Press release: W3C and Yubico offer first online Web Authentication course for developers

Dear friends of W3C,

Amid growing need around the world to modernize authentication and address phishing and credential theft, W3C and Yubico announced today the opening of registration for a W3Cx online education course that teaches developers how to build and incorporate modern authentication techniques into their web-based applications using W3C’s Web Authentication (WebAuthn).

W3C and Yubico collaborated to design the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled “Introduction to Web Authentication” to equip learners with the knowledge to replace aging password-based credentials with a secure model that incorporates strong authentication. The course begins 30 November 2021 and is free to learners who can opt-into a paid course and earn a certificate of completion.

To learn more, the press release is copied as text below and online at: https://www.w3.org/2021/10/pressrelease-webauthn-mooc.html.en

Please feel free to contact me at <w3t-pr@w3.org> or Karin Muskopf, Sr. Director, Global Communications <karin.muskopf@yubico.com> for more information or to schedule an interview.

Thank you.

best,

Amy van der Hiel
W3C Media Relations Coordinator

 

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   [1]W3C [2]Yubico 

      [1] 
https://www.w3.org/

      [2] 
https://www.yubico.com/


    W3C and Yubico offer first online Web Authentication course for
                               developers
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   [3]Translations | [4]W3C Press Release Archive
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https://www.w3.org/Press/Releases-2021#webauthn-mooc

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https://www.w3.org/Press/


   [5]webauthn logo

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https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-web-authentication


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https://www.w3.org/, and [7]https://www.yubico.com
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   October 2021 — Amid growing need around the world to modernize
   authentication and address phishing and credential theft, W3C
   and Yubico announced today the opening of registration for a
   W3Cx online education course that teaches developers how to
   build and incorporate modern authentication techniques into
   their web-based applications using W3C’s Web Authentication
   (WebAuthn).

      [6] 
https://www.w3.org/

      [7] 
https://www.yubico.com/


   W3C and Yubico collaborated to design the Massive Open Online
   Course (MOOC) titled “[8]Introduction to Web Authentication” to
   equip learners with the knowledge to replace aging
   password-based credentials with a secure model that
   incorporates strong authentication. The course begins 30
   November 2021 and is free to learners who can opt-into a paid
   course and earn a certificate of completion.

      [8] 
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-web-authentication


   “Yubico is happy to team up with W3C on this MOOC course,” said
   Stina Ehrensvard, CEO and co-founder of Yubico. “On our joint
   mission to make the internet safer for all, an important step
   is to educate developers on modern authentication standards and
   tools.”

   The three-week online course introduces developers to the
   principles of Web Authentication, from the development of the
   Application Programming Interface (API), to the terminology and
   the technical know-how. The heart of the course teaches
   students how to build and deploy their own Web Authentication
   server.

  Course aimed at raising awareness, boosting adoption

   One of the pillars of the Web Authentication API is its design
   to eliminate phishing by using public key-based credentials to
   protect log-ins and access to Web resources. Credentials
   represent the most common initial attack target, and
   compromised credentials represent 20% of breaches at an average
   cost of $4.37 million per breach, according to [9]IBM’s 2021
   Breach Report.

      [9] 
https://www.ibm.com/security/data-breach


   “WebAuthn will change the way people access resources on the
   web,” said W3C CEO Jeff Jaffe. “With multi-factor solutions
   that eliminate a weak link, Web services and businesses adopt
   WebAuthn to move beyond vulnerable passwords and improve the
   security of online experiences. I am looking forward to more
   web developers becoming experts thanks to this course and
   implementing the web-wide interoperability guidance of the
   standard.”

   The W3C’s Web Authentication Working Group [10]advanced to W3C
   Recommendation in 2019 the specification “Web Authentication:
   An API for Accessing Public Key Credentials Level 1”. The group
   completed a second Recommendation version in 2021, and is
   currently working on a third update. A W3C Recommendation is an
   official web standard.

     [10] 
https://www.w3.org/2019/03/pressrelease-webauthn-rec.html.en


   The “Introduction to Web Authentication” course is the seventh
   online course available on W3Cx, W3C’s online learning platform
   on edX. Since the initial HTML5 online course launched in 2015,
   over 1.3M students from around the world have enrolled in a
   W3Cx course.

About the World Wide Web Consortium

   The mission of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is to lead
   the Web to its full potential by creating technical standards
   and guidelines to ensure that the Web remains open, accessible,
   and interoperable for everyone around the globe. W3C well-known
   standards HTML and CSS are the foundational technologies upon
   which websites are built. W3C works on ensuring that all
   foundational Web technologies meet the needs of civil society,
   in areas such as accessibility, internationalization, security,
   and privacy. W3C also provides the standards that undergird the
   infrastructure for modern businesses leveraging the Web, in
   areas such as entertainment, communications, digital
   publishing, and financial services. That work is created in the
   open, provided for free and under the groundbreaking W3C Patent
   Policy.

   W3C's vision for "One Web" brings together thousands of
   dedicated technologists representing more than 400 [11]Member
   organizations and dozens of industry sectors. W3C is jointly
   hosted by the [12]MIT Computer Science and Artificial
   Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the United States, the
   [13]European Research Consortium for Informatics and
   Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France, [14]Keio
   University in Japan and [15]Beihang University in China. For
   more information see [16]
https://www.w3.org/.


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https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List

     [12] 
https://www.csail.mit.edu/

     [13] 
https://www.ercim.eu/

     [14] 
https://www.keio.ac.jp/

     [15] 
https://ev.buaa.edu.cn/

     [16] 
https://www.w3.org/


About Yubico

   Yubico sets new global standards for simple and secure access
   to computers, mobile devices, servers, and internet accounts.
   The company’s core invention, the YubiKey, delivers strong
   hardware protection, with a simple touch, across any number of
   IT systems and online services. The YubiHSM, Yubico’s
   ultra-portable hardware security module, protects sensitive
   data stored in servers. Yubico is a leading contributor to the
   [17]FIDO2, [18]WebAuthn, and [19]FIDO Universal 2nd Factor open
   authentication standards, and the company’s technology is
   deployed and loved by 9 of the top 10 internet brands and by
   millions of users in 160 countries. Founded in 2007, Yubico is
   privately held, with offices in Sweden, UK, Germany, USA,
   Australia, and Singapore. For more information:
   [20]
www.yubico.com
.

     [17] 
https://www.yubico.com/solutions/fido2/

     [18] 
https://www.yubico.com/solutions/webauthn/

     [19] 
https://www.yubico.com/solutions/fido-u2f/

     [20] 
https://www.yubico.com/


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W3C Media Contact

   Amy van der Hiel, W3C Media Relations Coordinator
   <[21]w3t-pr@w3.org>
  mailto:w3t-pr@w3.org

   +1.617.253.5628 (US, Eastern Time)

Yubico Media Contact

   Karin Muskopf, Sr. Director, Global Communications
   <[22]karin.muskopf@yubico.com>
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     [22] mailto:karin.muskopf@yubico.com

   [23]Translations | [24]W3C Press Release Archive

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https://www.w3.org/Press/Releases-2021#webauthn-mooc

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https://www.w3.org/Press/

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