Report by Bitwarden
Risk reduction and resilience start with enterprise password management
Key Findings
23% of enterprises cite terminating access for employees who leave as their biggest IAM pain point.
35% of enterprises cite password management as their biggest IAM pain point.
25% of enterprises cite compliance audits as their biggest IAM pain point.
25% of enterprises use biometrics.
65% of enterprises still rely solely on passwords to access corporate systems, despite increased adoption of multifactor authentication (MFA).
25% of enterprises cite password reuse as their biggest IAM pain point.
32% of enterprises deploy authenticator apps.
Only 21% of enterprises have implemented FIDO2 passwordless authentication, underscoring the ongoing reliance on traditional credentials.
42% of enterprises rely on SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA).
37% of applications still support only password-based logins, even as passwordless authentication gains traction.
55% of enterprises identify strong MFA as the most effective defense against ransomware and malware, yet many still rely on passwords as the primary authentication factor.
30% of enterprises cite privileged access management as their biggest IAM pain point.
39% of enterprises cite strong MFA as their primary zero-trust tactic.
11% of enterprises rely on network segmentation as their primary zero-trust tactic.