I hate passwords. There, I said it. I dread getting an email from Akamai IT telling me it will soon be time to update my password. I procrastinate until the last possible moment instead of immediately doing what is actually a trivial process. I suspect I'm not alone in my dislike for passwords. \r\n The reality is, security professionals are also not huge fans of passwords. The ever-increasing rigor on password length, endless amounts of education about not reusing passwords across multiple accounts, and reliance on employees to protect their passwords are not working. The most recent Verizon data breach report stated that 61% of data beaches involved compromised user credentials, and this ZDNet  report  cited that once user credentials are leaked it only takes a matter of hours for bad actors to attempt to gain account access. \r\n \r\nIt is well past the time to admit that passwords provide limited security benefits while complicating the end user's daily life.…