White House Unveils Road Map to Fix BGP

The White House Office of the National Cyber Director released a roadmap to enhance Internet routing security by encouraging widespread adoption of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) — including Route Origin Authorizations (ROAs) and Route Origin Validation (ROV) — and recommending baseline actions for network operators and federal agencies; the report cites historical BGP hijacks and current adoption statistics and urges policy measures and grant/contract requirements to accelerate deployment.