Recent survey conducted by One Identity of 913 IT security pros shows that 86 percent of IT security professionals face challenges managing privileged passwords.
As per the One Identity website – “We believe that security is much more than the practice of denial and restriction. That’s why One Identity’s design and integration philosophy is that our solutions must add agility and efficiency to an organization – regardless of size or market – as well as secure its digital assets.”
Other findings of the survey include –
Eighteen percent use a paper logbook for privileged password management
Thirty six percent manage passwords in Excel or another spreadsheet
Twenty two percent are not able to monitor or record activity performed with admin credentials
Forty percent do not change the default admin password
“Over and over again, breaches from hacked privileged accounts have resulted in astronomical mitigation costs, as well as data theft and tarnished brands,” One Identity president and general manager John Milburn said in a statement. “These survey results indicate that there are an alarmingly high percentage of companies that don’t have proper procedures in place.”
LastPass research survey shows that the average security employee is managing 191 passwords.
Twenty six and half percent of businesses has multi-factor authentication to protect their password vaults.
“While we’re seeing that a significant portion of businesses are investing in multi-factor authentication, it is not yet adopted widely enough to compensate for the shortcomings of passwords,” the report states.
Duo Labs conducted survey of 443 individuals has below findings –
Twenty eight percent of respondents use two-factor authentication (2FA)
Fifty six percent of respondents had never heard of it
Forty-five percent of those who use 2FA said they do so on all services that offer it
“This survey underscores the reality that we as a security community still have a long way to go when it comes to educating the everyday person about proper security behaviors in general and 2FA in particular,” the researchers wrote.
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