{"id":2803,"date":"2018-05-01T09:03:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T13:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2018-05-01T09:57:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T13:57:57","slug":"lastpass-survey-password-behavior-stagnates-despite-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/lastpass-survey-password-behavior-stagnates-despite-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"LastPass Survey: Password Behavior Stagnates Despite Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2734\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/04\/password-behaviors-mod.jpg\" alt=\"password behavior Sandor Palfy LogMeIn\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/04\/password-behaviors-mod.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/04\/password-behaviors-mod-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/04\/password-behaviors-mod-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/04\/password-behaviors-mod-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/04\/password-behaviors-mod-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2018\/04\/password-behaviors-mod-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Password manager solution provider and LogMeIn trademarked company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastpass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LastPass<\/a> released the results of their new global survey via an ebook entitled \u201cPsychology of Passwords: Neglect is Helping Hackers Win.\u201d The survey polled 2,000 users across the United States, Europe, and Australia. \u00a0Among their surprising and concerning findings, perhaps the most telling is that increased knowledge of security best practices doesn\u2019t necessarily result in better employee password behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"iam-inject\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/get-a-free-privilieged-access-management-solutions-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2020\/01\/PAM_BG_SB_800.gif\" alt=\"Download Link to Privileged Access Management Buyer's Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the continual deluge of headlines about data breaches and enterprise hacks and the increasing awareness of cybersecurity best practices, LastPass discovered a noticeable stagnation in password behavior over the past two years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are some key findings from the \u201cPsychology of Passwords: Neglect is Helping Hackers Win\u201d e-book: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">91% of users know that using the same password is a security risk. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">59% continue to do so anyway. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">53% haven\u2019t changed their passwords despite hearing of a data breach within the past 12 months. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">61% explain their password behavior stems from a fear of forgetting their passwords.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">50% say they are motivated by wanting to be able to control all of their passwords. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">79% say they have anywhere between 1 and 20 online accounts, both for work and for personal use. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">62% use the same passwords for work and for personal use. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">88% said that password hacking is a serious cybersecurity threat. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">69% are fearful when they hear news of password hacking. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/5-questions-on-password-behaviors-with-sandor-palfy-of-logmein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandor Palfy<\/a>, CTO of Identity and Access Management at LogMeIn, said: \u201cThe cyber threats facing consumers and businesses are becoming more targeted and successful, yet there remains a clear disconnect in users\u2019 password beliefs and their willingness to take action. Individuals seem to understand password best practices, but often exhibit password behaviors that can expose their information to threat actors.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This news is relevant to enterprises it confirms that employee password behaviors affect their overall security\u2014the reuse of passwords and the use of personal passwords in professional settings can put your databases at risk. Identity and access management solutions can help your employees implement better password behaviors, including <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/5-key-capabilities-consider-evaluating-privileged-access-management-pam-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">password rotation<\/a> and single sign-on. The stakes have never been higher: the average total cost of a data breach was $3.62 million in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can read LastPass\u2019 full ebook\u00a0\u201cPsychology of Passwords: Neglect is Helping Hackers Win\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lastpass.com\/2018\/05\/psychology-of-passwords-neglect-is-helping-hackers-win.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Password manager solution provider and LogMeIn trademarked company LastPass released the results of their new global survey via an ebook entitled \u201cPsychology of Passwords: Neglect is Helping Hackers Win.\u201d The survey polled 2,000 users across the United States, Europe, and Australia. \u00a0Among their surprising and concerning findings, perhaps the most telling is that increased knowledge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":2734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[142,125,16,112,70,104,166,124,91],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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