{"id":31493,"date":"2019-10-29T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/security\/blog\/?p=90088"},"modified":"2019-10-29T14:00:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:00:13","slug":"gartner-names-microsoft-a-leader-in-the-2019-cloud-access-security-broker-casb-magic-quadrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/gartner-names-microsoft-a-leader-in-the-2019-cloud-access-security-broker-casb-magic-quadrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Gartner names Microsoft a Leader in the 2019 Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) Magic Quadrant"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Gartner\u2019s third annual Magic Quadrant<\/a> for Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), Microsoft was named a Leader based on its completeness of vision and ability to execute in the CASB market. Microsoft was also identified as strongest in execution.<\/p>\n

Gartner led the industry when they defined the term CASB in 2012. We believe their report points out a key fact for the market, that Microsoft currently has the largest customer base of all participating vendors. We believe that this, along with being ranked as a Leader, reflects our continued commitment to building the best possible solution for our customers and our goal to find innovative ways of helping them better protect their Microsoft and third-party cloud apps and platforms.<\/p>\n

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This recognition comes at a great point in our evolution journey. The development of Microsoft Cloud App Security<\/a> is guided by a strong vision to provide a customer-centric, best-in-class CASB solution that easily integrates with our customers\u2019 existing environment, simplifies deployment, and optimizes the experience for admins, SecOps, and end users alike.<\/p>\n

In customer conversations, many of them embrace a similar set of key product differentiators, some of which are also referred to in the Gartner report including:<\/p>\n