"Using a weak or compromised password for a personal account is bad enough. But using one on the job puts not just you but your entire company at risk. That's why the practice is considered a major security threat, according to a new report from password manager 1Password. For its 2025 annual report entitled " The Access-Trust Gap," 1Password looked at the ways that passwords are still problematic despite an ongoing move toward passwordless authentication."
"Asked what has most impacted their security team's ability to deliver adequate protection for your company, 44% of the respondents pointed to employees using weak or compromised credentials. The survey showed that employee password practices are actually getting worse instead of better with an increase in this percentage from last year's report. Some two-thirds of the employees admitted to reusing passwords across work and personal accounts, relying on default credentials, or sharing passwords via email or messaging apps."
"Ironically, IT and security professionals actually are more risky in their use of passwords than are their non-IT peers. As one example, 15% of the non-IT workers polled said they've used the same passwords for work and personal accounts, while 24% of IT pros professed to doing the same thing. Poor password practices were evident among those polled. Only 30% of workers and 23% of IT professionals said they always use compl"
A survey of 5,200 workers across the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, France, and Singapore revealed widespread poor password practices in workplaces. Forty-four percent of respondents said employees using weak or compromised credentials most impacted security teams' ability to protect companies, an increase from last year. About two-thirds of employees admitted to reusing passwords across work and personal accounts, relying on default credentials, or sharing passwords via email or messaging apps. IT and security professionals reported riskier password use than non-IT peers, with 24% of IT pros using the same passwords for work and personal accounts versus 15% of non-IT workers.
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