MFA effectiveness against account takeover global 2023

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Ani Petrosyan,
Mar 10, 2025
In 2023, nearly 90 percent of IT security professionals worldwide said that multi-factor authentication systems were very or somewhat effective against account takeover. Moreover, around nine percent were unsure about the statement, while two percent disagreed to some extent.

Effectiveness of multi-factor authentication against account takeover according to IT security professionals worldwide in 2023

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Completely disagree 1%
Somewhat disagree 2%
Neither agree or disagree 9%
Somewhat agree 47%
Completely agree 42%
Showing entries 1 to 5 (5 entries in total)
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents42%42%47%47%9%9%2%2%1%1%Completely agreeSomewhat agreeNeither agree or disagreeSomewhat disagreeCompletely disagree
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%

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Release date

March 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2023

Special properties

IT security professionals

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "Does MFA Provide Complete Protection Against Account Takeover?"

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