Three Identity Security Trends Shaping 2026: Passwordless Adoption, Reactive Security, and the Rise of Identity Verification

From Identity Renaissance to the Age of Industrialization

In last year’sState of Passwordless Identity Assurance report,we declared an Identity Renaissance”, the turning point where enterprises recognized that passwords and shared secrets were fundamentally broken, and began rethinking their approach to digital identity. Security leaders began exploring phishing-resistant authentication, FIDO passkeys, and stronger identity assurance models.

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