Five takeaways from Dashlane's recent webinar on how to implement proactive credential security for 2025
As we approach 2025, it’s important for security teams to evaluate their cybersecurity program to ensure they are prepared for the risks that will come with the new year.
To empower teams with a proactive credential security strategy, Dashlane hosted a webinar on the top credential security trends for 2025 and key strategies for building a proactive approach.
If you weren’t able to attend the webinar, we’ve put together the top five takeaways from the conversation between our two experts: Dashlane’s Chief Technology Officer Frédéric Rivain and Director of Product Management Hans Raj Kumar. And if you’d like to dive deeper into their insights, check out the replay!
1. Credential security is more important than ever.
Compromised passwords remain one of the leading causes of data breaches. Security research suggests that 80% of data breaches use compromised identities. This reality hasn’t changed in many years—but current trends such as the explosion of hybrid and remote work, along with shadow IT, have increased the risk exponentially.
Dashlane’s recent Global Password Health Report found that unsafe habits such as password reuse continue to be a challenge. Our data shows that the average Password Health Score ranges from 72.6 in Northern America to 79.8 in Eastern Europe. While that's an improvement from last year, the number of reused credentials remains prevalent, between 40% and 50% across regions.
These findings should be a concern for organizations because they highlight that the risk from poor password hygiene is tremendous. Malicious actors are constantly finding new ways to attack the identity, and vulnerabilities like unsafe passwords are making their job much easier.
The average Password Health Score ranges from 72.6 in Northern America to 79.8 in Eastern Europe.
2. Start with credential security basics as a first step.
The minimal requirements recommended by our experts for securing passwords are a combination of single sign-on (SSO), credential management, and multi-factor authentication (MFA). These essential tools work together to protect identities across your environment.
Many organizations implement SSO, but that’s not enough because SSO doesn’t cover areas like shadow IT apps, personal credentials that employees use for work, and services that don’t support SSO. Adding a credential management solution like Dashlane to your identity and access management stack ensures all credentials are protected—including SSO logins. Additionally, MFA provides another layer of security in the event credentials do become compromised.
3. You need complete visibility into your credential security.
Our experts emphasized the importance of proactive credential security in addressing identity-related risks. Being proactive includes having visibility into the credential practices across your entire organization.
For example, Dashlane’s Credential Risk Detection functionality offers comprehensive credential risk visibility through real-time detection so you can identify vulnerable employee accounts across the organization. By providing visibility into the use of weak and compromised passwords, the tool enables admins to identify vulnerable employee groups and improve their overall security posture.
4. Credential security is a continuous process.
Good password hygiene isn’t just a technical challenge—it's a cultural one. Human error, including the use of weak or compromised credentials, is at the heart of many security breaches. That’s why it’s essential to regularly educate employees about the importance of strong passwords and credential security.
But employees also need the right tools to stay secure. One way Dashlane helps is with a new feature called Nudges. This feature proactively identifies at-risk credentials in context and sends automated messages to alert at-risk employees to secure their accounts.
5. Passwordless authentication will continue to build momentum.
Passwordless authentication like passkeys has emerged as a solution that boosts credential security and helps protect against phishing attacks. In addition to reducing the reliance on passwords, passwordless logins simplify authentication. Our webinar experts agreed that this technology can benefit every organization because it increases security without adding complexity while removing the friction for users.
Even as passwordless authentication gains steam, passwords are not going away anytime soon. And malicious actors will continue to take advantage of human error and target identities. That means that securing passwords should be a priority for organizations going into 2025—and beyond.
Want to hear more from our credential security experts? Watch the webinar replay.
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