
throughout the Asia-Pacific.
virtualisation, technical support, and training delivery. Beyond
technical skills, he is deeply committed to building capacity within
Internet communities, helping individuals and organisations enhance
their knowledge and operational capabilities. He actively contributes to
knowledge sharing and is passionate about ensuring that communities have
the skills and resources to access and develop the Internet in an
inclusive way.
Samarjit Biswas is the VP Global – Emerging CyberSecurity Technologies (Telecom & ISPs) at Xelelabs, bringing over 15 years of international experience in the ISP and telecom industry. He has deep expertise in cybersecurity and advanced solutions for IP protection and safe-internet frameworks, helping ISPs and telecom operators protect their networks and subscribers from evolving cyber threats.
Throughout his career, he has played a key role in securing mission-critical unified communication networks across defence, power, and research organizations, ensuring robust protection and reliable connectivity in some of the world's most sensitive and demanding environments.
Samarjit has also been selected to speak at APRICOT 2026, IDNOG 2026, and the Africa Internet Summit (AIS) 2026, where he shares insights on cybersecurity, spam prevention, IP reputation and emerging security challenges facing ISPs and telecom operators worldwide.
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He’s a regular supporter of APRICOT, APNIC, APF, and other industry community gatherings.
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He is now the director of IP department of TWNIC and the deputy director of the operation division in Internet Protocol Upgrade and Promotion Office of National Information and Communications Initiative Committee, Executive Yuan, Taiwan. He also joins the IPv6 upgrade and promotion program of MOTC in Taiwan.
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Deeply engaged with the regional and global internet engineering community, he is an APNIC 62 Fellow, a member of the ICANN Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP) constituency, a member of BDSAF and bdNOG. Combining his background in signal processing with practical ISP operations, his work currently focuses on advocating for sustainable connectivity with proactive network monitoring, mitigating urban spectrum congestion, and improving resilient digital infrastructure for Bangladesh.
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Prior to joining APNIC, Jia Rong established ICANN’s Asia Pacific regional office, where he spearheaded ICANN’s globalization strategy and oversaw its operations in the region as Managing Director – Asia Pacific.
During his 11-year tenure with ICANN, Jia Rong contributed significantly to the Asia Pacific Internet community and established key partnerships with Internet community stakeholders, government bodies, and regional institutions. Jia Rong also served on the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Board of Directors.
Prior to joining ICANN, Jia Rong served at Singbridge International, a Singapore government-linked company specializing in sustainable urban development projects. A former diplomat, Jia Rong worked for Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as First Secretary (Political) at the Singapore Embassy in Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Jia Rong graduated with a Bachelor of Communications Studies at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. He also holds a Diploma in International Trade Law from WTO in Geneva, Switzerland.
Jia Rong speaks English, Chinese (Mandarin), and Vietnamese.
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\n\nBesides software development, I'm also concerned about (children's) equal access to education, mostly regarding financial and social aspects. I also love any means of public transportation and logistics, including studying their history (vehicles, disused railways and roads, …) and knowing their regulations and tariffs. Sometimes, I play chess, mostly at Lichess: https://lichess.org/@/marenamat, and some day, I'll get my FIDE ELO, hopefully, if I get to play over-the-board games. I'm also able to get a piano and organ to make some rather enjoyable sounds.
\n\nHere is my personal website: https://maria.jmq.cz/
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