About the Certification Authority/Browser Forum
The Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum) is a voluntary organization of leading certification authorities (CAs) and vendors of Internet browser software and other applications.
Members of the CA/Browser Forum have worked closely together in defining the guidelines and means of implementation for the Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificate standard as a way of providing a heightened security for Internet transactions and creating a more intuitive method of displaying secure sites to Internet users.
As of January, 2008 the CA/Browser Forum includes the following members:
Certification Authorities
- A-Trust GmbH
- Trustwave
- Certum
- Comodo CA Ltd
- Cybertrust
- DigiCert, Inc.
- DigiNotar
- Echoworx Corporation
- Entrust, Inc.
- GeoTrust, Inc.
- Getronics PinkRoccade
- GlobalSign
- GoDaddy.com, Inc.
- IdenTrust, Inc.
- ipsCA, IPS Certification Authority s.l.
- Izenpe S.A.
- Network Solutions, LLC
- QuoVadis Ltd.
- RSA Security, Inc.
- SECOM Trust Systems CO., Ltd.
- Skaitmeninio sertifikavimo centras (SSC)
- SwissSign AG
- TC TrustCenter GmbH
- TDC Certification Authority
- Thawte, Inc.
- Trustis Limited
- VeriSign, Inc.
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Internet Browser Software Vendors
- KDE
- Microsoft Corporation
- Opera Software ASA
- The Mozilla Foundation
In addition to the above entities, members of the Information Security Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Science & Technology Law and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants have participated in developing the standards for Extended Validation SSL certificate procedures and standards.
CA/Browser Forum Membership Requirements
CA/Browser Forum members shall meet at least one of the following criteria.
- Issuing CA:- The member organization operates a certification authority that has a current and successful WebTrust for CAs audit, or ETSI 102042 or ETSI 101456 audit report prepared by a properly-qualified auditor, and that actively issues certificates to Web servers that are openly accessible from the Internet using any one of the mainstream browsers.
- Root CA:- The member organization operates a certification authority that has a current and successful WebTrust for CAs, or ETSI 102042 or ETSI 101456 audit report prepared by a properly-qualified auditor, and that actively issues certificates to subordinate CAs that, in turn, actively issue certificates to Web servers that are openly accessible from the Internet using any one of the mainstream browsers.
- Browser:- The member organization produces a software product intended for use by the general public for browsing the Web securely.