Web Authentication Working Group
{{Infobox organization
| name = Web Authentication Working Group
| formation = {{start date and age|2016|02|17}}
| abbreviation = WebAuthn WG
| status = Working group
| purpose = Public-key cryptography API for the web
| leader_name = {{plainlist|
}}
| parent_organization = World Wide Web Consortium
| website = {{Official website|https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webauthn/}}
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/2015/12/web-authentication-charter.html|title=Web Authentication Working Group Charter|publisher=W3C|accessdate=March 14, 2016}}
On 20 March 2018, the WebAuthn standard was published as a W3C Candidate Recommendation.{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/ |title=Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials - Level 2 |website=www.w3.org |access-date=April 12, 2018}}