MSFTNew partner, same old identity problem
Microsoft just got a fresh badge of honor: 1Kosmos named it an Entra Verified ID partner for secure remote onboarding. The pitch is simple — use verifiable credentials to make it harder for fraudsters to sneak in with synthetic identities or to spin up bogus accounts.
Why this matters
If you’re Microsoft, identity is not some nerdy side quest. It’s the lock on the front door of a giant digital office building. And in a world where remote hiring, remote access, and AI-powered scams are all getting more sophisticated, that lock suddenly looks a lot more valuable.
The investor angle
This isn’t a blockbuster deal that moves revenue tomorrow, but it does fit Microsoft’s bigger strategy: make Entra the default gatekeeper for enterprise identity and trust. The more companies build their workflows around Microsoft’s security stack, the stickier the platform gets — which is exactly the kind of quiet compounding Wall Street loves to pretend it doesn’t care about until it really does.
Big picture: Microsoft keeps turning identity security into a platform play, and platform plays have a sneaky habit of becoming very valuable over time.