Public Sector
CrowdStrike Launches SEC Readiness Services to Prepare Boardrooms for New Regulations
CrowdStrike is today debuting CrowdStrike SEC Readiness Services to guide organizations along the path to compliance as they navigate the new SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules. These services, powere[…]
Montage Health Consolidates Its Cybersecurity Strategy with CrowdStrike
When Tahir Ali became CTO and CISO at Montage Health in 2021, he inherited a unique set of cybersecurity challenges. For one, the healthcare sector was getting bombarded with attacks, including distri[…]
After Years of Success, State of Wyoming Looks to Expand CrowdStrike Protections Statewide
With its wild beauty, favorable tax laws and growing tech scene, the State of Wyoming is experiencing a surge in business growth. But with this prosperity comes a rise in cyber risk due to the expandi[…]
Data Protection Day 2024: As Technology and Threats Evolve, Data Protection Is Paramount
Today’s cybersecurity landscape poses one of the most significant risks to data. This holds true for organizations of all sizes, across all industries, tasked with protecting their most essential data[…]
CrowdStrike Achieves FedRAMP® JAB High “Ready” Designation
CrowdStrike is proud to announce the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform has achieved FedRAMP® High-Impact Level Ready status from the Joint Authorization Board (JAB), demonstrating our commitment to achievi[…]
CrowdStrike’s View on the New U.S. Policy for Artificial Intelligence
The major news in technology policy circles is this month’s release of the long-anticipated Executive Order (E.O.) on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. […]
Safeguarding K-12 Education: A Whole-of-State Approach to Cybersecurity for Chromebook-Centric School Districts
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, K-12 school districts are harnessing the power of technology to transform education. The widespread adoption of Chromebooks has revolutionized the learni[…]
CrowdStrike’s Solution to Help School Districts Meet Cybersecurity Challenges
IT administrators and security teams are back to school and busy preparing for new students and new challenges. Technology is now an integral part of K-12 education — since the pandemic, ChromeOS devi[…]
CrowdStrike Congressional Testimony: 5 Recommendations to Secure the Public Sector
“We are at a point where the stakes of defensive stagnation pose increasing risks in the face of threat actors’ innovation. This is why it’s so important to continually evolve in how we prevent, detec[…]
Data Protection Day 2023: Misaligned Policy Priorities Complicate Data Protection Compliance
January 28 is recognized as Data Protection Day in Europe, the United States and dozens of other countries including Canada and Israel. It provides a moment to reflect on where data protection regulat[…]
CrowdStrike Enables Federal Departments and Agencies to Meet CISA Operational Directive 23-01
In support of the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently published a Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 23-01, d[…]
CrowdStrike Falcon® Identity Threat Protection Added to GovCloud-1 to Help Meet Government Mandates for Identity Security and Zero Trust
CrowdStrike recently announced the addition of Falcon Identity Threat Protection and Falcon Identity Threat Detection to its GovCloud-1 environment, making both available to U.S. public sector organiz[…]
Four Takeaways as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Turns 4
This blog was originally published on Security Senses. May 25, 2022, marked four years since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. Although the scope of the […]
CrowdStrike Falcon® Spotlight Fuses Endpoint Data with CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
In this blog you will: Learn how to leverage the CrowdStrike Falcon® Spotlight™ integrated threat and vulnerability management module to fuse your endpoint telemetry with CISA's Known Exploited Vulner[…]
Data Protection 2022: New U.S. State Laws Reflect Convergence of Privacy and Security Requirements
Many countries around the world recognized Data Protection Day in January — a day that highlights the importance of protecting individual privacy and data against misuse. The U.S. celebrated Data Priv[…]
Data Protection Day 2022: To Protect Privacy, Remember Security
Today’s privacy and security conversations often happen in silos, but key privacy principles from decades ago remind us that they are intertwined, especially in the face of today’s risks. January 28, […]
CrowdStrike Is Working to Strengthen the U.S. Government’s Cybersecurity Posture
The United States and like-minded nations face unprecedented threats from today’s adversaries. Continuous cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, supply chains, government agencies and more present s[…]
Falcon Spotlight ExPRT.AI Aids Federal Agencies in Meeting CISA Mandate
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a mandate on November 2, 2021, for all U.S. federal agencies to fix hundreds of known vulnerabilities. Binding Operational Directive […]
HIMSS and Beyond: What’s Next in Healthcare Security
The Healthcare Security Crisis The FBI has released many warnings of ongoing ransomware attacks targeting U.S. healthcare and first-responder networks over the last three years, with ransomware famili[…]
New to GovCloud: Falcon Managed Detection and Response Transforms Government Security
Public sector organizations continue to deal with a threat landscape unlike any we’ve seen before. They’re being targeted in increasingly stealthy and sophisticated cyberattacks from both nation-state[…]
Build Your Cyber Resiliency at Fal.Con for Public Sector 2021
The global pandemic has accelerated the need for security transformation, and public sector agencies have found themselves targeted by attackers more than ever. In response, the recent U.S. Executive […]
GDPR at Three Years: Risk Takes On New Meaning
May 25, 2021, marked three years since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, commonly referred to as GDPR, went into effect. Though GDPR was built on longstanding European and inter[…]
CrowdStrike Falcon® Platform Positioned for CMMC
As the threat environment rapidly evolves with more targeted and sophisticated attacks on the supply chain and critical infrastructure, the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Mo[…]
Healthcare Update: Next-Gen Solutions Protecting Endpoints From Today’s Attackers
Practicing cybersecurity in the healthcare sector is increasingly challenging, with rapidly evolving technology requirements forcing infrastructure growth and complexity. While adversaries said they w[…]
Don’t Get Schooled: Understanding the Threats to the Academic Industry
The academic and education industry is large and complex. It comprises a diverse range of institutions, from elementary schools through to research organizations, and spans both the public and private[…]
Data Protection Day 2021: Harnessing the Power of Big Data Protection
Data Protection Day — known as Data Privacy Day outside of Europe — marks an opportunity to assess data privacy, use, access and controls for individuals and organizations alike. Typically, this day i[…]
CrowdStrike Pursues Higher Standards in Cloud Compliance To Better Protect Our Federal Customers
At CrowdStrike, our cloud-native protection is utilized by businesses ranging from small and mid-sized to the largest enterprises, as well as non-profit organizations and government agencies. Today, w[…]
The Fal.Con for Public Sector Conference Is On Demand With Recommendations for Securing Your Remote Workforce
The CrowdStrike® 2020 Fal.Con for Public Sector Virtual Cybersecurity Conference was held on June 24 — the second year for this one-day event and the first year it was a completely digital experience.[…]
Sneak Peek: 2020 Fal.Con for Public Sector Virtual Cybersecurity Conference
Although the global COVID-19 pandemic has required the cancellation of many events this year, the CrowdStrike® 2020 Fal.Con for Public Sector conference is moving forward as an exciting, free online e[…]
Threat Hunting Uncovers More Intrusions Against Healthcare in Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic
In recent weeks and months, the world has witnessed the global COVID-19 pandemic place unprecedented pressure on the healthcare system. Concurrently, the pandemic has been the catalyst for a paradigm […]
CrowdStrike’s Matt LeMiere on Why Schools Are Failing Cybersecurity
Cybercriminals have long considered schools a soft target and a recent article on GovCybersecurityHub explores the reasons why and what schools can do about it. The article includes an interview with […]
If Agencies Aren’t Threat Hunting, They’re Failing
This article originally appeared on GCN.com and is published here with their permission. Threats from cybercriminals pose relentless challenges for government leaders. Adversaries are getting more sop[…]
CrowdStrike Falcon® Receives FedRAMP Authorization
CrowdStrike® is proud to announce today that it has officially received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization for the CrowdStrike Falcon® on GovCloud solution. Crow[…]
CrowdStrike Falcon® on GovCloud: Cloud-Delivered Endpoint Protection for the Public Sector
Participants at this year’s AWS Public Sector Summit in Washington, D.C. are seeing a large-scale transformation taking place, as agencies and institutions accelerate their adoption of cloud technolog[…]
2018 Outlook: Public Sector Enterprises Should Prepare for Increasingly Sophisticated Cyberattacks [VIDEO]
This video, “Meeting Public Sector Security Challenges: 2018 and Beyond,” touches on some major cybersecurity challenges public sector enterprises will face in the coming months and explains why Crowd[…]