Welcome from your Academic representative in the OpenSSL Foundation BAC & TAC, and Corporation TACs

Hello everyone,

My name is Nicola Tuveri, and I’m honored to serve as the elected representative for the Academic community in the following OpenSSL governance bodies:

• The OpenSSL Foundation Business Advisory Committee (BAC) and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

• The OpenSSL Corporation Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

My role is to make sure that the concerns, perspectives, and contributions of the academic world are part of OpenSSL’s technical and strategic discussions.

If you’re conducting research in cryptography, systems security, trusted execution environments, open-source governance, or any related area where OpenSSL plays a role, this space is for you.

This Loomio group is our channel for:

• Raising ideas or issues to be forwarded to the BAC and TAC

• Discussing OpenSSL roadmap items from an academic perspective

• Sharing opportunities for collaboration between academia and OpenSSL development

• For your representatives to report on discussions happening within the BACs/TACs

I’ll be posting updates here about upcoming agenda items, discussions I bring forward, and points where community input is most valuable.

To get started:

• Feel free to reply here to introduce yourself

• Let me know what topics you believe the Academic community should prioritize

• Suggest any practical steps we could take to better bridge OpenSSL and academia

Looking forward to the conversations ahead!

Best regards,

Nicola Tuveri