Study Publisher: Infosecurity Europe 2004
Study Date: April 2004
Study URL: http://www.iwar.org.uk/news-archive/2004/04-20.htm

Study Overview:
A survey of 172 officer workers at Liverpool Street Station in London.

Statistics From This Study:

• 80% of workers are fed up with passwords and would prefer an alternative authenticator
• Common origins of European office worker passwords (2004)
• Frequency of password changes among London office workers
• Half of office workers would give their password to their boss or someone calling from the IT department
• Number of people who know the password of a colleague
• Number of people willing to give out a password when asked in a train station (2004)
• Two thirds of workers use the same password for different applications or services (2004)