The relentless trends towards de-perimeterization have required most organizations to provide more end user populations with expanded access, to a broader set of data and applications, over a wider range of supported access methods. For companies with top performance, providing higher levels of assurance for the identities of these end users is a critical element of a deliberate security governance, risk management and compliance infrastructure.
"The research shows that virtually all (98%) organizations surveyed continue to rely on username / password for authenticating end users to control access to systems, networks, data and applications," said Derek E. Brink, vice president and research director for IT Security, Aberdeen. "Shockingly, nearly two-thirds of all respondents (64%) currently do not even require passwords to be changed. Among companies with top performance, however, fully 80% have also deployed at least one stronger, non-password method of user authentication."
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