Passwords can be costly

Labour costs for configuring and maintaining password systems in companies with more than 100,000 users average US$300 to $350 per user, according to Aberdeen Group Inc. in Boston.

These large companies also incur unnecessary overhead expenses averaging $35 million. The good news, Aberdeen says, is that identity management systems are eliminating those overhead expenses and showing positive incremental returns.

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