- Okta slap of workers to use bad passwords like ‘123456’
- Biometric authentication is popular in Israel and South Korea
- Half of German companies apply biometric authentication
OKTA’s 2025 work activities at work has revealed the growing adoption of password authentication, many European countries paving the path in increased security.
“For a consecutive year of a consecutive million, 123456 is the most popular password in the world,” wrote Jovialyly when she was trying to understand changes in commercial security.
Traditional passwords remaining some of the weakest links throughout the world of work, Okta has explored how companies are turning to phishing -resistant authentication methods, which are increasingly deployed with biometric barriers.
Connections without password become more and more common
More specifically, OKTA revealed how France opens the way with regard to the total number of FastPass authentications – the authenticator solution without password from the company of the company. Israel, Germany, South Korea and Canada have proven to use authentication without password improved by biometrics 21% of the time, the United Kingdom and Australia arriving in a second commune at 20%.
The change is widely led by organizations, with almost half (49%) of German respondents declaring that their company applies biometric authentication for increased safety.
On the other hand, Okta said the United States dragged on “most of [its] Featured nations ”in the report, with only 17% of the biometrics. Oddly, Fastpass Leader France had in fact the least biometric percentage connections, at only 12%.
In the space of a year, Okta Fastpass authentications increased by 377%, with biometric authentications that have further pulled 288%. MacOS is the most commonly used platform for biometrics, representing 18% of all FastPass authentications, with only 13% sitting windows. Apple’s domination is reversed with regard to mobile devices, with 14% using biometrics on iOS, compared to 21% of Android users.
Although more secure authentication methods are in force, Okta noted a 23% increase from one year to e-mail authentication. Fortunately, this is down compared to the 155% increase seen last year – “we will call it a victory,” said the company in the report.
For the future, it is clear that companies are on board with biometric authentication for a more secure and more practical future, but problems of compatibility of devices, limited IT resources and budgets will continue to present obstacles along the way.
