How often do enterprise users call the help desk for password help?

Study: Benchmarking: Passwords -- The Sad Truth About Security
Date: October 2006

70% of enterprise users call the IT help desk once a year for help with a forgotten or missing password.
16% call two to three times a year.
9% call three to five times a year.
5% call more than five times a year.

There was no correlation between complexity, frequency, or quantity and how often users call the help desk with password-related issues.



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