Up to now I have thrown out the round number that 20%+ of your login records are likely ‘unmatchable’ using normal techniques. Here is some more detailed data behind that number.
This particular table is a composite and simplification of detailed real-world findings. It is representative of an organization with about 30,000 active employees and considers data for 7 common applications/directories.
This is not a guess or speculation but, resembles what we have found when we do detailed analysis within organizations. Obviously specifics are confidential.
It is my hypothesis that this represents the situation in almost all large organizations. Every organization that we have investigated so far has a problem of this magnitude. You may be the exception but, I would not count on it.
Over the next few days I will dig into some of the details but, for now, here is the chart. Do you find this as shocking as I do?
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