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- 47 percent of Gen Z and 46 percent of Millennials say they’ve had passwords hacked in Yubico’s latest annual report.
- But it’s also the demographic that is presumably more aware and eager to adopt hardware security keys
- 73 percent of Gen Z are also concerned about the rise of AI in cyberattacks
Gen Z and Millennials are just as at risk password violations like anyone else, a new one report from Yubico stated.
Their survey found that 47% of Gen Z and 46% of Millennials said their social account passwords had been compromised at some point, results that appeared to be in contrast to 63% of respondents in the sample size of 20,000 who say they feel safe. cybersecurity measures in place to protect your personal information.
However, the report also reveals that 70% of respondents claimed to have been the victim of a cyberattack in the past twelve months, indicative of overconfidence and a lack of cyber education. 40% of respondents stated that they did not receive any cybersecurity training at work.
Gen Z and Millennial cybersecurity attitudes in the workplace
Things get worse when you consider that almost half (49%) of respondents are more concerned about their personal data than that of their company or workplace, showing that business owners and companies may not see computer literacy and cyber security as an innate ability in the younger generations. when considering the resilience of their own digital infrastructure.
It also seems silly to imply that younger generations are more likely to pick up and understand the implications of new technologies more easily, when 58% of survey respondents expressed concern about the continued “sophisticated” role of AI in cyberattacks.
Yubico’s view on authentication methods
The primary goal of the report seems to be to encourage alternative authentication methods in the workplace, with only 21% of workers saying they use a mobile. authentication app. Yubico’s report notes that workers may have valid reasons for not using this method, such as not wanting to use a personal smartphone for work or simply not having one.
To this end, Yubico favors only MFA passwords such as software-based password keys (seeing widespread support in the technology industry), plus physical security keys.
“In addition to being highly secure, passkeys greatly simplify the user experience,” said Derek Hanson, Yubico’s VP of Standards and Alliances.
“By eliminating the need for users to remember complex passwords, it reduces the friction associated with logging in and eliminates the frustration of forgotten passwords. This can lead to increased user satisfaction and productivity, in especially in enterprise environments where employees often juggle multiple accounts and passwords.”
“When we look at today’s options for passkeys, those that are tied to the device over security keys provide the highest level of resistance to phishing and meet the strictest security standards.”
The report concludes by suggesting, “embrace emerging [technology] such as hardware security keys and passkeys, without a doubt, play a crucial role in safeguarding our digital identities and the security of the systems and services that count on us every day”, a utopian notion that is well received by the revelation that 39% of respondents believe that a standard username and password combination is the most secure authentication available.
