The 2026 Workforce Impersonation Report

“Scale, efficiency improvements and security are driving businesses to focus on achieving value for their security projects. To deliver the maximum value from their MFA solutions, companies must replace existing, phishable processes for registration and recovery with easy-to-use, self-service and highly secure alternatives. These foundations will enable enterprises to accelerate their deployments of phishing-resistant authentication rapidly in 2026. The goal is to eliminate phishable authentication methods and identity processes from the enterprise by the end of the year.”

- Derek Hanson, Field CTO, Yubico

What is Workforce Impersonation?

Learn why impersonation is growing, where it shows up in workflows like recovery and onboarding, and why it’s now a core enterprise security risk.

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Where to Add Workforce Identity Verification

See where IT and security teams should add identity verification to stop impersonation at high‑risk moments without slowing down everyday work.

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Workforce Impersonation Risk Checklist

Quickly pinpoint high‑risk workflows where access is granted without verifying the real person behind the request.

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Rebuilding Enterprise Trust in the Age of AI

Generative AI has made impersonation attacks more convincing and scalable, exposing critical gaps in traditional authentication. Workforce identity verification that confirms the real person behind each request is now essential to closing this security gap.

Microsoft’s MFA Shift Strengthens Security but Leaves Recovery at Risk

Microsoft’s removal of legacy MFA and password reset options strengthens login security but increases risk during recovery. Verifying the real person behind recovery requests is essential to maintain trust and prevent impersonation.

What Generative AI Means for IT, HR and Security Teams

AI-driven impersonation is rapidly evolving, exploiting gaps between HR, IT, and security workflows to bypass traditional defenses. Protecting enterprises requires unified identity verification that confirms the real person behind every action, closing risks across the organization.