My friend Bret Arsenault, our Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Microsoft, likes to say, "Hackers don't break in, they log in." This has stuck with me since I first heard him say it because it’s so true.
Weak passwords are the entry point for the majority of attacks against business and personal accounts. There are 579 password attacks every second, or 18 billion every year.
Why are passwords so vulnerable? There are two big reasons.
Human nature
With the exception of passwords that are automatically generated and almost impossible to remember, we largely create our own passwords. But, given the vulnerability of passwords, their requirements have become increasingly complex in recent years, including multiple symbols, numbers, case sensitivity, and the prohibition of preceding passwords. Updates are often required regularly, but creating passwords that are both secure enough and memorable enough is a challenge. Passwords are incredibly difficult to create, remember, and manage across every account in our lives.
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/09/15/the-passwordless-future-is-here-for-your-microsoft-account/#::textGo%20passwordless%20today%20with%20a %20a few%20quick%20clicks&textNext%2C%20visit%20your%20Microsoft account%20,notification%20from%20your%20Authenticator%20application.
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