Authentication Study Index
This page offers a chronological index of the studies that provide the statistical authentication
data found in the Authentication Statistics Index.
If you have an appropriate study to add, please send a copy of the publication along with details on its source to siteupdates@passwordresearch.com. Study Index 2017 Credential Spill Report Source: Shape Security - January 2017 Americans and Cybersecurity Source: Pew Research Center - January 26 2017 So Your Users Clicked - Now What? Source: Duo Security Inc. - August 16 2016 Threat Group-4127 Targets Google Accounts Source: SecureWorks - June 26 2016 Survey Guide: Businesses Should Begin Preparing for the Death of the Password Source: Gigya - May 19 2016 Trustwave Global Security Report 2016 Source: Trustwave - April 15 2016 RSA Conference Survey Source: Lieberman Software Corporation - March 23 2016 There are *exactly* 608 US firms offering banking fingerprint authentication Source: Celent / FI Navigator - March 23 2016 A World Without Usernames, Passwords? It's Coming, Says USAA Exec Source: American Banker - February 16 2016 NetSPI’s Top Password Masks for 2015 Source: NetSPI - January 19 2016 Security and Trading Source: Steam / Valve - December 9 2015 2015 Trustwave Global Security Report Source: Trustwave - June 9 2015 AppSec is Eating Security Source: Alex Stamos - April 27 2015 Americans’ Privacy Strategies Post-Snowden Source: Pew Research Center - March 16 2015 NetSPI's Top Cracked Passwords for 2014 Source: NetSPI - March 2 2015 Three Quarters of Britons Risking Online Safety Source: Cyber Streetwise - October 15 2014 A Hacker’s Guess Source: RSA - September 8 2014 Your Password Complexity Requirements are Worthless Source: KoreLogic - September 25 2014 2014 Business Password Analysis Source: Trustwave - August 2014 This Story Probably Won’t Make You Change Your Passwords Source: Rob Pegoraro / Dashlane - August 12 2014 YouGov Cyber Security Source: YouGov - August 2014 8 in 10 Brits would ditch passwords for biometric security Source: Intelligent Environments - July 29 2014 24% of Americans stopped buying online because of breaches Source: USA Today - June 3 2014 2014 Trustwave Global Security Report Source: Trustwave - May 2014 Lieberman Software 2014 Survey of Information Security Professionals Source: Lieberman Software - May 28 2014 Change UD Password Source: University of Delaware - April 2014 Heartbleed’s Impact Source: Pew Research Center - April 30 2014 The Insider Threat Manifesto Source: IS Decisions - February 19 2014 Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report Source: Cisco - January 2014 81% of citizens in favour of biometric identification finds Steria survey Source: Steria / Toluna - July 11 2013 Soft Passcodes Still Prevail on Enterprise Mobile Devices Source: Fiberlink - July 2013 Impermium Study Unearths Consumer Attitudes Toward Internet Security Source: Imperium - June 27 2013 The 2013 Digital Future Project Report Source: Center for the Digital Future - June 13 2013 Unknown - Ipsos OTX MediaCT Source: Ipsos OTX MediaCT - June 2013 National Cyber Security Awareness Week 2013 Research Into Password Use Source: Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy / Quantum Market Research - May 2013 Privileged Account Security and Compliance Survey Report Source: Cyber-Ark - May 2013 SANS 2013 Help Desk Security and Privacy Survey Source: SAN - May 2013 Adults Media Use and Attitudes Report 2013 Source: Ofcom / Saville Rossiter-Base - April 2013 Cloud Computing Demands Enterprise-class Password Management and Security Source: Enterprise Strategy Group commissioned by McAfee - April 2013 Moving Beyond Passwords: Consumer Attitudes on Online Authentication Source: Ponemon Institute / Nok Nok Labs - April 2013 2013 Trustwave Global Security Report Source: Trustwave - February 22 2013 Cyber Security Flaws in Working Practices Source: QA / YouGov Plc - 2013 Siber Systems RoboForm Online Security Survey Source: Siber Systems - December 2012 Untitled - Matt Weir Source: Matt Weir - December 13 2012 CAST Cloud Generation Source: Creative and Social Technology (CAST) of Goldsmiths University of London - November 2012 ESET & Harris Interactive Password Poll Source: ESET - October 22 2012 Consumer Survey: Password Habits Source: CSID - September 2012 Perception and Knowledge of IT Threats: The Consumer’s Point of View Source: Kaspersky Lab / O+K Research - September 2012 2012 Online Registration and Password Study Source: Janrain / Harris Interactive - August 2012 What do Sony and Yahoo! Have in common? Passwords! Source: Troy Hunt - July 12 2012 Trustwave 2012 Global Security Report Source: Trustwave - February 9 2012 NorSIS Password Survey 2012 Source: NorSIS - 2012 Consumer Perceptions of Online Registration and Social Login Source: Janrain / Blue Research - October 2011 Password Security: A Survey of Australian Attitudes Toward Password Use and Management Source: PayPal and Center for Internet Safety - September 2011 Measuring Password Re-Use Empirically Source: Joseph Bonneau - February 9 2011 Webroot Password Survey Source: Webroot - October 2010 Social Networking and the Illusion of Anonimity Source: BitDefender - August 27 2010 Symantec Security Response Password Survey Source: Symantec - March 26 2010 Reused Login Credentials Source: Trusteer - February 2 2010 Password Security Survey 2009 Source: Elcomsoft - October 2009 2009 Sophos Online Password Survey Source: Sophos - March 2009 Password Management Survey Source: Siber Systems - February 2008 Benchmarking: Passwords -- The Sad Truth About Security Source: Nucleus Research / Knowledgestorm - October 2006 2006 Sophos Online Password Survey Source: Sophos - April 2006 Information Security Breaches Survey 2006 Source: PriceWaterhouseCoopers - April 2006 Perceptions About Passwords Source: Ponemon Institute - March 2006 TriCipher Strong Authentication Survey Source: TriCipher - July 27 2005 3rd Annual Consumer Security Confidence Survey Source: RSA Security - February 2005 Authentication in Corporate Electronic Banking: Are Major Global FSIs Just Making a Token Effort? Source: TowerGroup - December 2004 Online Survey of email provider password disclosure policies Source: NBC San Diego - December 2004 Women less security conscious than men with PIN numbers Source: NTA Monitor - December 2004 2nd Annual Financial Institution Online Fraud Survey Source: Cyota - November 2004 Dimension Data Mobile Workforce Security Survey Source: Dimension Data, Nokia, and RSA Security - November 2004 Help Desk Institute 2004 Practices Survey Source: Help Desk Institute - November 2004 Microsoft UK Password Survey Source: Microsoft - November 2 2004 The ROI Case for Smart Cards in the Enterprise Source: Datamonitor, on behalf Siemens - November 2004 Windows IT Pro Magazine Online Poll #1668 Source: Windows IT Pro - November 15 2004 2004 Identity Management Survey Source: Ponemon Institute, commissioned by EDS and the International Association of Privacy Professionals - October 2004 APACS 2004 Online Banking Survey Source: APACS, conducted by RSGB - October 1 2004 Entrust Internet Security Survey Source: Entrust - October 19 2004 2004 Global Information Security Survey Source: CIO Magazine, CSO Magazine, & PricewaterhouseCoopers - September 15 2004 Accenture Terminated Employee Survey Source: Accenture - September 2004 APACS Chip and PIN Programme Survey of Users Source: APACS - September 15 2004 Ernst & Young Global Information Security Survey 2004 Source: Ernst & Young - September 2004 Hitachi Data Systems Storage Index (2004) Source: Hitachi Data Systems - September 2004 I Know Where You Shopped Last Night Source: Daintry Duffy, CSO magazine - September 2004 10 Ways to More Effectively Secure Active Directory (Web Seminar) Source: Eric Cole - August 26 2004 Insider Threat Study: Illicit Cyber Activity in the Banking and Finance Sector Source: U.S. Secret Service & CERT - August 2004 Visa EU Password Selection Survey (2004) Source: Visa Europe - August 2004 Citrix iForum 2004 Access Survey Source: Citrix Systems - June 2004 CSO Magazine Online Poll 2604 Source: CSO Magazine - June 22 2004 Windows & .NET Magazine Online Poll #1606 Source: Windows & .NET Magazine - June 2004 CSO Magazine Online Poll 2520 Source: CSO Magazine - May 25 2004 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 2004 Global Security Survey Source: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu - May 2004 2004 Information Security Breaches Survey Source: UK Department of Trade and Industry - April 2004 Gartner Identity Theft Survey Source: Gartner - April 2004 Identity Management: Consumer’s Habits & the Potential Backlash Faced by Business Source: Winmark Research (commissioned by RSA Security) - April 2004 Infosecurity Europe 2004 Information Security Survey Source: Infosecurity Europe 2004 - April 2004 2nd Annual Consumer Security Confidence Survey Source: RSA Security - March 2004 Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Source: Symanted/Riptech - March 2004 The cost of forgotten passwords Source: Barbara Gengler, Australian IT News - March 25 2004 The Road to a Five-Nines Network Source: Yankee Group - February 2004 CSO Magazine Online Poll 2155 Source: CSO Magazine - January 2004 2004 Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey Source: Australian High Tech Crime Centre, Australian Federal Police, New South Wales Police, Northern Territory Police, Queensland Police, South Australia Police, Tasmania Police, Victoria Police, Western Australia Police, & AusCERT - 2004 Bank of England Falls Victim As Email Scams Rise ‘By 400 Per Cent’ Source: James Moore and Robert Uhlig, Telegraph - December 31 2003 SPSS Online Shopping Consumer Survey Source: SPSS - December 3 2003 Windows & .NET Magazine Online Poll #1502 Source: Windows & .NET Magazine - November 2003 Global Password Usage Survey Source: Protocom Development Systems - October 23 2003 NCC Group Security Survey Source: NCC Group - October 21 2003 Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager Source: Enterprise Management Associates - September 2003 The State of IT Security 2003 Source: CIO Magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers - July 2003 Federal Computer Week Online Survey Source: Federal Computer Week Magazine - June 2 2003 PC World Privacy Survey Source: PC World - June 2003 SafeNet/Rainbow Technologies Password Usage Survey Source: SafeNet/Rainbow Technologies - June 2003 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 2003 Global Security Survey of the Global Financial Services Industry Source: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu - May 2003 MORI Survey - Security Fears Over Online Banking Source: MORI, commissioned by RSA Security - May 21 2003 Passwords Are Gobbling Up Your Profits Source: Jim Hurley, Aberdeen Group - May 1 2003 The CSO Perspective on Security Threats, Data Protection and Identity and Access Management Solutions Source: RSA Security - May 2003 Dartmouth Computer User and Security Behavior Source: Darthmouth College - April 2003 Infosecurity Europe 2003 Information Security Survey Source: Infosecurity Europe 2003 - April 2003 Rainbow Technologies Password Survey: 64 Percent Write Passwords Down Compromising Corporate Data Source: Rainbow Technologies - April 28 2003 Axios Systems Password Survey Source: Axios Systems - January 2003 2003 Annual Survey Source: Information Security Magazine and SearchSecurity.com - 2003 2003 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Study Source: Computer Security Institute & Federal Bureau of Investigation - 2003 2002 NTA Monitor Password Survey Source: NTA Monitor - December 2002 Windows & .NET Magazine Online Poll #1249 Source: Windows & .NET Magazine - December 2002 TechRepublic NetAdmin Password Practices Survey Source: TechRepublic NetAdmin - November 2002 Questions & Answers: Biometric Technologies Source: Yankee Group - October 7 2002 2002 Information Security Magazine Survey Source: Information Security Magazine - September 2002 Enterprise Security Trends Source: Gartner Group - August 2002 The Evolution of the Chief Security Officer Source: CSO Magazine - August 29 2002 Hole in password safety net Source: Egg PLC - June 24 2002 Agencies Batten Down the Access Hatches Source: Richard W. Walker, Government Computing News (Volume 21, Number 7) - April 1 2002 Infosecurity Europe 2002 Information Security Survey Source: Infosecurity Europe 2002 & Human Firewall Council - April 2002 Password Reset: Self-Service That You Will Love (Gartner Research Note T-15-6454) Source: Gartner Group - Roberta J. Witty & Kris Brittain - April 15 2002 Windows & .NET Magazine Security Administrator Poll #1015 Source: Windows & .NET Magazine - April 10 2002 2003 Information Security Product Survey Source: Information Security Magazine - February 2002 Executive Cyber Threat Awareness Survey Source: CIO Magazine & Darwin Magazine - January 2002 Information Security Magazine Authentication Survey Source: Information Security Magazine - January 2002 Password Management, Single Sign-On, and Authentication Management Infrastructure Products: Perspective Source: Gartner Group - Ant Allan - January 7 2002 2002 Information Security Breaches Survey Source: UK Department of Trade and Industry - 2002 Ernst & Young Global Information Security Survey 2002 Source: Ernst & Young - 2002 KPMG 2002 Global Information Security Survey Source: KPMG - 2002 PentaSafe 2002 Security Awareness Index Report Source: PentaSafe - 2002 Digital Marketing Services Internet Security Survey Source: Digital Marketing Services - December 2001 Windows & .NET Magazine Online Poll #922 Source: Windows & .NET Magazine - November 2001 Camelot Network Security and Privacy Survey Source: Camelot IT Ltd & eWeek Magazine - June 25 2001 CentralNic Password Survey Source: CentralNic - June 2001 Teenage Life Online Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project - June 20 2001 Barron McCann Password Survey Source: Barron McCann - December 1 2000 Attitudes and Behavior Towards Password Use on the World Wide Web Source: Jason Hong, Hesham Kamel, John Kodumal, Francis Li, James Lin of University of California Berkeley - October 11 2000 Pew Internet & American Life Project Survey Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project - August 2000 Visa EU Password Selection Survey (2000) Source: Visa EU - July 2000 KPMG 2000 Information Security Survey Source: KPMG UK - April 2000 You must remember this ... that and the other Source: BBC News - April 20 2000 User Plans for VPN Products and Services in the US 2000 Source: Infonetics Research Inc. - 2000 Data Communications Magazine Authentication Survey Source: Data Communications Magazine - March 1998 Economics of Security Source: Forrester Research - February 1998 Deloitte & Touche Most Popular Passwords Source: Deloitte & Touche - June 1997 Compaq Password Survey Source: Compaq - January 2 1997 Ask and Ye Shall Receive: A Study in Social Engineering Source: T. Greening, SIGSAC Review, Volume 14 Number 2 - April 1996 |