'''JSON Web Encryption''' ('''JWE''') is an [[IETF]] standard providing a standardisedstandardized syntax for the exchange of encrypted data, based on [[JSON]] and [[Base64]].<ref name="Keung2018">{{cite book|author=Ng, Alex Chi Keung|title=Contemporary Identity and Access Management Architectures: Emerging Research and Opportunities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipBFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA215|date=26 January 2018|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=978-1-5225-4829-4|pages=215|quote=JWE is a means of representing encrypted content using JSON data structures.}}</ref> It is defined by {{IETF RFC|7516}}. Along with [[JSON Web Signature]] (JWS), it is one of the two possible formats of a JWT ([[JSON Web Token]]). JWE forms part of the [[JavaScript Object Signing and Encryption]] (JOSE) suite of protocols.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/developers-getting-json-based-options-for-enterprise-authentication/|title=Developers getting JSON-based options for enterprise authentication|last=Fontana|first=John|date=January 21, 2013|work=ZDNet|access-date=2018-06-08|language=en}}</ref>
