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The Password Is Dying. It’s Time for A

DNR.

By Lucas Budman, CEO, TruU

As old years end and new ones begin, it’s natural to look ahead at the promise and possibility that lie in
front of us. What’s new? What’s near? What’s next?

But in cybersecurity, we already know what to expect in 2022: more breaches. Why? Because loss or

theft from data leaks has grown substantially year-over-year for so many consecutive years now we’d be
fooling ourselves to think 2022 will be any different. Even with evolving new threats and the growth of
nation-state actors in the ransomware business, we want to believe our current lines of defense will hold.

The briefest history shows us the folly in our thinking. We’re not safe. Our defenses will not hold. Period.
And the biggest gap in our defense is…us. You. Me. People. Our cyber hygiene and habits are not what
they need to be to truly protect sensitive data and information, and for the most part, the technologies we
use come with too much friction. The user experience is so poor that we spend as much (or more) time

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