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Microsoft said on June 24, 2026, that Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Frost Radar for cloud-native application protection platforms places Microsoft among leading CNAPP vendors as the market shifts toward unified cloud risk operations spanning code, cloud, runtime, identity, data, and security...

The Center for Internet Security has deepened its Microsoft partnership by embedding CIS Benchmarks and hardened-image guidance into Azure, Defender for Cloud, Intune, Sentinel, and Purview, with built-in Linux benchmark support announced in December 2025 for Azure and hybrid environments. The...