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Microsoft is a recognized leader in cybersecurity

Industry analysts consistently name Microsoft a leader in security, compliance, identity, and endpoint management.

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A Leader in five Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ reports.

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A Leader in four Forrester Wave™ categories.

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A Leader in four IDC MarketScape reports.

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A Leader in ten KuppingerCole Leadership Compass reports.

Microsoft recognized for ninth year

Microsoft is a nine-time Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management.1, 2

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Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms

Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms.1, 3

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The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platform Providers

Microsoft is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platform Providers, Q3 2025.4

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Microsoft recognized as Market Leader for CWPP

Microsoft receives the Best Practices Award from Frost & Sullivan for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) 2024.25

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Microsoft receives Company of the Year in the Global Workforce IAM industry

Microsoft Security receives the Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award for 2024 Company of the Year for the Identify and Access Management (IAM) industry in 2024.26

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  • [1] Gartner and Magic Quadrant are trademarks of Gartner, Inc., and/or its affiliates.

    Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
  • [2] Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management, 11 November 2025, By Brian Guthrie, Nathan Harris, Yemi Davies, Steve Wessels.
  • [3] Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms, Evgeny Mirolyubov, Deepak Mishra, Franz Hinner, 14 July 2025.
  • [4] The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platform Providers, Q3 2025, Carlos Rivera, Joseph Blankenship, Faith Born, and Peter Harrison , July 7, 2025.

    Forrester does not endorse any company, product, brand, or service included in its research publications and does not advise any person to select the products or services of any company or brand based on the ratings included in such publications. Information is based on the best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change. For more information, read about Forrester’s objectivity.
  • [5] Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Information and Event Management, Andrew Davies, Eric Ahlm, Angel Berrios, Darren Livingstone, 8 October 2025.
  • [6] Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CPS Protection Platforms, Katell Thielemann, Wam Voster, Ruggero Contu, 12 February 2025.
  • [7] Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security, By Max Taggett, Nikul Patel, 1 December 2025.
  • [8] The Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platforms, Q2 2025, Allie Mellen, Stephanie Balaouras, Katie Vincent, Michael Belden, June 24, 2025.
  • [9] The Forrester Wave™: Workforce Identity Platforms, Q1 2024, Geoff Cairns, Merritt Maxim, Lok Sze Sung, Peter Harrison, March 19, 2024.
  • [10] The Forrester Wave™: Extended Detection and Response Platforms, Allie Mellon, Joesph Blankenship, Sarah Morana, Michael Belden, June 2, 2024.
  • [11] IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform 2025 Vendor Assessment, doc. #US53549925e, June 2025.
  • [12] IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Extended Detection and Response Software 2025 Vendor Assessment, doc. #US52997325e, September 2025
  • [13] IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Integrated Solutions for Identity Security 2025 Vendor Assessment, doc. #US52037224e, September 2025.
  • [14] IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Unified AI Governance Platforms 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment, doc. #US53514825e, December 2025.
  • [15] KuppingerCole Analysts AG, Leadership Compass, Access Management, Alejandro Leal, June 12, 2025.
  • [16] KuppingerCole Analysts AG, Leadership Compass, Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR): IAM Meets the SOC, Mike Neuenschwander, April 22, 2024.
  • [17] KuppingerCole Analysts AG Leadership Compass, Email Security, Martin Kuppinger, September 18, 2025.
  • [18] KuppingerCole Analysts AG Leadership Compass, Identity Fabrics, Martin Kuppinger, May 6, 2025.
  • [19] KuppingerCole Analysts AG Leadership Compass, Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Nitish Deshpande, August 6, 2024.
  • [20] KuppingerCole Analysts AG Leadership Compass, Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Mike Small, December 4, 2024.
  • [21] KuppingerCole Analysts AG, Leadership Compass, Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP), Mike Small, June 10, 2025.
  • [22] KuppingerCole Analysts AG, Leadership Compass, Extended Detection and Response (XDR), John Tolbert, December 5, 2024.
  • [23] KuppingerCole Analysts AG, Leadership Compass, Non-Human Identity Management, Nitish Deshpande, November 25, 2025.
  • [24] KuppingerCole Analysts AG, Leadership Compass, Generative AI Defense, Jonathan Care, December 2, 2025.
  • [25] Frost & Sullivan, 2024 Market Leader in the Global CWPP Industry, 2024 Best Practices Award.
  • [26] Frost & Sullivan, 2024 Company of the Year in the Global Workforce IAM industry, 2024 Best Practices Award.

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