Are We Getting Past Passwords?
Having a strong password to protect your sensitive information, such as bank information, personal pictures, and information about your business, is very important to keep such things safe from those who want to exploit it. But even though the average business user has 191 passwords, 81% of confirmed data breaches were due to weak, stolen, or reused passwords.
Looking back on the birth of passwords could give us a clue on where they may be headed and how to best protect ourselves. The first password was created in MIT’s Compatible Time-Sharing System, or CTSS, which used separate consoles to access a shared mainframe, and making a login with passcode necessary to access specific files. But just 2 years later, the first password theft occurred when a Ph.D. candidate printed out the system’s password file and signed in as another user to get more time on the CTSS.
Learn more about the progression of passwords and password theft here.
Infographic source: https://beyondidentity.com/blog/history-and-future-passwords
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