Internet Security Research Group

Californian Public-benefit non-profit organization focused on Internet security
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The Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) is a public-benefit non-profit corporation based in California which focuses on Internet security.[2] The group is known for hosting and running the Let's Encrypt service, which aims to make Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates available for free in an automated fashion.[3] Josh Aas serves as the group's executive director.[4]

Projects

ISRG has three project areas:

  • Let's Encrypt, a certificate authority that provides free certificates, with components including the Automatic Certificate Management Environment protocol
  • Prossimo, an initiative that supports memory safety projects including Rustls and Rust for Linux[5]
  • Divvi Up, a telemetry service[6]

Board members

The Internet Security Research Group has 10 board members as of June 2024[update].[7]

  • Josh Aas (Internet Security Research Group) — ISRG Executive Director
  • J. Alex Halderman (University of Michigan)
  • Vicky Chin (Mozilla)
  • Aanchal Gupta (Independent)
  • Jennifer Granick (ACLU)
  • Pascal Jaillon (OVH)
  • Richard Barnes (Cisco Systems)
  • Christine Runnegar (Internet Society)
  • Erica Portnoy (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
  • David Nalley (Amazon)

References

  1. ^ "About Internet Security Research Group". Internet Security Research Group. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  2. ^ "Let's Encrypt: Delivering SSL/TLS Everywhere | Let's Encrypt". letsencrypt.org. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  3. ^ "EFF, Mozilla back new certificate authority that will offer free SSL certificates". www.arnnet.com.au. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  4. ^ Shankland, Stephen. "Privacy push means free encryption for websites". CNET. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  5. ^ Salter, Jim (2021-06-21). "The ISRG wants to make the Linux kernel memory-safe with Rust". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  6. ^ Alden, Daroc (August 2, 2024). "Divvi Up: privacy-respecting telemetry aggregation". LWN.net. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  7. ^ "About Internet Security Research Group". Internet Security Research Group. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
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