Security News > 2021 > October > Multi-factor authentications soar as enterprises move away from passwords to secure hybrid workers

Enterprises are taking steps to move away from passwords and adopting low-friction authentication methods to protect the hybrid workforce, a Cisco's Duo Security report reveals.

Multi-factor authentications increased significantly.

While the total number of multi-factor authentications increased 39% in the past year, biometric authentications grew even faster at 48%. The report analyzed data from more than 36 million devices, over 400 thousand unique applications and roughly 800 million monthly authentications.

Further eliminating the need for users to retain a large cache of authentication passwords, there was also a fivefold increase in Web Authentication usage since April 2019 when the World Wide Web Consortium first published the open standard.

Moving away from passwords will significantly improve the login experience for the vast majority of users - in turn leading to stronger security.

"Enterprises are moving toward new, more effective ways of handling access control and seeing in action how democratizing security can go a long way in enabling hybrid workers to focus on their core competencies without sacrificing security."

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