Forgotten passwords and waiting for access to work systems turn into a hidden expense item for businesses. In companies with 500 to 1000 employees, such losses can range from 3 to 10 million rubles per year, market participants estimated.
Money is lost unnoticed: IT specialists manually reset passwords, grant rights to new employees, and close accounts after dismissals. Until access is granted, a person may not start work for several days, and such requests account for up to half of the support service's inquiries.
It is especially risky when logins and passwords are transmitted via messengers or stored in shared tables. If a leak occurs, the company cannot always quickly determine who received the data and how it was used. At the same time, 66% of incidents in Russian organizations are related to employee errors and violation of basic security rules.
The cost of such failures continues to rise. Positive Technologies expects that in 2026, the number of successful attacks on Russian companies may increase by 30–35%. For a repeated personal data leak, businesses may face a fine of up to 3% of annual revenue, but not more than 500 million rubles.
Centralized access management systems help reduce losses. They allow you to see active accounts, quickly grant and revoke rights, and save action history. As a result, working with passwords ceases to be an IT department routine and becomes a way to reduce downtime, errors, and financial risks.