{“lastseen”:”2026-05-22T18:28:40″,”description”:”Identity is the backbone of modern cybersecurity. Every access decision carries risk, across employees, partners, devices, workloads, and an expanding set of AI-powered agents.\\n\\nBut most organizations are still operating across disparate systems. Identity signals are captured in one place, access policies enforced in another, and response workflows managed separately. That fragmentation slows decision-making, increases operational complexity, and creates gaps cyberattackers can exploit.\\n\\nCustomers are looking for an identity platform that meets their evolving needs. We’re pleased to share that **Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader inThe Forrester Wave\u2122: Workforce Identity Security Platforms, Q2 2026**, receiving the highest scores in both the current offering and strategy categories. We believe this recognition demonstrates the value that the Microsoft Entra product portfolio brings to our customers, which we are always striving to improve. This report also reflects a broader shift in the market. Identity is no longer just a checkpoint in the access flow. It has become the primary way organizations manage risk across environments.\\n\\nExplore Microsoft Entra identity and access solutions\\n\\n_Figure 1. The Forrester Wave \u2122: Workforce Identity Security Platforms, Q2 2026_.\\n\\nForrester\u2019s research highlights the need for strong identity foundations, actionable intelligence, and support for emerging AI-powered scenarios. As identity surfaces expand and cyberthreats grow more dynamic, organizations need a model that connects signals, enforces policy consistently, and drives response in real time. Without that continuity, security remains reactive and incomplete.\\n\\nThis is especially important as identity continues to be one of the most targeted attack surfaces, with credential-based attacks still dominating. Securing access requires more than stronger authentication. It requires bringing identity, access, and response into a unified system.\\n\\nRead the full Forrester Wave report\\n\\n## **Why this recognition matters now**\\n\\nAs AI expands the number of identities and accelerates the pace of change, organizations need approaches that simplify how identity is managed while strengthening how risk is controlled. That means moving beyond disconnected tools toward systems that are integrated by design.\\n\\nThe priorities highlighted by Forrester in their report reflect this reality. They also align with Microsoft\u2019s focus on delivering a comprehensive strategy based on Zero Trust principles, using AI in the flow of work, and extending identity and access controls to AI agents. Forrester noted Microsoft strengths in identity threat detection and response (ITDR), access control, phishing-resistant authentication, and identity verification. These capabilities are essential for organizations to stay ahead of evolving cyberthreats and improve their identity security posture continuously. Microsoft is focused on helping customers reap the benefits of a unified system that extends governance, visibility, and control across all identities.\\n\\n## **AI is accelerating identity complexity**\\n\\nAI is reshaping the identity landscape. It is increasing both the number of identities and the speed at which they operate.\\n\\nIn addition to human users, organizations now need to manage AI agents and other non-human identities. These identities require authentication, authorization, lifecycle management, and governance. They operate at machine speed and interact with systems in ways traditional identity models were not designed to handle. At this scale, static policies and disconnected systems fall short. Organizations need continuous enforcement driven by real-time signals.\\n\\nTreating AI-powered identities as core participants in an identity strategy enables organizations to extend governance, visibility, and control as their environments evolve. This is not an incremental change. It is a structural shift in how identity must be managed.\\n\\n## **Evolving your identity and access approach**\\n\\nIdentity and access should be an integrated system rather than a collection of tools, for human and non-human identities. An Access Fabric brings together identity signals, access policies, and security workflows into a continuous loop. Signals inform decisions. Decisions trigger enforcement. Enforcement drives response.\\n\\nThis model enables organizations to move beyond static, point-in-time checks to continuous, context-aware access decisions across environments.\\n\\nWith Microsoft Entra, organizations can apply consistent access policies to any identity across Microsoft cloud, on-premises, and third-party applications, helping reduce fragmentation while improving visibility and control.\\n\\nBy bringing signals, policy enforcement, and response together, Microsoft Entra helps organizations move from reactive identity management to continuous risk evaluation and control.\\n\\n## **Learn more**\\n\\nLearn more about Microsoft Entra solutions. Bookmark the Microsoft Entra blog to keep up with our expert coverage on workforce identity matters.\\n\\nTo learn more about Microsoft Security solutions, visit our website. Bookmark the Security blog to keep up with our expert coverage on security matters. Also, follow us on LinkedIn (Microsoft Security) and X (@MSFTSecurity) for the latest news and updates on cybersecurity.\\n\\nRead the Forrester Wave\u2122: Workforce Identity Security Platforms, Q2 2026\\n\\n* * *\\n\\n**_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. This report is part of a broader collection of Forrester resources, including interactive models, frameworks, tools, data, and access to analyst guidance. 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