Goal 9 shows target 9.1 as: “Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all.” The same page places ICT access under target 9.C, not 9.1: “Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020.”

The UN Statistics Division metadata for Goal 9 identifies target 9.1 as infrastructure-focused: “Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all.” It does not describe cyberattack protection as part of target 9.1.

Target 9.1: "Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all." Indicator 9.1.1: "Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road." The indicator is measured by combining geospatial data on where people live, the spatial distribution of the road network, and road passability. There is no mention of digital networks, ICT networks or cybersecurity in the text defining target 9.1 or indicator 9.1.1.

Under Goal 9, the UN metadata page lists: "Target 9.1: Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all." It then specifies Indicator 9.1.1: "Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road" and Indicator 9.1.2: "Passenger and freight volumes, by mode of transport." The description of Target 9.1 and its indicators refers to physical transport infrastructure and does not include any language about protecting digital or ICT networks from cyberattacks or disruptions.

Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. Target 9.c: "Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020." Indicator 9.c.1: "Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, by technology." The metadata explains that coverage "refers to LTE, broadband (3G) and narrowband (2G) mobile-cellular technologies" and is calculated as the percentage of inhabitants within range of a mobile-cellular signal. There is no reference to cybersecurity, protection from cyberattacks, or resilience of ICT networks in this target or indicator description.

In the official global indicator framework, under Goal 9, Target 9.1 is listed as: "Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well‑being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all." The associated indicators are 9.1.1 "Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road" and 9.1.2 "Passenger and freight volumes, by mode of transport." Target 9.c appears separately: "Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020." No wording in Target 9.1 refers to protecting digital or ICT networks from cyberattacks or disruptions.

This explainer quotes the UN wording for SDG 9 target 9.1 as: “Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all.” It also quotes target 9.C separately for ICT access and universal Internet access in least developed countries.

The ITU notes: "ITU supports countries in achieving SDG 9 (specifically SDG Target 9.c) by enabling access to the Internet and other ICTs." It explains that Target 9.c is about significantly increasing access to ICTs and achieving universal and affordable Internet in least developed countries, positioning ICT within SDG 9 mainly as an access and infrastructure issue. The backgrounder does not describe Target 9.1 as including protections of ICT networks from cyberattacks; instead, it treats cyber resilience more broadly as a cross-cutting concern rather than a specific clause in Target 9.1.

For SDG 9, the Pacific Data Hub describes: "Target 9.1: Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all." It lists "Indicator 9.1.1: Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road" and other indicators such as 9.a.1 and 9.b.1. Under Target 9.c it states: "Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020" with "Indicator 9.c.1: Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, by technology." The page associates ICT access with Target 9.c rather than with Target 9.1 and does not refer to cyberattacks or network protection in the description of Target 9.1.

The regional SDG framework page reproduces the UN text for Goal 9. For Target 9.1 it states: "Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all." Associated global indicators are 9.1.1 "Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road" and 9.1.2 "Passenger and freight volumes, by mode of transport." ICT-specific language appears under Target 9.c: "Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020." The target texts for 9.1 do not include any reference to cybersecurity or protecting ICT networks from attacks.

The German national metadata cites the UN definition: "SDG Goal 9; SDG Target 9.1: Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all; SDG Indicator 9.1.1: Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road." It defines the time series as measuring "the share of a country’s rural population that lives within 2 km of an all-season road." The document states that the series "is compliant with the UN metadata" and contains no reference to digital infrastructure, ICT networks or cyber security in relation to Target 9.1.

The ITU technical sheets describe proposed ICT-related indicators for the SDG monitoring framework, including for Goal 9. For Target 9.c they describe an indicator on "proportion of population covered by a mobile-cellular network, broken down by technology" as measuring coverage by 2G, 3G, and 4G mobile networks. The document focuses on access and coverage metrics and does not define any SDG 9 target or indicator in terms of protecting ICT networks from cyberattacks or disruptions. Cybersecurity is mentioned elsewhere in ITU work but not as part of SDG 9.1.

The ICCROM SDG 9.1 page reproduces the official text: "Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all." The description focuses on physical infrastructure and equitable access, without referencing information and communications technology networks, cybersecurity, or protection from cyberattacks.

The CyberPeace Institute states that "Each SDG includes a digital component, although some are more digitally-focused than others. Reference to ICTs can be found explicitly as a target under SDG 9 – 'Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation'." It argues that digitalization creates vulnerabilities where critical infrastructure and NGOs become "increasingly vulnerable to disruption to their operations, from different forms of cyberattacks or the use of surveillance technologies." This analysis links cyberattacks and cyber resilience conceptually to SDG 9 but does not claim that Target 9.1 textually includes language on protecting ICT networks from cyberattacks.

SANDAG’s presentation of SDG 9 adopts the UN text for **Target 9.1**: "Develop quality, reliable, sustainable, and resilient infrastructure, including regional and trans-border infrastructure to support economic development and human well-being with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all." The indicators and explanatory material relate to infrastructure quality and access; there is no reference to cybersecurity or the protection of ICT networks from cyberattacks.

In this presentation, Microsoft notes: "Our digital world needs to be protected. Last year, nearly a billion people were victims of a cyberattack or digital crime." It frames cybersecurity and protection of digital infrastructure as essential to achieving the SDGs, including SDG 9, by arguing that cyberattacks can disrupt critical services and development efforts. However, the document is an advocacy and policy paper: it does not alter or reinterpret the formal wording of SDG 9 Target 9.1, and it does not present any official UN text stating that Target 9.1 includes explicit provisions on protecting ICT networks from cyberattacks.

UN SDG 9 is commonly divided into targets 9.1 through 9.5 and means-of-implementation targets 9.a through 9.c. In the official UN wording, ICT access appears in target 9.c, while 9.1 is about resilient infrastructure; the phrase about protecting ICT networks from cyberattacks and disruptions is not part of the official wording of target 9.1.

In an explainer on SDG 9, the presenter describes **Target 9.1** as: "develop quality reliable sustainable and resilient infrastructure including regional and transborder infrastructure to support economic and human well-being with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all." They explain that "infrastructure" is broadly defined but emphasize that within SDG 9 it focuses mainly on hard infrastructure such as transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, measured by proximity to all-season roads and transport or freight volumes. The explanation does not say that target 9.1 includes protecting digital or ICT networks from cyberattacks.

This page states that SDG 9 is made up of five targets and three means of implementation, and that the ICT-related language belongs to the separate access-to-technology target rather than target 9.1. It is a lower-authority secondary source, but it reflects the same target split used by the UN.