![]() ![]() What we’re talking about is true passwordless authentication. And due to the aforementioned benefits of modern biometric authentication methods, this means that we now have a secure means to generate, store and utilize a credential whose attributes are unknown to the user and thus can’t be stolen and exploited. WebAuthn will allow for web applications to trust a strong biometric authentication as a credential that is specific only to that service. However, as laptops with biometric authenticators become increasingly ubiquitous in enterprise environments, it will be used primarily for biometric authentication. Immediately, WebAuthn can be used to support Universal Second Factor (U2F) security keys. ![]() Microsoft’s Edge browser is also expected to add support later this year. Mozilla Firefox was first with support for WebAuthn and Google added Chrome support just last month. It was officially ratified by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) in April of this year, and we’ve seen tremendous movement and support by major browsers ever since. WebAuthn is a browser-based API that allows for web applications to create strong, public key-based credentials for the purpose of user authentication. The web is built upon open frameworks that can be leveraged by third parties, and there hasn’t been a solution that can meet the heterogeneous uses for biometric authentication. Open standards have been the missing gap.
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