Most executives and high-exposure professionals assume cybersecurity begins and ends with their company’s IT department. Firewalls are in place, corporate devices are managed, and security awareness training exists.

Humans are terrible at managing passwords — and that’s not a flaw, it’s biology. Remembering dozens of long, unique passwords isn’t realistic, and forcing people to try leads to predictable shortcuts: reuse, patterns, or written notes.

Password reuse feels harmless because the consequences are usually invisible — until they aren’t. When a company is breached, the stolen credentials almost always end up sold or traded. Attackers don’t care where your password came from.