Organization:Internet Security Research Group
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| Founded | May 24, 2013 |
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| Founders | Josh Aas, Eric Rescorla |
| Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit organization |
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| Registration no. | C3569614 |
| Legal status | Active |
| Focus | Internet Security |
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Area served | Global |
| Website | abetterinternet isrg |
The Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) is a public-benefit non-profit corporation based in California which focuses on Internet security.[1] 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.[2] Josh Aas serves as the group's executive director.[3]
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 ntpd-rs, Rustls, and Rust for Linux[4][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
- ↑ "Let's Encrypt: Delivering SSL/TLS Everywhere | Let's Encrypt" (in en-US). https://letsencrypt.org/2014/11/18/announcing-lets-encrypt.html.
- ↑ "EFF, Mozilla back new certificate authority that will offer free SSL certificates". https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/559910/eff-mozilla-back-new-certificate-authority-will-offer-free-ssl-certificates/.
- ↑ Shankland, Stephen. "Privacy push means free encryption for websites" (in en). https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/privacy-push-means-free-encryption-for-websites/.
- ↑ Salter, Jim (2021-06-21). "The ISRG wants to make the Linux kernel memory-safe with Rust" (in en-us). https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/lets-encrypt-parent-org-sponsors-rust-for-linux-kernel-development/.
- ↑ "More Memory Safety for Let’s Encrypt: Deploying ntpd-rs" (in en-US). https://letsencrypt.org/2024/06/24/ntpd-rs-deployment/.
- ↑ Alden, Daroc (August 2, 2024). "Divvi Up: privacy-respecting telemetry aggregation" (in en). https://lwn.net/Articles/983843/.
- ↑ "About Internet Security Research Group". https://www.abetterinternet.org/about/.
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