About the Internet Society Founded by Internet pioneers, the Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet. Working through a global community of chapters and members, the Internet Society collaborates with a broad range of groups to promote the technologies that keep the Internet safe and secure, and advocates for policies that enable universal access. The Internet Society is also the organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). About the Commission of the African Union The African Union (AU) was officially launched in July 2002 in Durban, South Africa, following a decision in September 1999 by its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) which was formed in 1963, to create a new continental organization to build on its work. A total number of 54 countries joined the new organization, whose headquarters remained in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Commission of the African Union (AUC) is the secretariat of the AU, entrusted with executive functions, it is composed of ten officials, a Chairperson, a Deputy Chairperson and eight Commissioners. The structure represents the AU and protects its interests under the auspices of the Assembly of Heads of States and Governments as well as the Executive Committee. The AUC is made up of portfolios which are: Peace and Security, Political Affairs, Trade and Industry, Infrastructure and Energy, Social Affairs, Rural Economy and Agriculture, Human Resources, Science and Technology, and Economic Affairs. The guiding vision for Agenda 2063 is the AU Vision of: “An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena”. The mission of the AU Commission is “to become an efficient and value adding institution driving the Africa integration and development process in close collaboration with African Union Member States, the regional economic communities, and African citizens”. Acknowledgments We would like to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of Ahmed Hussein (HiLCoE Computer Systems Engineering) and Mulugeta Libsie (Addis Ababa University), who worked on the first draft of the guidelines as well as reviewed the successive drafts based on the input from contributing experts, including: Souhila Amazouz (AUC), Dawit Bekele (ISOC), Abdoullah Cisse (Carapace), Niel Harper (ISOC), Jean-Robert Hountomey (AfricaCERT), Olaf Kolkman (ISOC), Ben Maddison (Workonline), Choolwe Nalubamba (ZICTA), Steve Olshansky (ISOC), Barrack Otieno (AFTLD), Ryan Polk (ISOC), Nii Quaynor (AfNOG), Andrei Robachevsky (ISOC), Bob Rotsted (NSRC), Christine Runnegar (ISOC), Joe St Sauver (Farsight Security, Inc.), and Moctar Yedaly (AUC). 2 Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa internetsociety.org