Study Publisher: Elcomsoft
Study Date: October 2009
Study URL: http://www.elcomsoft.com/survey/survey2009.pdf

Study Overview:
"The 'Password Usage Behavior' survey was conducted online from June 3, 2009, through September 1, 2009. ElcomSoft invited its clients - CIOs, IT administrators, security experts from governmental and military sectors as well as ordinary users from around the globe to answer the questions. The results of this survey are based on responses from 1000 security and IT professionals from more than 70 countries. Thirty-nine percent of respondents were from Europe, followed by North America (36%), Asia (12%), the Middle East (6%), Australia (4%), South America and Africa (3%)."

Statistics From This Study:

• How many passwords do IT professionals use?
• How often do IT professionals forget their passwords?
• How often do IT professionals reuse passwords?