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Cyber risk that starts with Microsoft... ends with CrowdStrike

Your choice of security provider is critical to reducing cyber risk. CrowdStrike’s AI-powered platform stops breaches and delivers security without compromise.

Microsoft customers often compromise
in three ways:

Coverage, Complexity
and Catastrophe

Com-pro-mise (v): To accept standards
that are lower than is desirable.

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Microsoft
11,094
Oracle
9,324
Apple
6,942
Cisco
6,020
Red Hat
5,187
Linux
3,406
Code
execution
3,188
Privilege escalation
2,163
Information leak
1,226
Denial of Service
1,152
Bypass
72
  • View Vulnerabilities by:
  • Vendor
  • Type

Source: CVE Details, as of November 29, 2023

Considering Microsoft?
Consider the risk.

A growing problem: Looking back at 20 years of Patch Tuesday.

Read the blog

Bundled solutions sound compelling, but come with hidden costs.

If your cybersecurity is free, you get what you pay for.
See how one customer benefitted by moving from Microsoft Defender to CrowdStrike.

  • Microsoft
  • CrowdStrike

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Endpoints
 

0+

Windows OS editions
and versions

0%

of Windows estate was
out of support

With Microsoft: a lack of consistent protection; a highly complex security environment.

Bundled solutions sound compelling, but come with hidden costs.

If your cybersecurity is free, you get what you pay for.
See how one customer benefitted by moving from Microsoft Defender to CrowdStrike.

  • Microsoft
  • CrowdStrike

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Projected savings
over three years
Economic cost

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for all OSs
and versions
Easy to deploy and operate

Safeguard

Legacy OSs with the
latest protections
Easy to deploy and manage

With CrowdStrike: best-in-class protection across the entire estate; reduced complexity; better security outcomes.

Unsurpassed security from a proven leader

Security needs to work. In head-to-head comparisons, CrowdStrike excels. 100% protection. 100% visibility. 100% analytic detection coverage. While leading the pack in detecting adversary techniques.

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Figure 1. CrowdStrike detects 143 (100%) steps during the MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluation: Enterprise Round 5 with high-quality analytics (Tactic and Technique). Updated November 2023. Source
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Figure 2. CrowdStrike detected 99% of adversary techniques during MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations for Managed Security Services Providers. Source
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Adversaries love Microsoft.
Should you?

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Cybersecurity is a critical business decision.

8 out of 10 times when an enterprise customer does a proof-of-value technology test, they choose CrowdStrike over Microsoft. Learn why customers trust CrowdStrike over Microsoft to protect their organization.

  • "Licensing complexity, hidden costs, [and] infrastructure management burden."

    Daniel Schmeltz, Technology Director, Plymouth Community School Corp
    on why his team moved from Microsoft to CrowdStrike

  • "Deploying Defender, AND knowing it was properly installed AND reporting was problematic. Not an easy process."

    Anonymous

  • "Microsoft [needs] to move away from the traditional to cutting edge innovation."

    Nigel Crockford, Consultant, ESPIDA LTD

  • "[CrowdStrike delivers] better value for the cost - better protection, with multiple modules."

    Lior Hochman, IT Manager, BTH

  • "[CrowdStrike] was easier to navigate [and] to understand potential threats…more granular in its control. We chose it as a best of breed."

    Anonymous

Compare CrowdStrike to Microsoft

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Microsoft
Deployment
Seamless deployment for immediate protection
Complicated deployment that hinders security
Maintenance
Set it and then forget it
Burdensome process to update and maintain
Ease of use
Optimizing the analyst experience
Disjointed user experience
Detection coverage
Advanced threat detection
Less effective coverage for modern threats
Augmented expertise
World-class expertise and protection
Incomplete managed detection and response
Total cost of ownership
Predictable cost structure you can
count on
Unpredictable, unaccounted costs
Support lifecycle
Support that goes the extra mile
Restrictive support lifecycle
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