Report by Bitwarden

Risk reduction and resilience start with enterprise password management

14 FINDINGSPublished Mar 1, 2025
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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.