Microsoft acquires identity management provider Cloudknox for an undisclosed sum

Microsoft has acquired security firm Cloudknox Security for an undisclosed sum. Cloudknox is an identity management platform for cloud environments. The companies are not saying what exactly will happen after the takeover.

Microsoft writes about the acquisition in a blog post, but the company provides few details about the future of the acquisition. Also Cloudknox itself says little about that. Microsoft does say that the acquisition fits within the priorities the company has set for 2021. One is the importance of a zero trust policy around security of cloud environments, where identity is an important factor. Also in the field of authentication, Microsoft has been focusing on identity verification instead of, for example, password management for some time.

The company hints that Cloudknox’s technologies will be included in Azure’s Active Directory. Cloudknox is a company that arranges identity management for cloud environments. It is now mainly active for VMware and AWS, but also Azure. It is unknown whether the software will continue to work on those platforms.