Password-only cybersecurity will become less effective in 2022. Passwords can be obtained via phishing, social engineering, device compromise, brute force (guessing) or as a result of poor user behaviours like using the same password on multiple sites/systems or the dreaded Post-it Note. Passwordless authentication using biometrics, one-time codes generated through apps and other methods will continue to increase in adoption.

With data breaches now resulting in billions of username/password combinations being accessible, all businesses and public entities will be looking for ways to better manage identity and access management in 2022. Bolstering privileged account management and other authentication related systems and resources and moving away from passwords will be a major priority for organisations.

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