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(BUSINESS WIRE) -- A new survey from Yubico (NASDAQ STOCKHOLM: YUBICO), the pioneer of phishing-resistant authentication and creator of the original passkey, the YubiKey, and Okta, Inc., reveals a significant gap between security knowledge and everyday practice.
Summary
While security leaders overwhelmingly recognize phishing-resistant passkeys as more secure than passwords, nearly half still rely on vulnerable login methods in their daily work. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261007969823/en/ Conducted by Talker Research, the annual 2026 Global State of Authentication* report surveyed nearly 2,000 cybersecurity and IT professionals across nine countries.
The report highlights that cybersecurity's primary vulnerability is no longer a lack of education or awareness, but a structural problem driven by operational friction and outdated onboarding defaults. Organizations cannot rely solely on additional security awareness training to resolve this gap. Rather, real progress starts with what employees are handed on their first day.
Key Findings Include: 43% rely on passwords at work - despite many ...
KazaSec's take
Phishing and credential-based attacks succeed because they target people, not just infrastructure, technical controls like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC only ever close part of that gap. The rest comes down to whether a team can actually spot the fake, and whether a compromised credential can still be reused anywhere else.
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