In our new 2022 Psychology of Passwords report, we explore what people think they know about cybersecurity and what that means for how they choose to protect themselves online. For the first time in this annual report, we also analyze how people learn about cybersecurity topics and the generational differences in approaching digital security. Given …
Passwords have become increasingly cumbersome for users, and the burden is adding up to more than an inconvenience passwords also create serious security concerns As a result, IT leaders are sounding the alarm and advocating for a passwordless future to become a reality. To better understand the drawbacks of passwords and how to move beyond …
The problems with passwords are still an ongoing struggle. Undoubtedly, managing passwords is still taking up time that could be spent elsewhere by you and others in your organization. They’re causing a lot of headaches and frustrations for your IT department and organization’s employees alike. Security issues might be the core of that headache for …
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE PREVAILS – WILL 2020 BE THE TIPPING POINT FOR BEHAVIOR CHANGES? Our Psychology of Passwords report examines online security behaviors of 3,250 global respondents, and it shows that people aren’t protecting themselves from cyber security risks even though they know they should. Cognitive dissonance prevails. As more and more people work and socialize …
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It’s human nature: people reuse passwords. Unfortunately, those reused passwords can easily become exposed to cybercriminals and used for malicious intent. According to the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Report, the use of weak and stolen credentials ranked as the most common hacking tactic for the third year in a row. Password reuse represents a particularly …
Cyber threats and attacks on individual users and organizations have not diminished. Phishing scams, stolen credentials, and account takeovers continue to rise, making it imperative for businesses to have policies and practices in place to reduce the risks created by poor password and authentication behaviors. What is perhaps more important is that the security policies …
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According to this study, only 54% of security professionals admit to having a written policy on length and randomness for keys for machine identities.
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