Differences in password selection criteria and authentication use based on company size

Study: Executive Cyber Threat Awareness Survey
Date: January 2002

Executives in large companies reported their organizations enforce stricter security precautions than smaller companies. Enforce password selection criteria:

84%	1000+ employees
69%	501-1000 employees
55%	500 or less employees

Enforce periodic password change:

83%	1000+ employees
63%	501-1000 employees
50%	500 or less employees

Enforce physical token or biometric:

23%	1000+ employees
10%	501-1000 employees
3%	500 or less employees

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