Techniques or technologies used to authenticate users

Study: 2004 Information Security Breaches Survey
Date: April 2004

What techniques do systems use to authenticate users? User ID:

70%	Overall
86%	Large Businesses

Password:

79%	Overall
95%	Large Businesses

Hardware/software token:

3%	Overall
18%	Large Businesses

Smart card:

1%	Overall
5%	Large Businesses

Other (including biometrics):

9%	Overall
7%	Large Businesses

None:

7%	Overall
1%	Large Businesses