42% of Companies Must Improve Password Security. Here’s How to Do It.

by Amelia Paro on February 4, 2021

Improve Password Security & Add Crucial Protection to Avoid Disaster

Passwords are the most commonly used tool for security – and the worst. In a recent study, 42% of respondents said that their organization had been compromised because of a bad, stolen or cracked password. That means that every company must make a serious commitment to improve password security if they don’t want to join that group because more than 80% of data breaches in the last 12 months were caused by password compromise.

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The Cold, Hard Facts

Every day, staffers are doing a variety of things that leave companies open to password-related disasters. In a study that spanned just three months (January to March 2020), Microsoft found that 44 million of its users had used the same password on more than one account – and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

31% of respondents in a survey admitted that their organization had been breached as a result of user credentials being shared
42% of organizations rely on sticky notes for password management
91% of participants said that they understood the risk of password reuse but 59% admitted to doing it anyway
22% of employees surveyed have shared their email password for a streaming site
17 % of employees surveyed have shared their email password for a social media platform
17 % of employees surveyed have shared their email password for an online shopping account
43% of survey respondents have shared their password with someone
72 % of people reuse work passwords for their personal accounts
32 % admitted to using a list of work passwords written on paper or kept in a text document
35 % of respondents said that they use a different password for every account

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