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Code Signing Certificate Working Group

The CA/Browser Forum’s Code Signing Certificate Working Group was chartered to work on requirements applicable to Certification Authorities that issue code signing certificates.

Officers

Charter

Code Signing Certificate WG Charter (Ballot)

Ballots

Code Signing Working Group Ballots

Membership Requirements

There are four categories of members in the Code Signing Working Group:

  1. Certificate Issuers: Certificate Authorities that issue publicly trusted code signing certificates. This group can attend all meetings and vote in the working group.
  2. Certificate Consumers: This refers to platforms (OS or other) that “consume” code signing certificates to make decisions about the code signed by the certificate. This group can attend all meetings and vote in the working group.
  3. Interested Parties: Anyone that has an interest in participating in the working group. This group can attend all telephone meetings but cannot vote. They can be invited to face to face meetings by the Chair.
  4. Associate Members: Organizations that add value to the working group as determined by the group. Traditionally these have been organizations such as WebTrust, ETSI, Federal PKI, and ICANN (see: /about/membership/associate-members/ ). Recently this category has been expanded to include organizations that intend to be in categories 1 or 2 but have not completed all the required steps. This group can attend all meetings but cannot vote.

IN ALL CATEGORIES, EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF THE IPR AGREEMENT IS MANDATORY, PER THE CA/BROWSER FORUM BYLAWS (See: /about/ipr-policy/)

How to Join the Code Signing Certificate WG

If interested in joining the Working Group, please submit an email to and include your signed IPR form and category of membership. There is no cost to join.

Mailing List

To subscribe to the public mailing list, click here: https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/cscwg-public

Questions or comments should be sent to questions@cabforum.org.

Members

Root Certificate Issuer

  • AC Camerfirma SA
  • Actalis S.p.A.
  • Asseco Data Systems SA (Certum)
  • eMudhra
  • Entrust
  • E-tugra
  • GDCA
  • GlobalSign
  • GoDaddy
  • HARICA
  • Sectigo
  • SSL.com
  • SSC
  • IdenTrust
  • DigiCert
  • VikingCloud

Certificate Consumer

  • Microsoft

Associate Member

  • Buypass AS
  • Chunghwa Telecom
  • Comsign
  • DigitalTrust
  • DarkMatter
  • D-TRUST
  • TrustAsia
  • SHECA
  • Keyfactor
  • TWCA
  • Cisco Systems
  • ACAB Council
  • CPA Canada/WebTrust
  • ETSI
  • Amazon

Interested Party

  • TL Certification Centre Co., Ltd(泰尔认证中心有限公司)
  • Intel
  • AGMS Information Technology Solutions
  • Insta Advance OY
  • PSW
  • Hydraulic Software AG
  • Doowon Kim
  • QuantuSS Network
  • IBM
  • Maria Merkel
  • Common Crypto Authority
Latest releases
Code Signing Requirements
v3.7 - Mar 4, 2024

S/MIME Requirements
v1.0.3 - Ballot SMC05 - Feb 20, 2024

Adding CAA.

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