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title: "4 New Features: First Wi-Fi Security Overhaul in 13 Years"
description: It's the first Wi-Fi security overhaul in more than a decade. Here are the new security features of WAP3.
---

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# [4 New Features: First Wi-Fi Security Overhaul in 13 Years](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/new-wifi-wap3-features)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Wed | Jan 10, 2018 | 8:55 PM Z

The Wi-Fi Alliance, which represents the worldwide network of companies that bring us Wi-Fi, has announced that WPA3 (Wi-Fi Protected Access3) is ready to roll out in 2018. 

The alliance is a bit cryptic on details—perhaps we have to enter a Wi-Fi password to get more information. So here is what we know for now.

#### **Four new features of WAP3 Wi-Fi**

- Safer use of public Wi-Fi: WAP3 will "strengthen user privacy in open networks through individualized data encryption"
- WAP3 will automatically increase protection "even when users choose passwords that fall short of typical complexity recommendations"
- Interface more easily with your phone and the IoT to "simplify the process of configuring security for devices that have limited or no display interface"
- Government, defense, and industrial users will like this part of WAP3: "192-bit security suite, aligned with the Commercial National Security Algorithm (CNSA) Suite from the Committee on National Security Systems, will further protect Wi-Fi networks with higher security requirements..."

The alliance says WAP2 Wi-FI Certified devices are still secure, with billions of them in use everyday around the world. But later this year, look for the [WAP3 devices](https://www.wi-fi.org/news-events/newsroom/wi-fi-alliance-introduces-security-enhancements) beginning to appear on the market.

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