31-01-2017 14:18 via

Report: Passwords not going away any time soon

The number of passwords in use will grow from about 75 billion today to around 100 billion in 2020, according to a new report from Cybersecurity Ventures.
Meanwhile, the number of passwords used by machines, such as IoT devices, will grow even faster, from around 15 billion in 2015 to around 200 billion in 2020, the report said.
And these numbers don't include one-time passwords, SSL encryption keys and other short-term credentials, said Joseph Carson, head of global strategic alliances at Thyc
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