ARIN 54 Day 2 Recap

By Christina Paladeau – Social Media and Content Specialist

ARIN 54 is done and dusted! Today marked the second and final day of our Public Policy and Members Meeting, which, as usual, seemed to go by in a flash. We enjoyed networking with friends old and new in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and virtually. Here’s a short summary of the final events of ARIN 54.

Power Play

Last night, in-person attendees had the opportunity to socialize with each other, continue discussions sparked by the meeting, and experience the finest collection of hockey artifacts in the world along with interactive exhibits at the home of the Stanley Cup, the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Global Updates

After Hollis Kara, Director of Communications, started the morning with a warm welcome, a thank you to our elected volunteers, and participation reminders — along with a round of applause for our meeting sponsors, Rogers, Google, Kalorama, IPv4.Global by Hilco Streambank, and IPXO — we headed into the final reports of ARIN 54.

First on the agenda today was ARIN President and CEO John Curran, who shared the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Executive Council Update, covering new programs implemented or planned as a result of NRO strategy review (RPKI, Regional Internet Registry Cybersecurity, and Government Engagement), coordination groups, financial status, Internet Coordination Policy-2 (ICP-2), publications of global Internet number statistics and comparative policy overviews, and more.

Kim Davies, Vice President of the IANA Services for ICANN, then gave an update on IANA that included a review of number resource services, address allocation status, accountability, the Domain Name Service (DNS) Trust Anchor, a road map for the second-ever key replacement, and an exploration of the three core areas of the IANA functions: protocol parameters, number resources, and domain names. He also explained the ecosystem around the IANA — specifically the relationships with Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) — and emphasized the IANA’s value and role as a trusted record keeper of the global Internet.

Kim Davies, Vice President of the IANA Services for ICANN

Moving right along, Kevin Blumberg delivered the latest news from the ICANN Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) — with a particular focus on the ongoing ICP-2 review project. You can take part in this project by participating in a questionnaire (open through 19 November) focused on the proposed principles document that will be used to update the ICP-2.

Departmental Reports

After a short break, Chief Information Security Officer Christian Johnson kicked off the organizational updates with an overview of ARIN’s information security efforts and updates on security practices, our Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance road maps, and information requests. Visit our Information Security page to learn more about these initiatives and to stay up to date with the latest community communications.

Chief Technology Officer Mark Kosters then presented the report from the Engineering Department. He reviewed the services the department supports and highlighted recent statistics, software releases, system improvements, focus points in each engineering area, and what the team is working on next: Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) integration with the Internet Routing Registry (IRR), routing intelligence for RPKI, a new fee calculator, RDAP enhancements for parity with Whois/Whois-RWS, and standards work in response to Internet Engineering Task Force activity.

From left to right: Christian Johnson, Chief Information Security Officer; Mark Kosters, Chief Techonology Officer; Brad Gorman, Senior Product Owner for Routing Security; Joe Westover, Director of Customer Experience and Strategy.

Brad Gorman, Senior Product Owner of Routing Security, then presented his Routing Security Update. He provided an overview of global RPKI activity (including U.S. government engagement), reviewed RPKI adoption rates in the ARIN region, and gave an update on the NRO RPKI Program’s research on barriers to adoption. Brad also shared upcoming developments for ARIN’s RPKI services, including a new user interface that will provide more information to organizations on the state of routing announcements of their resources in the context of RPKI validity.

With that, it was time for the final presentation of the meeting. Joe Westover, Director of Customer Experience and Strategy (CXS), explored ARIN’s direct and indirect customer support, customer journey mapping, data-driven process analysis and improvement, program updates, and outreach and engagement activities. Have something to share with us about the ARIN customer experience? Learn about the many ways you can provide your feedback in this post on our blog: This is ARIN and We’re Listening!

Back to You

To wrap things up, John Curran and ARIN Board of Trustees Chair Bill Sandiford hosted an open mic session, during which questions and comments addressed: satisfaction with ticket support from Registration Services; accessing more resources about ARIN policies and services; positive feedback on the organization of the meeting and the “hallway track” of informal community interaction; consistent access to API across regions to support RPKI deployment; plans to protect ARIN servers against DDoS attacks; applause for the AV team; and more.

From left to right: Kat Hunter, ARIN Advisory Council Chair; Leif Sawyer, ARIN Advisory Council member.

Hollis Kara then officially closed ARIN 54 by thanking our sponsors once again for their support and encouraging everyone to save the date for ARIN 55 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Until Next Time

You can read a recap from day one of the meeting as well as reference the slides, transcripts, and webcasts from throughout the meeting as they are posted on the Meeting Materials and Report page.

Be sure to use the #ARIN54 hashtag and tag us @TeamARIN on X and Facebook and @ARIN on LinkedIn when sharing about your meeting experience on social media! And don’t forget to mark your calendars for ARIN 55 in Charlotte, North Carolina, 27-30 April 2025. Stay tuned to the ARIN Blog, follow us on X, or subscribe to our ARIN Announce mailing list for information on registration and on the ARIN 55 Fellowship Program.

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