India approaches 90% MFA adoption, signalling stronger identity security posture: Okta report

Okta has released India-specific findings from its Secure Sign-in Trends Report 2025, indicating that Indian enterprises have established a comparatively strong baseline for identity security. The report, based on billions of anonymised authentication events across global customer environments, shows that multi-factor authentication (MFA) adoption in India has reached 89.4%, significantly higher than the global average of 70%.

The data suggests that identity protection is increasingly being treated as a strategic priority by Indian organisations amid rising cyber risks.

India outperforms global benchmarks

Key findings from the report include:

• Higher adoption: India’s MFA adoption rate stands at 89.4%, compared with a global workforce average of 70%.
• Continued growth: Adoption increased by 4.1 percentage points year-on-year, indicating sustained enterprise focus on security.
• Global shift underway: Adoption of phishing-resistant, passwordless authentication methods has risen by 63% worldwide.
• Security gap elsewhere: Nearly one-third of users globally still ...