Students have the lowest Multi-Factor Authentication adoption at 13% across grade levels.

Publisher	Clever
Report	Cybersecure 2026 Report
Published	11 March 2026
Topics	Education, K-12, US, MFA In Education

Published by Clever in Cybersecure 2026 Report, 11 March 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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3 sources answer what share of organisations have deployed multi-factor authentication. They report between 40% and 66%, with a median of 60%.

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