Security News > 2020 > June > Continued reliance on passwords continues to compromise data security
Forty-one percent of organizations believe usernames and passwords are one of the most effective access management tools-even though most hacking-related breaches are a result of weak, stolen, or reused user credentials, according to a new report.
Although stronger IT security and data protection are increasingly important, the Thales 2020 Access Management Index report finds that 94% of global IT professionals believe data breaches in the past year have been the biggest influence over their organization's security policies and access management.
Security concerns and/or the threat of a large-scale breach are prompting organizations to have implemented or plan to implement an access management plan, according to the report.
"However, the utilization of solutions such as smart SSO and cloud SSO are set to increase over the course of the next year,'' the report stated."In a world where the need for renewal and increasing complexity of passwords increases the risk of them being forgotten, solutions such as cloud SSO and smart SSO will become more vital for organizations.
"No matter how an organization views cloud access management, or their experience of it, it is essential if an organization wants to use cloud, with the two inextricably linked - the more you use cloud, the more you have to engage with cloud access management.