Security News > 2020 > February > Let's Encrypt Issues Over 1 Billion Certificates
2020-02-28 13:54
Free and open certificate authority Let's Encrypt on Thursday issued its billionth certificate, four and a half years after issuing the first certificate.
It provides free digital certificates and also handles the certificate management process for site owners.
The CA launched publicly in December 2015 and issued one million certificates by March 2016.
By June 2017, it had issued over 100 million certificates.
"As a community we've done incredible things to protect people on the Web. Having issued one billion certificates is affirmation of all the progress we've made as a community, and we're excited to keep working with you to create an even more secure and privacy-respecting Web for everyone," Aas notes.