High Awareness, Low Adoption: New Survey Reveals Nearly Half of Security Professionals Still Rely on Passwords
Nearly half of security professionals still use passwords at work, even as 2026 survey respondents call passkeys more secure.
- On Wednesday, a new survey from Yubico and Okta revealed a significant gap between security awareness and practice, with nearly half of security professionals still relying on vulnerable login methods despite knowing passkeys are more secure.
- Structural issues drive this vulnerability, as over 50% of security professionals inherit legacy credentials on day one, establishing password dependency by default and perpetuating unsafe habits from the start.
- The 2026 Global State of Authentication report surveyed nearly 2,000 professionals and found 44% suffered an AI-driven attack in the last 12 months, with Singapore experiencing the highest rate globally at 58%.
- Respondents overwhelmingly demand a "human-in-the-loop" approval step before autonomous AI agents execute critical actions, with 91% requiring this safeguard to ensure reliable confirmation of human oversight.
- To address these structural hurdles, Yubico and Okta are partnering to embed phishing resistance directly into access management platforms, aiming to help IT teams eliminate password dependencies without creating operational friction.
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Many Logins and Passwords Are Still Weak, Says Yubico Survey
A new survey from Yubico1, the pioneer of phishing-resistant authentication and creator of the original passkey, the YubiKey, and Okta, Inc.2, reveals a significant gap between security knowledge and everyday practice. While security leaders overwhelmingly [...] The post Many Logins and Passwords Are Still Weak, Says Yubico Survey appeared first on .
The people who know passkeys best are still typing passwords
Yubico and Okta asked 1,890 technology and security professionals across nine countries how they sign in to work accounts. The most common answer was a username and password, at 43%, from a group in which 87% said they were familiar with passkeys. High familiarity with modern authentication (Source: 2026 Global State of Authentication Report) The password comes with the laptop Half of respondents were issued a username and password when they sta…
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