Communication networks are used every day by millions of European citizens to conduct business, communicate with their friends and family, get the latest news, etc. For this reason, network resiliency is of paramount importance to the European Union. The term resiliency is overloaded, but in this context we use it to mean networks that provide and maintain an acceptable level of service in face of faults (natural disasters, human error, or intentional malicious actions) affecting their normal operation.
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) held a workshop on “Improving Resilience in European e-Communication Networks” on the 12-13 of November 2008 in Brussels. Sotiris Ioannidis participated in the workshop and gave a talk on the Resilience improving features of MPLS, IPv6 and DNSSEC.
