Web Authentication Working Group Explained

Web Authentication Working Group
Abbreviation:	WebAuthn WG
Status:	Working group
Purpose:	Public-key cryptography s for the web
Leader Name:	John Fontana Anthony Nadalin
Parent Organization:

The Web Authentication Working Group, created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on February 17, 2016, has for mission, in the Security Activity, to define a client-side API providing strong authentication functionality to Web Applications.^[1]

On 20 March 2018, the WebAuthn standard was published as a W3C Candidate Recommendation.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Web Authentication Working Group Charter. W3C. March 14, 2016.
2. Web site: Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials - Level 2 . www.w3.org . April 12, 2018.