inforcer Named Microsoft Security Excellence Awards Finalist

Summary:

inforcer was named a finalist for Security Software Development Company of the Year in the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards, announced November 2025. Chief Strategy Officer Christian Nagele cited inforcer's alignment with Microsoft's AI-first security strategy as central to the recognition. MISA Director Maria Thomson noted the finalist pool was selected from hundreds of quality submissions. The awards ceremony recognizes finalists across six categories, honoring partner trailblazers, solution innovators, customer and technology champions, and changemakers.

Scope and Limitation Statement

This is a recognition/finalist announcement, not confirmation of an award win. It includes objective comments from the judges of the contest about the value of inforcer’s multi-tenant management platform for MSPs, but doesn't detail the judging criteria beyond what Microsoft and MISA have published or cover the outcome of the awards.

Versioned Specifics

• Award category: Security Software Development Company of the Year
• Awards program: Microsoft Security Excellence Awards
• Eligibility: Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) members
• Ceremony date referenced in the article: January 26th, 2025

London, England, 20th November 2026 - inforcer today announced it is a Security Software Development Company of the Year award finalist in the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards. The company was honored among a global field of industry leaders that demonstrated success across the security landscape during the past 12 months. 

“We’re honored to be named as a Security Software Development Company of the Year award finalist in the 2026 Microsoft Security Excellence Awards,” said Christian Nagele, Chief Strategy Officer at inforcer.

“As a MISA member and one of two founding ISVs to collaborate with Microsoft on the #IntuneForMSPs initiative, we are continually striving to align with Microsoft’s AI-first strategy, giving MSPs the tools they need to navigate this next wave of managed service with confidence. We’re proud that this nomination recognizes the strides we are taking in AI innovation for MSPs as well as our continual prioritization of stellar security standards, underpinned by Microsoft technology. We will continue to help MSPs ensure that their customers can be both successful and secure as they explore the potential of AI.”

At the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards on January 26, 2026, Microsoft will celebrate finalists in six award categories honoring partner trailblazers, solution innovators, customer and technology champions, and changemakers.

This is the sixth year Microsoft is recognizing partners for their outstanding work in the security landscape. All finalists are members of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), an ecosystem of leading security vendors comprised of software development companies and services partners that have integrated their security products and services with Microsoft’s security technology.

“I’m very pleased to extend my warmest congratulations to this year’s finalists for the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards. These are presented each year to recognize the outstanding achievements of our Microsoft Intelligent Security Association members as they improve customers' ability to identify and respond to security threats. Our community is made up of the most reliable and trusted security vendors worldwide. This year we received hundreds of quality submissions from partners and Microsoft stakeholders, so this year's finalists stood out in a crowd of exceptional talent. It’s my pleasure to acknowledge and celebrate their work over the past year,” said Maria Thomson, Director, Microsoft Intelligent Security Association.

MISA was established to bring together Microsoft leaders, software development companies and services partners to work together to defeat security threats and make the world a safer place. The industry veterans in MISA and Microsoft will vote to select the winners of the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards, providing an opportunity for colleagues to honor their peers for delivering exceptional work to our shared customers.

FAQs

What is the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA)?

MISA is the group of Microsoft security partners that all Security Excellence Awards finalists belong to; MISA Director Maria Thomson noted this year's finalists were selected from hundreds of quality submissions from partners and Microsoft stakeholders.

Why do the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards matter?

Being named a finalist for a Microsoft Security Excellence Awards provides an independent signal that Microsoft and the MISA community have recognized the value of inforcer's approach to AI-first Microsoft 365 security.

How does inforcer help MSPs improve Microsoft 365 security across multiple tenants?

365 Manager by inforcer is a multi-tenant management platform that helps MSPs assess and standardize security across every Microsoft tenant environment they manage. It provides the ability to assess every tenant in an MSP’s estate against recognized security baselines, push policy updates, and remediate configuration drift—all from a single dashboard. This saves significant amounts of billable engineering time for MSPs compared to the time required for manually managing each tenant environment.

How does inforcer help MSPs explore the potential of AI for their customers?

inforcer’s 365 Manager platform enables MSPs to efficiently assess Copilot Readiness for every tenant they manage. Structured Copilot Readiness assessments allow an MSP to see how each tenant measures up against a framework like CIS or NIS2 instead of manually pulling and reconciling data from multiple admin centers, which is a time-consuming and inefficient process.