Adaptive Multi-factor Authentication is a powerful feature that adds flexibility to Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Depending on your login context – for example, I'm accessing the system from a country I never did before – the MFA authentication is required. In simple words: with Adaptive MFA, depending on your context, the MFA shows up (or not): Adaptive MFA: Sometimes MFA shows up, sometimes it doesn't. If used the right way, Adaptive MFA improves your security and your end-user login experience. If misconfigured , Adaptive MFA may create confusion and not deliver better security. In this article, I'll walk you through my top 5 tips for using Adaptive MFA the right way. These tips are applicable to any system that supports the Adaptive MFA capabilities I'm describing here, including Okta. 1 - Start with a policy baseline and go one direction Preferably, start with "MFA always on" as the baseline. If this.