Security News > 2023 > November > Your end-users are reusing passwords – that’s a big problem
A Microsoft study found that 44 million Microsoft users were reusing passwords over a 3-month period, while a more recent LastPass survey estimates 62% of knowledge workers reuse the same password or a close variation.
There is no way to know which users are reusing passwords, but there are ways to reduce the potential impact if a reused password is compromised.
Organizations have been carrying out security and awareness training for a long time and it clearly hasn't made a dent in the number of end-users reusing their passwords.
For most organizations, removing passwords entirely is a complex task and the best thing to hope for is a reduction in the number of passwords being used and closer attention being paid to privileged accounts.
While password auditing tools can offer a snapshot of your Active Directory, Specops Password Policy with Breached Password Protection offers ongoing protection for your organization against the constant threat of compromised passwords.
It protects your end users against the use of more than 4 billion unique known compromised passwords, including data from both known leaks and passwords being used in live password attacks.