NRO RPKI Program

As a result of the NRO Strategic Review Process, the NRO agreed to work toward providing a robust, coordinated and secure RPKI service. To achieve this strategic goal, the NRO RPKI Program was created, with a more specific purpose of providing a more consistent and uniformly secure, resilient and reliable RPKI service, removing barriers for RPKI adoption currently experienced by network operators who create RPKI objects through multiple RIRs.

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Who we are

The RPKI Program Team consists of:

  • The NRO EC, as the executive sponsor of the program, with a role of strategic goal prioritization, approval and funding
  • The NRO RPKI Program Manager, with a role of operational direction, oversight and support
  • The RPKI Steering Group, which includes RPKI experts from the five RIRs and has a role of specific direction and advise related to agreed objectives
  • Other RIR RPKI Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and consultative groups, with a role of goal delivery and execution

What we are aiming to achieve

2024 Objectives

In the first year of the program, there was agreement to work toward gaining a better understanding of what a single, global RPKI system would look like; better measuring the robustness of the RPKI system as a whole and enhancing the security consistency of the RPKI system across the different RIRs, while keeping the technical community informed and engaged throughout the program and addressing RPKI-related concerns in a coordinated way.

2025 Objectives

For 2025, we have streamlined our objectives into two primary areas:

1.- Enhancing the transparency, robustness and security of the RPKI system.

Our first objective is to gain a better understanding and make progress toward improved transparency, robustness, and security of the RPKI system. A key focus will be to publish a solution for consultation with the technical community that addresses current concerns regarding the RPKI trust anchor configuration.

2.- Increasing the consistency of the RPKI system user experience across RIRs.

Additionally, we hope to increase the consistency of the RPKI system user experience. This will involve consolidating RPKI-related documentation, standardizing terminology, and aligning on recommended best practices. We are also planning to complete a comprehensive gap analysis of the RPKI user interfaces across all RIRs and produce a roadmap for implementation of an agreed set of core RPKI features.

This work will be performed while keeping the technical community informed and engaged throughout the program by sharing updates and publishing relevant documents.

A comprehensive repository of information is also available: RPKI Content Repository

Get in touch

Do you have any questions, ideas or input that you would like to share?

Email us at rpki_program [at] nro.net

Your feedback is a valuable component of efforts to improve RPKI implementation across the registry system. Input received from RPKI users, through direct email or in response to periodic surveys, provides data that informs discussion and helps shape future improvements in alignment with the strategic goals of the RPKI Program.

We appreciate the insights and experiences that community members share to make RPKI better for everyone.

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Last modified on 27/08/2025