Data privacy.
Secure connections. For everyone.
Our Mission
OpenSSL Foundation works to ensure that everyone, including nonprofits, academics, and independent developers, has access to fundamental data privacy and security tools that are the backbone of internet protection, quietly safeguarding millions of users.
We do this to help build a safer internet — one that serves the public interest and upholds privacy and security as foundational rights.
What we do
OpenSSL Foundation enables access to online privacy and security tools for everyone as a fundamental human right. We do this by:
OpenSSL Ecosystem
OpenSSL Foundation is part of a broader OpenSSL ecosystem, which includes OpenSSL Corporation, the OpenSSL Conference, OpenSSL Projects, and Communities, with the OpenSSL Library at the center. While each of these groups has its own distinct purpose, we all have signed on to the overarching OpenSSL Mission:
We believe everyone should have access to security and privacy tools, whoever they are, wherever they are or whatever their personal beliefs are, as a fundamental human right.
Our shared values
Communities
We believe all our communities are important.
Open source principles
We believe in the principles of open source software, not only for its inherent values but also for the transparency and accountability it provides to our security and privacy tools.
Conduct
We believe in behaving in a manner that fosters trust and confidence.
We believe everyone should have access to security and privacy tools.
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