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| Founded | May 24, 2013 |
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| Founders | Josh Aas, Eric Rescorla |
| Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit organization |
| 46-3344200 | |
| Registration no. | C3569614 |
| Legal status | Active |
| Focus | Internet Security |
| Location |
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Region 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 Linux45
- Divvi Up, a telemetry service6
Board members
The Internet Security Research Group has 10 board members as of June 2024.7
- 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
References
- "Let's Encrypt: Delivering SSL/TLS Everywhere | Let's Encrypt". letsencrypt.org. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- "EFF, Mozilla back new certificate authority that will offer free SSL certificates". www.arnnet.com.au. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- Shankland, Stephen. "Privacy push means free encryption for websites". CNET. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- Salter, Jim (June 21, 2021). "The ISRG wants to make the Linux kernel memory-safe with Rust". Ars Technica. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- "More Memory Safety for Let's Encrypt: Deploying ntpd-rs". Let's Encrypt. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- Alden, Daroc (August 2, 2024). "Divvi Up: privacy-respecting telemetry aggregation". LWN.net. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- "About Internet Security Research Group". Internet Security Research Group. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
