In order to combat ‘ fear fatigue ’ organizations need to empower their people to take small steps toward the bigger goal of bolstering security defenses . After all , employees play a key role in a company ’ s cybersecurity posture . Security teams that shake up their password protocols such as never using the same password twice , using password vaults and enabling multi-factor / adaptive authentication are winning against the adversaries . A combination of behavioral analytics and smart password practices can help employees , and their employers , stop credential-based attacks and adversarial lateral movement . Organizations need to ensure they have the right threat detection , investigation and response ( TDIR ) technologies in place . p