High Awareness, Low Adoption: New Survey Reveals Nearly Half of Security Professionals Still Rely on Passwords

High Awareness, Low Adoption: New Survey Reveals Nearly Half of Security Professionals Still Rely on Passwords

STOCKHOLM & SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 7, 2026-

Half of Cybersecurity Pros Still Rely on Passwords Despite Security Concerns

A Yubico survey identified a significant gap between awareness and adoption of secure methods of authentication in enterprises Read more →

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Around half (48%) of cybersecurity professionals rely on usernames and passwords to authenticate their personal accounts, according to a study by Yubico and Okta. Additionally, this method remains the single most common way that security professionals log in to their work accounts, used by 43%. This is despite the respondents’ viewing usernames and passwords as […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!