Bitwarden Access Intelligence Introduces Reporting for Risk Over Time to Help Organizations Measure and Reduce Credential Exposure

Access Intelligence now tracks credential risk trends, quantifies remediation progress, and demonstrates measurable security impact tied to business outcomes

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bitwarden, the trusted leader in passkey, password, and secrets management, today announced a new reporting capability within Access Intelligence that enables organizations to measure credential risk over time and track remediation progress across applications, items, and members. By introducing historical visibility into how risk evolves, security teams can validate improvements, prioritize future remediation efforts, and demonstrate measurable progress in reducing vulnerabilities while strengthening organizational security goals.

Measure credential risk over time

Credential risk is constantly changing as weak, reused, and exposed credentials fluctuate across the organization. Without historical context, security teams lack the ability to determine whether risk is improving, remaining unchanged, or increasing.

Risk over time reporting within Bitwarden Access Intelligence provides continuous visibility into how credential risk evolves across organizational environments. This empowers security teams to identify trends, pinpoint emerging issues, and take action before risks escalate.

Turning insights into actionable outcomes

Security teams are increasingly expected to demonstrate measurable progress in mitigating credential risk. That pressure is reinforced by the role of compromised credentials in attacks, with the most recent Verizon DBIR report finding that stolen credentials are involved in about 88% of web application breaches.

With risk over time reporting, organizations can track remediation progress and establish clear indicators of improvement across their security programs.

This visibility enables teams to communicate progress to leadership, align remediation efforts across the organization, and connect security activity to broader business outcomes, while reinforcing the role of identity security as a core business priority.

Connect credential risk to business impact

Credential exposure remains a leading driver of security incidents. According to the latest IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average total cost of a data breach exceeds $4 million globally. Visibility into credential risk helps organizations better anticipate potential exposure.

At scale, proactively addressing vulnerabilities can materially lower overall risk exposure, while also minimizing the likelihood of downstream business disruption and reputational costs associated with security breaches.

Introducing measurable visibility into credential risks enables organizations to better quantify the financial and operational impact of remediation efforts and prioritize the actions that reduce the likelihood of security incidents.

Advancing identity-centric security

Bitwarden Access Intelligence helps organizations identify, prioritize, and remediate credential risks across applications, users, and accounts. With the addition of risk over time reporting, security teams can measure progress and connect remediation efforts to broader business outcomes.

Identity continues to serve as the primary control layer for modern security environments. The ability to track credential risk and remediation progress over time becomes essential to reducing exposure while strengthening resilience.

To learn more about Bitwarden Access Intelligence and risk over time reporting, please visit: https://bitwarden.com/blog/measure-credential-risks-over-time-with-access-intelligence/.

About Bitwarden

Bitwarden equips enterprises and individuals with the power to securely manage and share information online with trusted open source security solutions. With a password manager for everyone, users can easily manage their entire online identity anywhere. Bitwarden Secrets Manager and Passwordless.dev enhance developer secrets security and streamline passkey development for end users and workforce authentication. Founded in 2016, Bitwarden serves over 50,000 businesses and more than 10 million users worldwide across 180 countries in 50+ languages. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. Learn more at bitwarden.com.