Internet Stability and Security
Deadline
29 June, 2025
The Internet is permanently under construction. Ensuring its stability and security is essential to strengthen user trust and foster Internet growth in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This line of funding focuses on four key themes or thematic axes and a subcategory related to the use and application of Blockchain technology for Internet stability and security.
Network Architecture and Operation
Monitoring, measurement, management, optimization, automation and/or innovation in network architecture and operation related to one or more of the following priority topics:
BGP
DNS
Protocols
Performance
Traffic Engineering and Interconnection
Monitoring, measurement, management, control, modeling, optimization and/or innovation in one or more of the priority topics and related to the specific areas below:
IXPs
CDNs
BGP
QoS
Cryptography, Security and Resilience
Contribution to Internet security and resilience, the prevention of, and response to, attacks, incidents and anomalies in Internet infrastructure, and the generation of innovative approaches and solutions with a special emphasis on the priority issues detailed below:
DNS (approaches such as DNSSEC or others)
Routing Security
RPKI and/or Extensions
Route Origin Validation
IoT
DDoS
Malware
Future Development of the Internet
This line of work and research seeks to contribute to the future development of the Internet in the LAC region. Its approach is broad and places special emphasis on addressing the regional challenges posed by the priority topics detailed below:
IPv6
High performance computing
Other innovative topics related to the line of work and research
Subcategory
Use and Application of Blockchain Technology for Internet Stability and Security
Projects presented in this subcategory should focus on the use and application of Blockchain technology in relation to one of the four main thematic axes included in the Internet Stability and Security.
In this subcategory, applicants may present research projects, case studies, and/or proofs of concept and/or prototypes designed to achieve practical goals and specific original results related to the use and application of Blockchain technology for Internet Stability and Security.
Since this is a recent area of study and practical application, projects should seek to obtain results that will contribute to practical and concrete solutions and/or to generate knowledge that may be useful to expand and promote the topic in our region.