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Associate Members

The CA/Browser Forum enters into liaison / associate member relationships with a number of organizations who have been determined will work collaboratively with the Forum. These include the CPA Canada WebTrust Task Force, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), tScheme, the U.S. Federal PKI, and CAs applying for membership, but not fully qualified.

Participation as an Associate Member is by invitation only.

Current Associate Members include:

  • ACAB Council
  • CertiPath
  • CPA Canada/WebTrust
  • DarkMatter
  • ETSI
  • Keyfactor
  • tScheme
  • US Federal PKI Management Authority
  • Zone Media
Latest releases
Code Signing Requirements
v3.8 - Aug 5, 2024

What’s Changed CSC-25: Import EV Guidelines to CS Baseline Requirements by @dzacharo in https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/pull/38 Full Changelog: https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/v3.7...v3.8

S/MIME Requirements
v1.0.7 - Ballot SMC09 - Nov 25, 2024

This ballot includes updates for the following: • Require pre-linting of leaf end entity Certificates starting September 15, 2025 • Require WebTrust for Network Security for audits starting after April 1, 2025 • Clarify that multiple certificatePolicy OIDs are allowed in end entity certificates • Clarify use of organizationIdentifer references • Update of Appendix A.2 Natural Person Identifiers This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Clint Wilson (Apple) and Martijn Katerbarg (Sectigo).

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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