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CrowdStrike Falcon®
Free Trial FAQ
Contact the Trial team for assistance
falcontrial@crowdstrike.com
Trial includes the basic products included in Falcon Go which includes: CrowdStrike Falcon® Prevent next-generation antivirus (NGAV), CrowdStrike Falcon® Device Control, and CrowdStrike Falcon® for Mobile. You can trial further features in the platform by going to the CrowdStrike store and requesting trials for the products you'd like to test.
Please see the list of supporting operating systems in the deployment section here.
The CrowdStrike Falcon platform is optimized for Google Chrome.
CrowdStrike Falcon is a 100% cloud-based solution, offering security as a service (SaaS) to customers. Once you’ve deployed the sensor onto the endpoint, your endpoint is protected online and offline — 24/7.
Any existing solutions should be uninstalled before you begin your trial. The CrowdStrike Falcon trial is pre-configured to the highest security setting for your protection and will work optimally if it is the only AV solution on your endpoints. If you need assistance, contact the Trial Team at falcontrial@crowdstrike.com.
The CrowdStrike Falcon® sensor is lightweight and only needs to be deployed once. It uses less than 1% of CPU. Updates are automatic and the sensor works online and offline.
1. Prepare for installation: For optimal performance, uninstall or disable other antivirus solutions before installing the Falcon sensor.
2. Activate your account via an email you should’ve received.
3. Log in and install sensors to your devices by following the instructions on the mainview once you log in. It includes video guides on how to install for your particular OS. You can also find instructions here.
You will know you’ve successfully installed the sensor when you log into falcon and see the shield on the mainview lit up green. You will also see below the number of devices with successfully installed sensors and if there are any detections.
Once you are logged into the platform in the top right hand corner you should see a button to manage users, click on that button. On the next page you’ll see another button to invite and add new users, and you’ll be able to manage their permissions and access from this page as the admin.
There are three CrowdStrike Falcon modules automatically included in the trial: CrowdStrike Falcon® Prevent, CrowdStrike Falcon® Device Control, and CrowdStrike Falcon® for Mobile. There are ten additional modules you can enable to customize your trial experience:
- Falcon Identity Threat Protection
- Falcon Discover
- Falcon Data Protection
- Falcon File Vantage
- Falcon Firewall Management
- Falcon for IT Trial
- Falcon Forensics
- Falcon Insight XDR
- Falcon Sandbox
- Falcon Cloud Security with Containers
To test individual modules, open the console menu, select CrowdStrike Store → CrowdStrike Apps → Select your desired module → Try it for free. Note that some modules require another module to function properly. You can see dependencies for each module on the page under Falcon Requirements. It may take up to 30 minutes for all modules to become fully functional.
Yes. The CrowdStrike Falcon Prevent module is a fully certified AV replacement solution and allows organizations to confidently replace their existing legacy AV.
Falcon Prevent incorporates identification and prevention of known malware, machine learning for unknown malware, exploit blocking and advanced Indicator of Attack (IOA) behavioral techniques to protect against attacks whether your endpoints are online or offline. Falcon Prevent also features integration with Windows System Center, for organizations that need to prove compliance with appropriate regulatory requirements.
Yes. CrowdStrike Falcon can help organizations in their efforts to meet numerous compliance and certification requirements. Falcon has received third-party validation for the following regulations: PCI DSS v4.0 | HIPAA | NIST | FFIEC | PCI Forensics | NSA-CIRA | SOC 2 | CSA-STAR | AMTSO | AV-Comparatives.
Yes. As long as the lightweight sensor has been installed, it will use prevention technologies to protect your endpoints whether they are online or offline. The technologies include machine learning to protect against known and zero-day malware, exploit blocking, hash blocking and CrowdStrike’s behavioral artificial intelligence heuristic algorithms, known as indicators of attack (IOAs).
Falcon Prevent uses an array of complementary prevention and detection methods to protect against ransomware:
- Blocking of known ransomware
- Exploit blocking to stop the execution and spread of ransomware via unpatched vulnerabilities
- Machine learning for detection of previously unknown “zero-day” ransomware
- Indicators of attack (IOAs) through behavioral analysis to identify and block additional unknown ransomware, as well as new categories of ransomware that do not use files to encrypt victims’ data
Yes, Falcon Prevent offers powerful and comprehensive prevention capabilities. Falcon Prevent can stop execution of malicious code, block zero-day exploits, kill processes and contain command-and-control callbacks.
No. CrowdStrike Falcon delivers next-generation endpoint protection via the cloud — a key element of “next-gen” is reducing overhead, friction and cost in protecting your environment. There is no on-premises equipment to be maintained, managed or updated. The Falcon sensor is unobtrusive in terms of endpoint system resources and updates are seamless, requiring no reboots. The Falcon web-based management console provides an intuitive and informative view of your complete environment.
A red banner at the top of the platform will indicate the number of days left in your free trial. At the end of this period, access to the CrowdStrike Falcon UI will be terminated. However, if you’d like to extend your time or have additional questions, you can contact the Trial Team at falcontrial@crowdstrike.com.
- Log in to your CrowdStrike account
- Select Host management and setup → Sensor downloads → Tool Downloads
- Download the installation tool that corresponds with your OS
- You will need your “maintenance token” to validate the approval to uninstall
- Navigate to Host setup and management and select the Host that you want to remove. A sidebar will open. Click on Reveal maintenance token to obtain the single-use maintenance token needed to uninstall the sensor.
