The sources behind figures used on ieisi.org and in IEISI social posts. Each entry quotes the claim as published, lists where it appears, and links the original source with an archived copy. Entries are added as each claim is verified.

Directors with a technology background

“Just 7% of ASX300 directors come from a technology background.”

Used on
CTO Advisory (Digital Directors ANZ role); Board Advisory (hero and evidence, with the 40% accounting, banking and finance figure from the same table); board governance social card
Primary source
Watermark Search International, Board Diversity Index 2024, published by the Governance Institute of Australia. Table “Representation of sector experience”, ASX300 directors with technology experience: 7.2% (2024), 7.1% (2022), 7.1% (2021), 4.0% (2016). The report notes some double-counting, as directors can claim more than one sector.
Original PDF · Archived 30 Sep 2026
Cited by
Joe Longo, Chair, ASIC, “The times they are a-changin’ – but directors’ duties aren’t”, AICD Australian Governance Summit, 12 March 2025:
“By contrast, those with a background in technology was just 7%.”
Original speech · Archived 17 May 2026
Verified
30 September 2026, against the primary PDF. Superseded when the next Board Diversity Index is published.

IPv6 adoption progression

“50%”, “85%” and “90%+”: Google, France, and IEISI testing

Used on
IPv6 (The Tipping Point); IPv6 social card
50%
Google IPv6 statistics, daily share of users reaching Google over IPv6. First at or above 50% on 28 March 2026; highest 50.99% on 26 September 2026. These are weekend peaks: the 30-day average to 28 September 2026 is 47.6%.
Original page · Archived 30 Sep 2026 · archived data file
85%
APNIC Labs IPv6 measurement, France: 85.23% IPv6 capable on 28 September 2026 (30-day average 85.1%, about 23.8 million samples). France is the only economy at 85% or above in the APNIC Labs world table with a sample over 1,000.
Original page · Archived 30 Sep 2026
90%+
Project IPv6-First, Terry Sweetser: a 16-day instrumented study of a SOHO network (Akvorado NetFlow) on a native dual-stack service. Baseline 67.7%, stable 79.2%, peaks above 90% native IPv6.
Case study on /ipv6 · Full case study on Medium
Verified
30 September 2026, against Google’s published data file and the APNIC Labs data embedded in each page. Adoption figures move daily; re-check before reuse.

The book on Kindle Unlimited

“$0: Free to read with Kindle Unlimited”

Used on
The Book; IPv6 book social card
Source
Amazon Australia, Making the IPv6 Decision, Kindle edition: $0.00 with Kindle Unlimited, or $11.99 to buy.
Kindle edition on Amazon
Verified
30 September 2026, in the live listing. A retail status that can change; re-check before each campaign.

Route signing and validation: the RPKI audit

“38% fully sign their routes” (of 122,791 networks); “80%+ traffic protected by the validating core”; “51 of the 100 largest transit networks validating”

Used on
Routing Security (Trust, but verify); routing security social card
Source
IEISI RPKI audit, Terry Sweetser: open code and data triangulating RIPE RIS, BGP.Tools, APNIC Labs, Cloudflare and RIPEstat, with RIPE Atlas verification. Published reports at commit 54f34f8 (reports dated 14 September 2026). ROA signing: 122,791 networks; 37.8% fully signed (>90% of prefixes with ROAs), 4.9% partly signed. Herd immunity: of the 100 largest transit networks, 51 validate routes, and they cover 80.5% of traffic, estimated by customer-cone weight rather than measured traffic volume; across the 1,000 largest, 22.8% validate, covering 78.1%.
Repository · statistics.md · analyze_roa_signing.md · analyze_herd_immunity.md · statistics.md archived 30 Sep 2026
Verified
30 September 2026, against the published commit. The audit re-runs daily; figures are rounded and will move.

Status of RPKI in Australia and New Zealand (2022)

Terry Sweetser’s published research on RPKI in Australia and New Zealand

Used on
Training (Thought Leadership)
Source
Terry Sweetser, “Status of RPKI in Australia and New Zealand”, APNIC Blog, 14 October 2022.
Original post · Archived 30 Sep 2026
Note
Its data dates from 2022 and is superseded by the RPKI audit above. Cited as a publication, not as current figures.

STEM expertise on ASX 500 boards

“13% of ASX 500 directors with STEM expertise”, up from 8%; “over half of ASX 500 boards with no STEM director”; STEM board expertise linked to innovation investment and firm value

Used on
Board Advisory (hero and evidence)
Source
Elms, N., Nowland, J. and Weerasinghe, A. P. (2026), “STEM expertise in Australian boardrooms: trends and impact on firm outcomes”, Journal of Accounting Literature, published 6 March 2026. Hand-collected director data for the top 500 ASX-listed firms, 2007 and 2022.
DOI 10.1108/jal-07-2025-0373
Figures
As reported by the authors in The Conversation, 2 April 2026: STEM directors rose from 8% to 13% of board seats; more than half of the boards had no STEM director. The finding on innovation investment and firm value is from the journal abstract.
The Conversation · Archived 30 Jul 2026
Verified
30 September 2026, against CrossRef metadata and the authors’ own article.

Boards recruiting for AI governance

Technology, digital innovation and AI governance lead board recruitment briefs; boards bring in independent AI experts through advisory committees

Used on
Board Advisory (The Boardroom Gap)
Source 1
Elise Shaw, “What skills are boards recruiting for right now?”, AICD, 27 August 2026. Michelle Gardiner (Derwent) names technology, digital innovation and AI governance as the first of three capability clusters in Derwent’s board searches over the past 12 months.
Original article · Archived 30 Sep 2026
Source 2
Jane Nicholls, “10 skills for new directors”, AICD, 23 January 2026. Chirag Joshi describes serving as the independent AI expert on a board advisory committee.
Original article · Archived 30 Sep 2026
Verified
30 September 2026.

APNIC’s 56 economies

“All 56 APNIC economies” and “56 economies reached, incl. online”

Used on
Home (The Regional View)
Source
APNIC, “APNIC serves the Asia Pacific region”:
“The region served by APNIC covers the entire Asia Pacific, comprising 56 economies throughout Asia and Oceania.”
Original page · Archived 30 Sep 2026
Reach
All 56 economies are reached remotely through Terry Sweetser’s role as APNIC Routing Security SIG Chair (2025 to 2027). See the next entry.
Verified
30 September 2026

Economies worked in, in person

“21 economies, in person”

Used on
Home, CTO Advisory, Training, Routing Security, IPv6, The Book; training social card
Source
Terry Sweetser, Community CV (public, maintained on GitHub):
“21 economies in-person / 56 economies remote (SIG Chair role, 2025-present)”
The CV lists the 21 economies by APNIC subregion.
Community CV (live)
Verified
Confirmed by Terry Sweetser, 29 September 2026, from a full audit of travel records. Community CV checked 30 September 2026.