A new survey from Yubico and Okta reveals that even security-savvy professionals are still relying on passwords in daily work, highlighting a structural problem within organizational cybersecurity.
Key points
•Password dependency persists
•Legacy onboarding poses risks
•AI security concerns
Despite recognizing the security benefits of passkeys, nearly half (43%) of surveyed cybersecurity and IT professionals continue to use passwords at their workplaces. While 52% inherited existing passwords upon joining, this legacy practice poses long-term security risks.
The survey also found that over half of respondents fear AI-driven attacks and advocate for human oversight before critical actions are executed autonomously by AI agents. This highlights the need for a balance between automation and manual verification in cybersecurity practices.
Yubico and Okta are collaborating to simplify hardware-based identity systems, aiming to eliminate password reliance through integrated phishing-resistant authentication features in modern access management platforms.
