Do you have autonomy over your network? Do you know who controls the IP addresses your company’s network and services depend on? What happens to your network if you decide to switch providers or if your Internet Service Provider (ISP) asks you to return the IP addresses they assigned to you? Getting space directly from ARIN means that your organization directly holds the rights for IPv4 and IPv6 address blocks, which means that those addresses were provided to you directly by ARIN or its predecessors and can be considered portable. It is simple to request, and once you obtain IP addresses directly from ARIN (or through an approved transfer) you will have network autonomy and be able to set your own routing security policies. Hear from the CCO (Chief Customer Officer) of ARIN, the American Registry for Internet Numbers as he takes you on a journey to understanding IP Address Autonomy and why it is so important.