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The Web Authentication API (also known as WebAuthn) is an API that enables strong authentication with public-key cryptography, enabling passwordless authentication and/or secure second-factor authentication without SMS texts. It is a specification written by the [W3C](https://www.w3C) and [FIDO] Web Authentication works hand in hand with other industry standards such as [Credential Management Level 1] and FIDO 2.0 Client to Authenticator Protocol 2. The process is a simple 8 step process that takes place: A user clicks on the register button on a site on their browser (user agent) The browser would prompt the user to use their hardware authenticator and verify themselves*