Chapter 4 - Facilitators and relevant factors

4.3 Internet governance - Recommendations

• International law enforcement needs to align its engagement with ISPs to provide the collective overview required to effect policies, particularly regarding access to IP addresses, domain names, registration of data and removal of registered ISPs involved in criminal activity.
• This overview will allow law enforcement to be involved in a bottom-up multi-stakeholder model, which will:
  • Enhance and further develop strategic relationships with the Internet community and all necessary stakeholders involved in Internet governance;
  • Raise the issues and concerns of law enforcement within the Internet governance process to respective governments;
  • Improve law enforcement knowledge and skills through collaborative training and operational exposure to common problems;
  • Result in an agreed set of requirements which all agencies will work towards;
  • Maximise the number of governance forums, in which the law enforcement perspective can be promoted.
• Law enforcement should prepare for the transition period from IPv4 to IPv6 and the potential abuse of ICANN’s new generic top-level domains. This should include acquiring the necessary knowledge, skills and forensic tools.
• Law enforcement needs to increase its knowledge of the architecture and governance structure of the Internet, and engage with the Internet governance community and other influential governance and commercial bodies to better understand the Internet governance landscape.

By researching and improving law enforcement knowledge of the architecture and governance structure of the Internet, and engaging with the Internet governance community and other influential governance and commercial bodies, better understanding of the Internet governance landscape is to be gained which will be of benefit to the investigations in all Member States.