CrowdStrike Named Leader in IDC MarketScape for Augmented Identity Security

Summary
CrowdStrike says it was named a Leader in IDC's 2026 augmented identity security assessment and describes Falcon capabilities for continuous identity risk evaluation, real-time access enforcement, and AI agent identities.
Key points
- CrowdStrike says it was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Augmented Identity Security Solutions 2026 Vendor Assessment.
- The company describes its Continuous Identity approach as combining identity visibility, threat detection, privileged access, and real-time enforcement on the Falcon platform.
- CrowdStrike says its unified identity risk score updates in under a minute and informs enforcement decisions, including reevaluation after authentication and during sessions.
- Described controls include zero standing privileges, just-in-time elevation, and adjustment or revocation of access as risk changes.
- CrowdStrike says its Agentic Identity Provider gives AI agents cryptographically verifiable identities, short-lived scoped access, and accountability linking actions to a human or workload.
- The company says it leads working groups on CAEP, Shared Signals, RISC, and AuthZEN.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Industry recognition in the IDC MarketScape assessment for Worldwide Augmented Identity Security Solutions 2026.
- Impact
- CrowdStrike says the recognition validates its Continuous Identity approach, which combines identity visibility, threat detection, privileged access, and real-time enforcement on the Falcon platform. The article describes product capabilities and intended security benefits; it reports no specific attack, breach, or customer impact.
Vendors
Products
CrowdStrike Agentic Identity ProviderWith innovations like the recent CrowdStrike Agentic Identity Provider, we're extending our approach to secure AI agents with verifiable identities and tightly scoped, just-in-time access.CrowdStrike Falcontogether identity visibility, threat detection, privileged access, and real-time enforcement on the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform.Falcon Next-Gen Identity SecurityUnlike legacy tools requiring dedicated domain controllers or network proxy infrastructure, Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security delivers immediate identity visibility and threat prevention through the existing single
