![]() In honor of World Password Day, this blog will help you make the case to your organization that when it’s time to “verify explicitly” as part of a Zero Trust strategy, modern strong authentication using phishing-resistant passwordless credentials provide the best security and an excellent return on investment (ROI). 5įor stronger, streamlined security, Microsoft passwordless authentication can help your organization eliminate password vulnerabilities while providing simplified access across your entire enterprise. That’s why you don’t need a password for Microsoft Accounts-hundreds of thousands of people have deleted their passwords completely. Passwords should play no part in a future-looking credential strategy. 4 And our data for 2023 shows that this trend is continuing. 3 Phishing is an increasingly favored attack method, up 61 percent from 2021 to 2022. ![]() In 2022, Microsoft tracked 1,287 password attacks every second (more than 111 million per day). Sharing your password for a streaming service may seem harmless (their accountants might disagree), but this behavior sometimes bleeds into the workplace, where weak or shared employee passwords often become one of the largest security threat vectors that companies face. A recent study that analyzed more than 15 billion passwords found that the top 10 most popular passwords still include easy-to-crack combinations like “123456” and “qwerty.” 2 With that level of security, many organizations are essentially leaving the front door open. 1 There’s a reason it’s still going strong 10 years after being created by cybersecurity professionals.
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