• Yubico’s 2026 Global State of Authentication report flagged a widening execution gap between passkey awareness, daily login behavior.
• Survey of nearly 2,000 cybersecurity, IT professionals across nine countries found 43% still use passwords at work.
• Onboarding drives persistence: 52% inherited passwords on day one, reinforcing legacy credential use despite security knowledge.
• AI risk remains elevated: 44% reported an AI-driven attack in the past 12 months; 39% failed to spot AI-generated text.
• Enterprise shift toward phishing-resistant credentials faces adoption friction; report pointed to hardware-backed passkeys as the top security option.

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