CA/Browser Forum

Leadership

The CA/Browser Forum strives to be a consensus-driven organization. There is no formal organizational structure. There are two recognized roles within the Forum and Working Group level: Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson. The Chairperson is responsible for coordinating meetings, preparing meeting minutes, and other organizational activities. The Vice Chairperson performs the duties of the Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson, and other tasks delegated to the Chair and Vice-Chair. Further details concerning the responsibilities of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson can be found in the Bylaws.

Past Chairs and Vice Chairs

Current CA/Browser Forum Chair and Vice Chair

  • Chairperson: Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Paul van Brouwershaven (Entrust)

Term begins Nov 1, 2022 and ends Oct 31, 2024.

Server Certificate Working Group

  • Chairperson: Iñigo Barreira (Sectigo)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Kiran Tummala (Microsoft)

Term begins Nov 1, 2022 and ends Oct 31, 2024

Code-Signing Certificate Working Group

  • Chairperson: Dean Coclin (Digicert)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Bruce Morton (Entrust)

Term begins Nov 1, 2022 and ends Oct 31, 2024.

SMIME Certificate Working Group

  • Chairperson: Stephen Davidson (Digicert)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo)

Term begins Nov 1, 2022 and ends Oct 31, 2024

Network Security Working Group

Term begins Nov 1, 2022 and ends Oct 31, 2024

Latest releases
Code Signing Requirements
v3.8 - Aug 5, 2024

What’s Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/v3.7...v3.8

S/MIME Requirements
v1.0.6 - Ballot SMC08 - Aug 29, 2024

This ballot sets a date by which issuance of certificates following the Legacy generation profiles must cease. It also includes the following minor updates:

  • Pins the domain validation procedures to v 2.0.5 of the TLS Baseline Requirements while the ballot activity for multi-perspective validation is concluded, and the SMCWG determines its corresponding course of action;
  • Updates the reference for SmtpUTF8Mailbox from RFC 8398 to RFC 9598; and
  • Small text corrections in the Reference section

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
v2.0 - Ballot NS-003 - Jun 26, 2024

Ballot NS-003: Restructure the NCSSRs in https://github.com/cabforum/netsec/pull/35

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The Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum) is a voluntary gathering of Certificate Issuers and suppliers of Internet browser software and other applications that use certificates (Certificate Consumers).