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Close the password security gap: convenience for employees and control for IT

Employee education isn’t the only answer to password management

Published August 2019
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Companies know they have problems with password security, yet they are not taking steps to remedy the issues. Indeed, far too many of them rely entirely on their employees to manage their passwords, with no technology in place to enforce password strength or the frequency of password refresh, even though they are aware that employees are the weakest link in the chain.

Ovum surveyed IT executives at enterprises across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific about password management to determine how they are approaching the challenges of granting and controlling employee access, both to enterprise applications on company premises and to sanctioned cloud-based ones.