The Wi-Fi Alliance has finally announced the long-awaited next generation of the wireless security protocol—Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA3).
WPA3 will replace the existing WPA2—the network security protocol that has been around for at least 15 years and widely used by billions of wireless devices every day, including smartphones, laptops and Internet of things.
However, WPA2 has long been considered to be insecure due to its common security issue, that is “unencrypted” open Wi-Fi networks, which allows anyone on the same WiFi network to intercept connections on other devices.
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