The 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.

The OpenSSL Ecosystem

The OpenSSL Foundation is part of a broader OpenSSL ecosystem, which also includes the OpenSSL Corporation, 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 agree with the principles of the overarching OpenSSL Mission, which reads:

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.

To ensure alignment across all groups, we all share the same core values:

• We believe all our communities are important.
• 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.
• We believe in behaving in a manner that fosters trust and confidence.
• We believe that our governance and output should be transparent and open.
• We believe that no Government, Organisation or Individual should have undue influence over the delivery of our mission.