230 million of the breached passwords met standard complexity requirements, including length, capitalisation, numbers and special characters.

January 1, 2025

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230 million of the breached passwords met standard complexity requirements, including length, capitalisation, numbers and special characters. — This cybersecurity statistic was published by RegScale in January 2025. It covers topics including Compliance, Control Mapping, Regulatory Requirements, Management. The original data appears in The CISO Society 2025 State of Continuous Controls Monitoring Report. For the full methodology and detailed findings, refer to the original report.

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230 million of the breached passwords met standard complexity requirements, including length, capitalisation, numbers and special characters. This data was published by RegScale and covers Compliance, Control Mapping, Regulatory Requirements, Management.

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This statistic comes from The CISO Society 2025 State of Continuous Controls Monitoring Report, published by RegScale on January 1, 2025. You can view the original report at Most Common Passwords 2025 - Specops Software.

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This statistic relates to Compliance, Control Mapping, Regulatory Requirements, Management. Browse more statistics on Compliance or from RegScale.

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230 million of the breached passwords met standard complexity requirements, including length, capitalisation, numbers and special characters.

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