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Security Web Application Guidelines Community Group

The mission of this Community Group is to increase the overall security of web application development, thereby making the web a more secure platform for web users. It will accomplish this by writing web developers security best practices and providing a platform for stakeholder collaboration.

This group will not publish Specifications.

Group's public email, repo and wiki activity over time

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Chairs, when logged in, may publish draft and final reports. Please see report requirements.

Call for Participation in Security Web Application Guidelines Community Group

The Security Web Application Guidelines Community Group has been launched:


The mission of this Community Group is to increase the overall security of web application development, thereby making the web a more secure platform for web users. It will accomplish this by writing web developers security best practices and providing a platform for stakeholder collaboration.

This group will not publish Specifications.


In order to join the group, you will need a W3C account. Please note, however, that W3C Membership is not required to join a Community Group.

This is a community initiative. This group was originally proposed on 2024-06-18 by Simone Onofri. The following people supported its creation: Simone Onofri, Daniel Appelquist, Chris de Almeida, Tobie Langel, Rachel Yager, Michael Champion, Jordan Harband, Florian Scholz, Mohammed Anghabo, Jan Kowalleck, Chris Needham. W3C’s hosting of this group does not imply endorsement of the activities.

The group must now choose a chair. Read more about how to get started in a new group and good practice for running a group.

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W3C Community Development Team