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CrowdStrike (CRWD) has announced FedRAMP authorization for three key modules of its Falcon cybersecurity platform: Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Falcon for IT, and Falcon Data Protection. These modules are now available to government entities requiring FedRAMP Moderate authorization through CrowdStrike's GovCloud.

The authorization enables federal, state, and local government entities, along with their supply chains, to enhance their security capabilities against sophisticated endpoint, identity, and cloud-based cyberattacks. The modules provide comprehensive visibility, enhanced intelligence, and advanced threat response features, helping government organizations meet security requirements while reducing complexity and costs.

The solution specifically addresses challenges in the U.S. government's threat environment, including protection against nation-state adversaries like LIMINAL PANDA that exploit federal supply chain vulnerabilities. The authorized modules support compliance efforts and Zero Trust framework adoption across government environments through real-time threat detection, asset visibility, centralized log management, and data protection.

CrowdStrike (CRWD) has been named a Leader in the 2024 GigaOm Radar Report for Container Security, achieving perfect scores in seven key categories including Flexibility, Interoperability, Lifecycle Security Management, Manageability, Registry Scanning, Scalability and Threat Intelligence.

The company's Falcon® Cloud Security platform provides comprehensive protection for containers, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, applications, data and AI models from a single unified platform. The report highlighted CrowdStrike's strengths in code-to-cloud protection, continuous image scanning, dynamic container analysis, and runtime protection powered by machine learning. Notable features include both agent and agentless platform approaches, AI-driven threat detection, and extensive integration capabilities with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has achieved a significant milestone as the first and fastest pure play SaaS cybersecurity vendor to exceed $1 billion in total sales with SHI International. Over 70% of this revenue was generated in the last 3 years, highlighting rapid growth. The partnership leverages CrowdStrike's AI-native Falcon® platform and SHI's extensive customer network to help organizations consolidate security solutions, reduce costs, and improve security outcomes.

SHI International has earned multiple 2024 awards from CrowdStrike, including Global Solution Provider of the Year, Americas Solution Provider of the Year, and Public Sector Partner of the Year, demonstrating the partnership's success in driving market presence and customer adoption across industries and regions.

CrowdStrike's 2024 State of AI in Cybersecurity Survey reveals that 80% of security leaders prefer platform-based GenAI tools over point solutions. The study highlights a significant shift towards integrated cybersecurity strategies, with 63% of respondents willing to overhaul their security stack for fully integrated GenAI solutions.

Key findings show that 74% of respondents reported breaches or vulnerabilities in the past year, while 76% demand cybersecurity-specific GenAI tools. Nearly 90% of respondents are establishing security guidelines for GenAI use, emphasizing safety and privacy controls. The survey indicates that GenAI is viewed as an enhancement to human expertise rather than a replacement, focusing on improving analyst productivity and reducing burnout.

CrowdStrike's response includes Charlotte AI, a purpose-built GenAI security analyst assistant, along with AI Red Team Services and new Falcon platform innovations.

CrowdStrike (CRWD) has been named a Leader and Outperformer in the 2024 GigaOm Radar Report for Ransomware Prevention, receiving perfect scores in 10 critical categories. The company's Falcon cybersecurity platform achieved the highest average score among evaluated vendors, excelling in areas including Predictive Analytics, Data Exfiltration Protection, and Response Automation.

The report highlights CrowdStrike's comprehensive platform approach, combining AI-powered threat detection, behavior-based analytics, identity protection, and proactive threat hunting. The platform's capabilities extend across endpoints, networks, clouds, and identity protection, with notable innovations in AI through Charlotte AI, their generative AI security analyst. The report also praised CrowdStrike's extensive marketplace integrations with various security tools and ITSM platforms.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has achieved significant recognition in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) sector, being named a Customers' Choice in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer report with a 96% Willingness to Recommend score. The company also received Frost & Sullivan's 2024 Global Company of the Year award and was recognized as an Overall Leader in KuppingerCole's 2024 Leadership Compass for MDR.

CrowdStrike's Falcon® Complete Next-Gen MDR service, powered by their AI-native platform, provides 24/7 expert-led protection, addressing sophisticated cyber threats through advanced threat detection, investigation, and response across multiple security domains. The service has been praised for its seamless platform integration, real-time detection capabilities, and comprehensive security coverage.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has achieved C5 compliance in Germany, a key government certification established by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). This certification ensures cloud service providers meet stringent security criteria vital for public sector organizations. The milestone reinforces CrowdStrike's commitment to government-led security standards and supports public sector entities in Germany and beyond. The achievement is part of CrowdStrike’s ongoing global efforts to expand access to its AI-native Falcon® Platform. The certification process reaffirms CrowdStrike's technical capabilities, security expertise, and adherence to privacy and data security best practices. This adds to CrowdStrike’s list of international certifications and government recognitions, including being recommended by BSI as an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) response service provider. According to Michael Sentonas, president of CrowdStrike, achieving C5 certification is important in their mission to stop breaches for public sector customers in Germany.

CrowdStrike's Adaptive Shield has been recognized as the Leader in the 2024 Frost Radar™ for SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM), achieving top scores of 4.8/5 for Innovation and 4.5/5 for Growth. The recognition comes amid rising cloud exploitation threats, which increased 110% last year, with 75% of attacks being malware-free.

As part of the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform, Adaptive Shield provides comprehensive SSPM across 150+ SaaS applications, featuring GenAI Security Control, unified identity and cloud security, and accelerated detection and response capabilities. The solution addresses critical challenges in securing hybrid environments, protecting identities, configurations, and data across SaaS applications.

SonicWall and CrowdStrike have announced a strategic partnership to launch a new Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offering specifically designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The collaboration integrates SonicWall's Managed Security Services and 24/7 Security Operations Center with CrowdStrike's Falcon® platform's Endpoint Detection and Response capabilities.

The partnership aims to provide AI-powered cybersecurity solutions that are both scalable and accessible to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) serving SMBs. This enterprise-grade security solution addresses the increasing sophisticated cyber threats targeting SMBs, combining CrowdStrike's AI-native endpoint protection with SonicWall's managed services expertise.