2. Critical National Internet Infrastructure
Domain
Name
Registry (.gh)
Root Server
Copy ( F-
Root Project)
Cyber
Security-
Infrastructure
Protection
IP Numbers
Resources
(IPv4 to IPv6)
Internet
Exchange
Point (G IXP)
National
Internet
Backbone
(Private,
Gov.)
International
Gateways
Operators
National
Datacentre
Infrastructure
3. Domain Name (.gh) Registry Project
Automation Project Completed
Equipment Installed and operational
Technical Management to be outsourced to a consultant
to operate
GDNR - Domain Name Organization
Established by ACT of Parliament (ACT 772 –ETA)
Multi-stakeholder Local Internet Community
Develop Policy for Registry
Oversee operation of registry
Registry Board to lead
4. .gh Registry Project
Registry Ready for DNSSEC implementation
3R Registry Model to be adopted
Call for EOI for Registrars (Open)
Registrar Accreditation Process
Registrar Association to be formed to Interface with
registry
5. Root Server Project
Domain Name Registry planning to Deploy copy of
root server
GIXP also planning to deploy copy of root server
Need to harmonize effort – Look at installing L- and
R- Servers
Ghana to benefit for speeding up of Internet by joint
effort
Joint committee proposed to work on this project
6. Cyber Security – CERT-GH
National Cyber Security Policy and Strategy already developed by Ministry
with Multi-stakeholder support
Security Incidence Handling and response
National CERT (CERT-GH) Deployed as coordination CERT
Ministry of Communications & ITU /IMPACT
Sectoral CERTs to be developed along side
ARN, GOV (NITA), NSA, FIN, ISP, BUS
Coordination Centre @ Ghana Multimedia Centre
Team to move to 3rd floor of new MOC building
Constituents of National CERT (mostly network operators) to manage
incidences when they receive incidence reports
Governance of CERT-GH – Independent entity with government funding ?
PPP Information Sharing platform developed and being operationalized
Governance- Info Sharing platform by PPP Steering Committee
7. IPv4 to IPv6 Transition
IP number resources administered by AfriNIC
Subscribe to be member
Depletion of IPv4 ( Critical Numbers Resources)
Need to adopt IPv6 number system
Migration Plan
Capacity Building
Equipment compliance enforcement
Need to have National Task Force
All Stakeholders
MOC & NITA to spear heard formation of Taskforce
8. Ghana Internet eXchange Point (GIXP)
Established in 2005
Managed by GIX Association
Has membership of 17 Operators
Exchange of Local traffic
Ghana traffic remains in Ghana
Members mostly commercial Operators
Governance?
Non-commercial (Edu) operators
Issues?
9. National Internet backbone
Principally driven by private operators
NCBC (Vodafone Wholesale)
Mobile Operators
Government providing infrastructure
NITA Eastern Corridor completed, Western Corridor planned
GIFEC Universal Service Obligations
Policy, laws on sharing infrastructure
Issues
High Cost of maintenance of Fiber
Incentives for deployments
Need for national plan to guide future expansion of
Infrastructure
10. International Gateway
Five Sub-marine Operators
0ver 12,3 Tbps capacity
Satellite Gateway operators?
Policy and Law on International gateway
Promoting International Gateways
Issues and challenges
11. National Data Centres InfrastructurePrimaryDC
spans across three floor
in new NITA-MOC
Building near AITI-KACE
Over 600 Racks space
and up
- 2 Pentabyte storage
capacity
Sits on 10GBps Fiber
around heart of Accra
SecondaryDC
Located in Kumasi
Connected to Primary via
high speed Fibre Optics
cables
To operate Active –Active
with Primary Data Center
DisasterRecovery
Located in Tamale
Connected to Primary &
Secondary via High
speed Fibre Optics
•Primarily to store all government data securely
•Lease of capacity to private sector for DC and DR services
12. Way Forward
Registry @ National Datacenter
GIXP @ National Datacenter
GarNET Exchange @ National Datacenter
CERT-GH Operating from National Dataenter
Synergies of Registry, GIXP, GarNET and National CERT
and other National Infrastructure offer good
preposition Joint Root Server Project and other Critical
National Internet Ifrastructure
