It seems like everyday more and more cyber attacks to organizations are being found however many consumers are reluctant to change their online habits. A study performed by Mary Theofanos found that people are sick and tired of remembering more and more passwords, making people use the same password for multiple sites. In this study people believed that since they did not work for a government agency or finance company. Many users are also frustrated with the extra steps required for this security on other websites. If people are frustrated with using multiple passwords they need to start using password managers and other alternatives to make sure that their information is secure, or else many people will be susceptible to attacks.
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I can totally relate to this issue. When you need to login to multiple apps and environments, it gets frustrating to create a brand new “strong” password for each. A lot of times I would need to reset a password, just to forget it again. Sadly, to solve this problem, there is little variance between my passwords now, although I try not to keep them the same.
I believe that this is a real concern. Strong passwords are extremely difficult to keep track of and cyber threats are continuing to grow at an exponential rate. Even for the most security aware professional, keeping up with security can be tiring.