{"id":93570,"date":"2021-05-24T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/\/?p=93570"},"modified":"2023-05-15T23:05:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T06:05:53","slug":"microsoft-recognized-as-a-leader-in-the-forrester-wave-unstructured-data-security-platforms-q2-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2021\/05\/24\/microsoft-recognized-as-a-leader-in-the-forrester-wave-unstructured-data-security-platforms-q2-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave\u2122: Unstructured Data Security Platforms, Q2 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this new world of hybrid work, organizations face an increasing volume of data, ever-evolving regulations around how that data is protected, and an evolving complexity and frequency of data security breaches. To help our customers navigate this complex data landscape, we are focused on delivering\u202fsecure, intelligent, and user-centric solutions that provide visibility, reduce complexity, and mitigate risk.<\/p>\n

Over the past few years, we significantly increased our investment in building\u00a0risk management and compliance solutions,\u00a0inclusive of information\u00a0protection and data loss prevention (DLP).\u00a0We delivered new solutions, such as\u00a0Microsoft Information Protection<\/a>,\u00a0Endpoint\u00a0DLP<\/a>, and product features, including trainable classifiers<\/a>,\u00a0the \u201cknow your data\u201d\u00a0dashboard<\/a>, and\u00a0enhanced\u00a0sensitive information types<\/a>, to name a few. Additionally, we invested in extending the Microsoft Information Protection ecosystem with continued innovation via our SDK. Over 200 partners now extend our protection capabilities to various customer use cases.<\/p>\n

In recognition of these investments, I am delighted to announce that Forrester listed Microsoft as a Leader in its\u202f2021 Wave for Unstructured Data Security Platforms, receiving the highest score in the strategy category. The Forrester Wave report evaluates the data security platform market and provides a detailed overview of the current offering, strategy, and market presence of these vendors. Microsoft received the highest possible score in inspection, security and risk, APIs and integrations, data security platform vision, data security execution roadmap, market approach, performance, planned enhancements, Zero Trust enabling partner ecosystem, and diversity, equity, and inclusion criteria.<\/p>\n

\"Forrester<\/p>\n

For us, this recognition reinforces our leadership in innovative data security and compliance solutions. We continue to work closely with our customers to gather feedback to help us build better products. Your input provides critical insights as we strive to create solutions to\u202fhelp you on your journey in managing information, compliance, and risk.<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/h2>\n

Read this complimentary copy of The Forrester Wave\u2122: Unstructured Data Security Platforms, Q2 2021<\/a>\u00a0for the analysis behind Microsoft\u2019s position as a Leader.<\/p>\n

Read more about Microsoft’s recognition as a leader in cloud security, email security, security analytics, and more in these blogs:<\/p>\n