UK businesses still rely heavily on single-factor authentication

Study: Information Security Breaches Survey 2006
Date: April 2006

What techniques are used to authenticate users (Overall)?

96%	Single factor (user ID and password)
6%	Software second factor e.g. digital certificates and tokens
4%	Hardware second factor e.g. smartcards
1%	Third factor e.g. biometrics
6%	Some systems with no authentication

What techniques are used to authenticate users (Large businesses only)?

93%	Single factor (user ID and password)
20%	Software second factor e.g. digital certificates and tokens
17%	Hardware second factor e.g. smartcards
4%	Third factor e.g. biometrics
3%	Some systems with no authentication