{"id":7058,"date":"2019-10-17T16:50:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T05:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=7058"},"modified":"2019-10-17T16:50:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T05:50:46","slug":"poor-password-behaviour-is-bad-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/poor-password-behaviour-is-bad-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor Password Behaviour is Bad for Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bad password habits by employees are impacting the security of business.\u00a0 That\u2019s the headline of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastpass.com\/state-of-the-password\/global-password-security-report-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LastPass Global password security report<\/a> that offers insights into employee password behaviours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what are people doing wrong?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top offender is\u00a0 password sharing and re-use&#8230;that\u2019s using the same password across multiple accounts and it&#8217;s a common practice in most businesses \u2013 with an average of 14 passwords reused per person&#8230;which is just above the global average of 13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s also worth mentioning that the average Australian employee has 66 passwords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can read the full report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastpass.com\/state-of-the-password\/global-password-security-report-2019\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad password habits by employees are impacting the security of business.\u00a0 That\u2019s the headline of the LastPass Global password security report that offers insights into employee password behaviours. 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