@proceedings{17883,
  author = {Amreesh Phokeer and Vaibhav Bajpai and Jan Evang},
  title = {Dissecting Global Internet Health with the Internet Resilience Index},
  abstract = {This paper presents a methodological foundation using 30 health indicators to assess and monitor the state of a country{\textquoteright}s Internet ecosystem, with the ultimate goal of fostering a healthy, inclusive, and resilient digital society by identifying areas for improvement. We build a hierarchical structure to weigh and aggregate individual indicators into dimensions and pillars and produce a simple, yet robust score for each country: the Internet Resilience Index (IRI). We apply this methodology across 177 countries to showcase a large-scale comparative evaluation of countries. We find that seven countries in the top five percentile are from Europe, whereas five countries in the bottom five percentile are in Africa. This finding highlights significant regional disparities in Internet resilience. We present a sensitivity analysis to demonstrate the robustness (Pearson correlation coefficient \> 0.98) of IRI and we also present three case studies demonstrating the practical value of the IRI. We believe the IRI, by capturing the multi-dimensionality of the Internet to track resilience, will become a critical tool that allows policymakers to make time-critical decisions to enhance national digital ecosystems.},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address = {London, United Kingdom},
}