Global Digital Identity & Trust Infrastructure Market 2026 Now Available, Reveals 75% Of Consumers Have Enabled Passkeys, Profiling Microsoft, Okta, Apple, Google, And 10 Other Key Players
Dublin, Aug. 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Digital Identity & Trust Infrastructure Market 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Key Highlights
- Globally, 90% of surveyed consumers reported familiarity with passkeys in 2026. Worldwide, 75% of surveyed consumers had enabled passkeys on at least some digital accounts by 2026, with 40% using them across most apps and accounts. Globally, over 50% of surveyed organizations continued relying primarily on password-based workforce sign-ins in 2026, indicating that enterprise migration toward passwordless authentication remains ongoing.
Passwordless Authentication and Integrated Identity Platforms Continue Expanding
Organizations continue modernizing identity infrastructure through passkeys, biometrics, and integrated identity platforms that support secure authentication and trusted digital interactions. Enterprises increasingly invest in identity orchestration, governance, and credential management across workforce, customer, and machine identities.
Digital Identity Infrastructure Supports Commerce and Public Services
Digital identity is becoming more deeply embedded across customer onboarding, payment authentication, digital wallets, and government services. Interoperable credentials and digital public infrastructure continue supporting secure access, credential portability, and trusted interactions across digital ecosystems.
Identity Governance and Fraud Prevention Shape Future Development
Synthetic identities, AI-generated deepfakes, and credential abuse continue driving investment in identity verification, adaptive authentication, and digital trust frameworks. Governments and enterprises are also advancing interoperable identity standards to strengthen long-term digital trust.
Key Questions Answered
- How are passwordless authentication, passkeys, biometric authentication, and digital identity wallets reshaping global digital identity infrastructure and trusted digital interactions in 2026? How are government digital identity programs, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), and national identity platforms accelerating trusted digital services, financial inclusion, and cross-sector interoperability? How are identity fraud, synthetic identities, deepfake-enabled impersonation, credential compromise, and emerging verification technologies reshaping digital trust and fraud prevention strategies? What are the latest global adoption rates for passkeys and passwordless authentication, and how are consumer and enterprise adoption patterns evolving across major regions? What are the latest trends in identity-related fraud, credential exposure, data breach costs, and enterprise security risks across major global markets?
Key Topics Covered:
1. Key Takeaways
2. Management Summary
3. Executive Overview: Identity as Digital Infrastructure
- Global: Structural Drivers Supporting Digital Identity Modernization, July 2026 Global: Identity, Authentication, and Trust Across Digital Ecosystems, July 2026 Global: Competitive Positioning Across Identity Ecosystems, July 2026
4. Digital Identity Market Overview & Adoption
- Global: Enterprise Demand Across Digital Identity Solution Categories, July 2026 Global: Enterprise Adoption of Digital Identity Infrastructure Across Industry Sectors, July 2026 Global: Sector-Level Investment Drivers for Digital Identity Infrastructure, July 2026 Global: Enterprise Identity Orchestration Across Hybrid Digital Environments, July 2026 Global: Identity Governance Frameworks Supporting Enterprise Digital Trust, July 2026
5. Digital Identity Foundations
- Global: Evolution of Identity Models and Authentication Frameworks, July 2026 Global: Centralized, Federated, and Decentralized Identity Architecture Models, July 2026 Global: Applications of Digital Identity Infrastructure Across Commerce, Finance, and Government, July 2026 Global: Digital Trust Frameworks Supporting Cross-Sector Digital Ecosystems, July 2026 Global: Identity Portability, Credential Reusability, and Interoperability, July 2026
6. Authentication Technologies
- Global: Awareness of Passkeys Among Consumers, in % of Respondents, April 2026 Global: Consumer Adoption of Passkeys Across Digital Accounts, in % of Respondents, April 2026 Global: Consumers Who Enabled Passkeys on at Least Some Accounts, in % of Respondents, April 2026 Global: Consumer Preference and Usage Frequency of Passkeys, in % of Respondents, April 2026 Global: Passkey Activity at Employers, in % of Employed Respondents, April 2026 Global: Employees Reporting Passkey Activity at Their Employer, in % of Employed Respondents, April 2026 Global: Leading Drivers for Considering or Implementing Passkeys, in % of Organizations With Active Passkey Consideration or Adoption, April 2026 Global: Primary Workforce Sign-In Method Used by Employees, in % of Organizations, April 2026 Global: Developments in Multi-Factor Authentication, Enterprise Adoption, and Regulatory Requir., July 2026 Global: Biometric Authentication Adoption Across Digital Services, July 2026 Global: Continuous Identity Trust Assessment Across Enterprise Digital Ecosystems, July 2026 Global: Risk-Based Authentication Decision Frameworks Across Digital Card Payment Ecosystems, July 2026
7. Digital Credentials & Identity Wallets
- Global: Government Digital Identity Programs and National Identity Platforms, July 2026 Global: Platform-Based Identity Ecosystems Including Apple, Google, and Microsoft, July 2026 Global: Mobile Driver's License Ecosystem And Digital Identity Wallet Integration, July 2026 Global: Digital Identity Wallets Supporting Authentication, Payments, And Reusable Credentials, July 2026 Global: Digital Payment Credentials Supporting Credential Provisioning and Lifecycle Management, July 2026 Global: Digital Credential Adoption Across Financial, Travel, Healthcare, And Professional Services, July 2026
8. Digital Identity in Payments & Commerce
- Global: Digital Identity Applications Across Customer Onboarding and Account Opening Processes, July 2026 Global: Authentication Methods Used in Digital Payment Transaction, July 2026 Global: Digital Identity Infrastructure Supporting Open Banking and Open Finance Ecosystems, July 2026 Global: Embedded Finance Infrastructure Supporting Platform-Based Financial Services, July 2026 Global: Digital Identity Verification and Authent. in Cross-Border Payment Compliance Processes, July 2026 Global: Organizational Identity Infrastructure for Cross-Border Business and Digital Trade, July 2026 Global: KYB Infrastructure Across Merchant Acquiring and Platform Commerce Ecosystems, July 2026 Global: Continuous Merchant Monitoring Across Digital Commerce, July 2026 Global: Network Tokenization and Identity-Based Payment Security Infrastructure, July 2026
9. Business Value & Economics of Digital Identity
- Global: Cost of Customer Onboarding Across Banking, Payments, and Financial Services, July 2026 Global: Likelihood of Abandoning a Purchase or Account Sign-In Due to a Forgotten Password, in % of Cons., April 2026 Global: Compliance Cost Optimization Through Digital Identity Infrastructure, July 2026 Global: Business Value Drivers of Digital Identity Investments Across Industries, July 2026
10. Identity Trust, Fraud & Verification
- Global: Identity Fraud Trends and Verification Challenges, July 2026 Global: Synthetic Identity Fraud, Detection Challenges, and Evolving Verification Requirements, July 2026 Global: Deepfake-Enabled Identity Fraud, AI-Generated Content, and Verification Challenges, July 2026 Global: Identity Verification Technologies, Assurance Mechanisms, and Digital Trust Frameworks, July 2026 Global: Identity Verification, Authentication, and Fraud Mitigation Across Digital Ecosystems, July 2026 Global: Consumer Experiences With Account Security and Credential Compromise, in % of Resp., April 2026 Global: Consumer Exposure to Account Security Incidents, in % of Respondents, April 2026 Global: Leading Initial Access Vectors in Non-Error and Non-Misuse Breaches, in % of Breaches, 2025 Global: Managed and Non-Managed Devices Containing Corporate Credentials, in % of Devices Identified in Infostealer Logs, 2025 Global: GenAI Service Account Credentials Used on Corporate Devices, in % of Accounts, 2025 Global: Human and Third-Party Dependencies in Digital Trust Ecosystems, in % of Breaches, 2025
11. Regulation, Governance & Digital Public Infrastructure
- Global: Digital Public Infrastructure and Its Role in Digital Identity Ecosystems, July 2026 Global: Interoperability Layers Enabling Digital Public Infrastructure Ecosystems, July 2026 Europe: Development of the European Digital Identity Framework and EUDI Wallet Ecosystem, July 2026
12. Regional Ecosystem Development
12.1. UK
- UK: Factors Considered Important When Using Digital Identity Services, in % of Respondents, January 2025 UK: Most Common Use Cases for Using a Digital Identity Service, in % of Respondents, January 2025 UK: Digital Identity Service Usage by Digital Inclusion Risk Group, in % of Respondents, January 2025
12.2. Europe
- Europe: National Digital Identity Program Development Across EU Member States, July 2026 Germany: Average Cost of Data Breaches, in USD millions, 2024-2025 France: Average Cost of Data Breaches, in USD millions, 2024-2025
12.3. GCC
- GCC: Digital Identity Infrastructure Supporting Government Services And Digital Economies, July 2026
12.4. United States
- United States: Federal and State-Level Digital Identity Infrastructure Development, July 2026 United States: Average Cost of Data Breaches, in USD millions, 2024-2025
12.5. Brazil
- Brazil: Digital Public Infr. Supporting Digital Govern., Financial Services, And Trusted Digital Identity, July 2026
12.6. China
- China: National Digital Identity Infrastructure and Mobile-Based Authentication Ecosystem, July 2026
12.7. India
- India: Digital Public Infrastructure Adoption and Aadhaar-Based Identity Verification Coverage, July 2026 India: Average Cost of Data Breaches, in USD millions, 2024-2025
12.8. Singapore
- Singapore: National Digital Identity Infrastructure Supporting Public and Private Digital Services, July 2026
13. Competitive Landscape
- Global: Identity Verification Providers Including Jumio, Onfido, Persona, Veriff, and Trulioo, July 2026 Global: Authentication and IAM Providers Including Microsoft, Okta, Ping Identity, and Entrust, July 2026 Global: Enterprise Identity Platf. Across Workforce, Customer, Machine, And Privileged Identities, July 2026 Global: Decentralized Identity and Self-Sovereign Identity Stakeholders, July 2026 Global: Identity Wallet Ecosystem Across Government, Consumer, and Enterprise Platforms, July 2026 Global: Verifiable Credential Infrastructure For Issuers, Holders, Verifiers, And Trust Networks, July 2026 Global: Digital Trust Frameworks And Cross-Border Identity Collaboration, July 2026
14. Future Outlook
- Global: Long-Term Transition Toward Quantum-Resistant Digital Identity Infrastructure, July 2026 Global: Identity Infrastructure for AI Agents and Autonomous Commerce Systems, July 2026 Global: Machine Identities and Non-Human Transaction Authentication, July 2026
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- Apple Entrust Google (Alphabet) India Stack Jumio Microsoft MOSIP Okta Onfido (Entrust Identity Verification) Persona Ping Identity Singpass Trulioo Veriff
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