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.[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". 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.
