Traditional authentication using a username and password has been the foundation of digital identity and security for over 50 years. However, as organisations rely on a greater number of tools and applications, they face a greater risk of password attack. According to our latest Businesses at Work report, the average number of corporate and personal apps organisations deploy increased from 88 to 89 this year, contributing to an increase of 24% since 2016. With this ever-growing suite of applications comes an ever-growing number of user accounts, which poses some significant issues: the burden on end users to remember multiple passwords, support costs, and most importantly, the security risks posed by compromised credentials. What is a password attack? But what even is a password attack anyway? By ‘password attack’, we mean any method a bad actor might use to gain access to a password-protected account. Here are some of the most.