Here are six insights from the CISOs interviewed for the report:
- Security validation will shift from something a user “has,” like a password or identification card, to who the user use via the adoption of biometric security protocol.
- Although passwords aren‘t sexy, they still retain some value as a must-have security instrument.
- One of the problems with the push to move away from using passwords altogether is that no scalable better technology is currently available.
- A two factor-authentication password system is a must, but any organization looking to replace its current more basic password systems should use pilot programs to test such solutions.
- Passwords are like floppy disks, outdated and impractical, except security experts haven‘t come up with a better solution to the problem. In the meantime, educating and motivating users to be smart about their password hygiene is a must.
- Another step security firms should take while waiting for the death of passwords is to track metrics that would help alert them to a breach, such as usage patterns, where and when clients are accessing their accounts and from what devices.
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