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

Opportunities include enterprise migration to passkeys and biometrics, integrated identity platforms, interoperable digital IDs for commerce and public services, and stronger identity verification, governance, and fraud prevention against deepfakes and synthetic identities.

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

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

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

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:

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