APNIC’s resource delegation audit program continues to progress as planned.
The primary activity of the program is to review all IPv4 resource delegations and transfers made by APNIC and each NIR over a 10-year period to ensure compliance with address policy. This activity is supported by several other proactive initiatives to maintain registry accuracy and strengthen policy compliance.
The analysis of JPNIC registry data was completed in the first quarter (Q1 – February) with no adverse findings. This update covers activities in Q2 (April – June).
Audit and remedial actions progress
APNIC’s analysis of VNNIC registry data began in Q2 and continues.
APJII has progressed its investigation of APNIC’s preliminary findings in 2024, identifying and contacting several organizations with inconsistent, expired, or missing data in the IDNIC registry. As of 27 June, 104 delegations had been identified to be reclaimed and returned to the APNIC IPv4 free pool. All organizations with missing data in the IDNIC registry will be contacted in the coming months and further space will be reclaimed where non-compliance exists. Once this initial phase is complete, clusters of delegations with common connections and data points will be examined further by APJII to determine the compliance of those delegations with address policy. The next update from APJII will be provided in Q3.
APNIC’s analysis of registry data from the remaining NIRs, and APNIC’s own registry, will continue throughout 2025.
Supporting initiatives
Alongside the core delegation audit activities, APNIC is pursuing several other initiatives to further strengthen policy compliance.
A detailed review of APNIC’s resource delegation processes, workflows, and team structures began with the recent organizational realignment. The sub-regional team structure in the Member and Registry Services area has been changed, and updated ownership of compliance responsibilities established. The process and workflow components of the review will progress in the second half of the year.
Randomized spot checks on new APNIC delegations to confirm policy compliance continue as a standard process. Account accuracy checks, where APNIC staff work with existing Members to assist them with ensuring their registry data is accurate, will be implemented as an ongoing process in Q3.
Further information
Information about the resource delegation audit program is stored on a dedicated web page. The next progress update will be published in Q3.
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