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- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:55:11 -0500
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W3C Communications Team
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W3C Accelerates Efforts to Build a More Secure Web with Launch of Web
Authentication Working Group
17 February 2016
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5295>
W3C Announced today the launch of the Web Authentication Working
Group whose goal is to develop standards using strong
cryptographic operations in place of password exchange. This
approach offers a more secure and flexible alternative to
password-based log-ins on the Web, often seen as being annoying to
use and offering weak protection.
“When strong authentication is easy to deploy, we make the Web
safer for daily use, personal and commercial,” said Sir Tim
Berners-Lee, Web Inventor and W3C Director. “With the scope and
frequency of attacks increasing, it is imperative for W3C to
develop new standards and best practices for increased security on
the Web.”
The W3C’s Web Authentication technical work is being accelerated
thanks to a W3C member submission of FIDO 2.0 Web APIs from
members of the FIDO Alliance. The submitted APIs are intended to
ensure standards-based strong authentication across all Web
browsers and related Web platform infrastructure.
The new Web Authentication Working Group’s first meeting will take
place 4 March 2016 in San Francisco, conveniently timed for people
who are also attending the RSA USA Conference. For more
information about the Web Authentication Working Group, see the
press release.
<https://www.w3.org/2016/02/securewebauthwg.html.en>
More news: <http://www.w3.org/blog/news/>
Workshops
W3C Blog
* W3C and Intel collaboration brings HTML5 Introduction course
offering
<https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/02/w3c-intel-html5-introductory-
course-offering/>
21 February 2016 by Marie-Claire Forgue
<http://www.w3.org/People/mcf/>
* The Evolving Web Security Strategy: The Web Authentication
Working Group to end passwords
<https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/02/webauth-launches-security-str
ategy/>
18 February 2016 by Harry Halpin
Upcoming Talks
* 2016-03-08 (8 MAR)
Web Cryptography Workshop
O'Reilly Fluent Conference
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San Francisco, CA, USA
* 2016-04-07 (7 APR)
Portable Web Publications
<https://www.w3.org/2016/Talks/EPUBSummit-IH/>
by Ivan Herman
EPUB Summit
<http://edrlab.org/edrlab/index.php/epub-summit/>
Bordeaux, France
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