IT Admins Are Just As Guilty For Weak Password Use
IT Security Guru, Tuesday, October 17,2023
No, it's not just end-users who are to blame for bad passwords. New research by Outpost24 examines admin use of weak passwords.
New research by Outpost24 has revealed that IT administrators could be just as predictable as end-users when it comes to passwords. An analysis of just over 1.8 million passwords ranked 'admin' as the most popular password (with over 40,000 entries), with additional findings pointing to a continued acceptance of default passwords.
This research comes in light of new legislations brought in by governments in recent years that ban the use of default passwords. This measure is backed by the U.K. government's Product Security and Telecommunication Infrastructure (PSTII) Bill, and the California default password law (Senate Bill 327).