Security News > 2022 > June > Strong passwords still a priority strategy for enterprises

Overall, the survey finds that strong passwords remain a priority strategy and are important in shoring up the confidence of enterprise security decision makers.

Weak passwords are vulnerable to password theft or compromise, which has led the enterprise to complement passwords with strategies such as OTP, email verification codes, SMS, or biometric factors.

A minimum password length is the most common password management requirement, mandated by 67% of U.S. enterprises and 60% of global enterprises.

62% of U.S. enterprises and 59% of global enterprises said recent security breaches in other organizations made them more likely to deploy better password management.

A whopping 88% of U.S. enterprises and 80% of the slightly-more-humble global enterprises believe their current password security policies provide sufficient protection.

52% of U.S. and global enterprises say the most common password 'bad habit' within their organization is poor password strength.

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