Let's Encrypt
United States · letsencrypt.org · 18 vendors
Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) is a public-benefit non-profit corporation that operates Let's Encrypt. Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certificate Authority (CA) that provides SSL/TLS certificates to enable HTTPS encryption for websites. Its mission is to create a more secure and privacy-respecting web by promoting the widespread adoption of HTTPS.
Resilience scores
- Digital Sovereignty: 83
- Digital Resilience: 7
Disruption prediction
Let's Encrypt has an estimated 11% probability of disruption in the next 6 months.
10 of Let's Encrypt's 18 vendors monitored for disruptions.
Technology vendors
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- and 15 more
Services catalogue
4 services in catalogue across 3 categories; runs on 18 sub-vendors.
- SSL Certificates
- Personal Data Processing
- Let's Encrypt
Insights
Last updated 2026-07-30 · revision 1
18 direct vendors, 193 subvendors
Direct vendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- United States: 15
- United Kingdom: 2
- Canada: 1
Subvendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- Netherlands: 3
- Norway: 3
- UK: 1
Migration Readiness: 9/10
Assessed by AI based on technology stack characteristics (cloud-native vs legacy, containerization, microservices), regulatory environment, data residency requirements, financial stability, and vendor lock-in risks. The score ranges from 0-10, where higher scores indicate better readiness for technology migration.
Let's Encrypt exhibits very high migration readiness. Its tech stack is exceptionally modern and cloud-native, featuring Go, Docker, gRPC/microservices architecture, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). This indicates a highly containerized and distributed system, which is inherently portable across cloud environments. The use of Terraform for infrastructure as code further streamlines and automates potential migration efforts. The lack of specified data residency requirements provides significant flexibility in selecting new operational locations or cloud providers. While 'Total Vendors: 0' is ambiguous, the company's reliance on open-source software (Boulder, ACME protocol) and a modern, modular architecture suggests a low inherent vendor lock-in risk, despite the explicit use of AWS. The primary gaps in assessing migration readiness are the missing data on financial stability (revenue concentration, growth history) and the regulatory environment, which could influence the funding and complexity of a large-scale migration.
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