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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.

Industry recognition

Gartner

A Leader in four Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ reports.

Forrester

A Leader in four Forrester Wave™ categories.

IDC

Named a leader in four IDC MarketScape reports.

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A Leader in 8 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 was named a Leader in the 2024 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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Industry-leading managed detection and response

Microsoft Defender XDR demonstrated 100% protection coverage in MITRE Engenuity’s independent ATT&CK® Evaluations: Enterprise.

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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) 2024.21

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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 2024.22

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud named a Leader in Frost Radar™

Microsoft named a Leader in the Frost Radar ™ for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP), for the second year in a row.23

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  • [2] Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management, Brian Guthrie, Nathan Harris, Abhyuday Data, Josh Murphy, December 2, 2024.
  • [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.
  • [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] The Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platforms, Q2 2025, Allie Mellen, Stephanie Balaouras, Katie Vincent, Michael Belden, June 24, 2025.
  • [8] The Forrester Wave™: Workforce Identity Platforms, Q1 2024, Geoff Cairns, Merritt Maxim, Lok Sze Sung, Peter Harrison, March 19, 2024
  • [9] The Forrester Wave™: Extended Detection and Response Platforms, Allie Mellon, Joesph Blankenship, Sarah Morana, Michael Belden, June 2, 2024,
  • [10] IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Unified Endpoint Management Software 2024 Vendor Assessment, doc #US51234224, April 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] KuppingerCole Analysts AG, Leadership Compass, Access Management, Alejandro Leal, June 12, 2025.
  • [14] KuppingerCole Analysts AG, Leadership Compass, Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR): IAM Meets the SOC, Mike Neuenschwander, April 22, 2024.
  • [15] KuppingerCole Analysts AG Leadership Compass, Email Security, Martin Kuppinger, September 18, 2025.
  • [16] KuppingerCole Analysts AG Leadership Compass, Identity Fabrics, Martin Kuppinger, May 6, 2025.
  • [17] KuppingerCole Analysts AG Leadership Compass, Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Nitish Deshpande, August 6, 2024.
  • [18] KuppingerCole Analysts AG Leadership Compass, Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Mike Small, December 4, 2024.
  • [19] KuppingerCole Analysts AG, Leadership Compass, Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP), Mike Small, June 10, 2025.
  • [20] KuppingerCole Analysts AG, Leadership Compass, eXtended Detection and Response (XDR), John Tolbert, December 5, 2024.
  • [21] Frost & Sullivan, 2024 Market Leader in the Global CWPP Industry, 2024 Best Practices Award.
  • [22] Frost & Sullivan, 2024 Company of the Year in the Global Workforce IAM industry, 2024 Best Practices Award.
  • [23] Frost & Sullivan, Frost Radar™: Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms, A Benchmarking System to Spark Companies to Action - Innovation That Fuels New Deal Flow and Growth Pipelines, November 2024.

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