The Employee Password Habits That Could Hurt Enterprises
While education and efforts around online credentials are improving, password hygiene still has problems
December 9, 2015
The lines drawn between personal digital space and work digital space are all but disintegrated as the traditional 40-hour work week in a confined office dissolves away in this gig economy. This makes life difficult when it comes to accessing and securing data. A survey out recently by Ping Identity shows how even though companies my have good credential policies in place, and employees are made aware of security, their password safety still lags. Here's a look at some of the relevant stats.
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The Yin and Yang of Work-Life Balance
*60% of employees do work activities from a personal device
*55% of employees do personal activities on work devices
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Continuous BYOD
One in three employees access work data from personal devices more than once per day
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The Good News
*82% of employees report their company has good or excellent password and authorization measures
*76% are prompted by IT to change passwords on work accounts every one to three months
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do
*78% of employees believe it is risky to share passwords with family members
*54% of employees share login information with family members so they can access their computers, smartphones and tablets
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Password Hygiene: Not So Clean
*Two-Thirds of employees haven't changed their personal passwords within the last month
*48% of employees haven't changed their work passwords in the past month
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Password Retread
*Almost half of employees are likely to reuse passwords for work-related accounts
*Nearly two-thirds are likely to reuse them for personal accounts
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Don't Blame Me!
*Only 10% of employees think they'd be held responsible for a breach due to their own risky behavior
*59% of employees think IT should ultimately bear the responsibility for a corporate breach
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How Much Is Your Email Password Worth?
*14% of employees would trade access to their work email credentials to pay off student loans
*13% would give up work email credentials for paid mortgage or rent for a year
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How Much Is Smartphone Access Worth?
*Close to 12% of employees would trade their smartphone passcode in exchange for one year of housing payments
*9% would trade smartphone credentials for a luxury vehicle
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How Much Is Smartphone Access Worth?
*Close to 12% of employees would trade their smartphone passcode in exchange for one year of housing payments
*9% would trade smartphone credentials for a luxury vehicle
The lines drawn between personal digital space and work digital space are all but disintegrated as the traditional 40-hour work week in a confined office dissolves away in this gig economy. This makes life difficult when it comes to accessing and securing data. A survey out recently by Ping Identity shows how even though companies my have good credential policies in place, and employees are made aware of security, their password safety still lags. Here's a look at some of the relevant stats.
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