Microsoft is a recognized leader in cybersecurity
Industry analysts consistently name Microsoft a leader in security, compliance, identity, and endpoint management.
Industry recognition
A Leader in five Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ reports.
A Leader in four Forrester Wave™ categories.
A Leader in four IDC MarketScape reports.
A Leader in ten KuppingerCole Leadership Compass reports.
Microsoft recognized for ninth year
The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platform Providers
Microsoft is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platform Providers, Q3 2025.4
Industry-leading managed detection and response
Microsoft Defender XDR demonstrated 100% protection coverage in MITRE Engenuity’s independent ATT&CK® Evaluations: Enterprise.
Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security
The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platform Providers
Microsoft is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platform Providers, Q3 2025.4
The Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platforms
Microsoft is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platforms, Q2 2025.8
The Forrester Wave™: Workforce Identity Platform
Microsoft named as a Leader in the Forrester Wave ™: Workforce Identity Platform, Q1 2024.9
The Forrester Wave™: XDR
Microsoft is named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Extended Detection and Response Platforms, Q2 2024.10
Microsoft named Leader for CNAPP
Microsoft is named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Cloud-Native Application Platform (CNAPP).11
Microsoft named Leader for Modern Endpoint Security
Microsoft is named a Leader in three IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security in 2024.
Microsoft named a Leader for XDR
Microsoft is named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Extended Detection and Response (XDR).12
Microsoft named Leader for Identity Security
Microsoft is named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Integrated Solutions for Identity Security in 2025.
Microsoft named a Leader in Access Management
Microsoft is named an Overall Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Access Management.13
Microsoft named a Leader in ITDR
Microsoft is named an Overall Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR).14
Microsoft named a Leader in Email Security
Microsoft is named an Overall Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Email Security Leadership.15
Microsoft named a Leader in Identity Fabrics
Microsoft is named a Market Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Identity Fabrics.16
Microsoft named a Leader in IGA
Microsoft is named a Market Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Identity Governance and Administration (IGA).17
Microsoft named a Leader in CSPM
Microsoft is named a Product Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM).18
Microsoft is named a Leader in CNAPP
Microsoft is named an Overall Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP).19
Microsoft named a Leader in XDR
Microsoft is named a Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Extended Detection and Response (XDR).20
Microsoft named a Leader in Non-Human Identity Management
Microsoft is named an Overall Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Non-Human Identity Management.
Microsoft named a Leader in Generative AI Defense
Microsoft is named an Overall Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Generative AI Defense.
Additional industry analyst reports
Microsoft recognized as Market Leader for CWPP
Microsoft receives the Best Practices Award from Frost & Sullivan for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) 2024.20
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 2024.21
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.22
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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] 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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