CrowdStrike Named a Leader in Cybersecurity Incident Response Services Report by Independent Research Firm

Jason Schneider — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:01:51 +0000

Company receives highest possible scores in six distinct criteria across the Current Offering, Strategy and Market Presence categories

Sunnyvale, CA – March 19, 2019 – CrowdStrike ^® Inc., the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, today announced it was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: for Cybersecurity Incident Response Services, Q1 2019. As Forrester^[1] describes, “CrowdStrike has an advantage in its threat intelligence and response expertise…and would be an excellent partner for cybersecurity IR…”

In today’s ever-evolving and challenging cyber landscape, dynamic business leaders understand that they will inevitably be targeted by threat actors. Through proper planning, proactive strategy, and dedicated resources, organizations can become empowered to take control in the wake of a breach with both speed and efficiency. CrowdStrike Services — the organization’s elite team of incident responders — protects organizations and limits and eliminates exposure and damage from cyberattacks through proactive planning, incident response (IR), and remediation services.

The Forrester Wave: for Cybersecurity Incident Response Services is a highly respected independent assessment of today’s sophisticated and challenging IR market, and provides an in-depth evaluation of the top 15 IR service providers across 11 criteria. Within that criteria, the report evaluates top vendors within three segments: Current Offering, Strategy and Market Presence. CrowdStrike received the highest possible score (5.0) in six criteria including:

Incident Response and Post Incident Reporting and Support (Current Offering)
Incident Preparation Vision, IR Retainer Vision, and Talent Management (Strategy)
Hours Performing Incident Prep (Market Presence)

In their assessment of CrowdStrike, Forrester states, “CrowdStrike is a global company who is built on three pillars: threat intelligence, endpoint protection, and incident response. Each of these capabilities not only informs the others, but is buttressed by their complimentary services as well. CrowdStrike is focused on helping its clients understand how to improve their cybersecurity IR capabilities through the mantra ‘Am I breached? Am I mature? Am I ready?’ Customer references were positive, demonstrating client confidence.” We think this report validates CrowdStrike’s domain expertise in proper implementation of remediations to help customers avoid a potential future breach.

Last year, CrowdStrike was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Security Suites, Q2 2018 report ^[2] and The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Detection And Response, Q3 2018.^[3] CrowdStrike is the sole vendor named a Leader in all three Waves.

“CrowdStrike’s unique approach to breach response leverages a winning combination of endpoint protection technology, actionable threat intelligence, and expert incident responders to protect customer environments with industry-leading speed and precision,” said Shawn Henry, president of CrowdStrike Services. “We believe this validation from Forrester, one of the most influential analyst firms in the world, speaks to the tremendous advantage that our approach brings to organizations through a combination of insights, methodology, and world-class endpoint protection technology.”

For additional insights into CrowdStrike’s unique approach to modern incident response and this recognition, read a blog from Shawn Henry , president of CrowdStrike Services.

For more information, download a copy of the The Forrester Wave: for Cybersecurity Incident Response Services, Q1 2019.

^[1] The Forrester Wave: Cybersecurity Incident Response Services, Q1 2019

report by Josh Zelonis with Stephanie Balaouras, Madeline Cyr, and Peggy Dostie.

^[2] The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Security Suites, Q2 2018 by Chris Sherman, Salvatore Schiano with Christopher McClean, Madeline Cyr, Peggy Dostie.

^[3] The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Detection And Response, Q3 2018 report by Josh Zelonis

with Stephanie Balaouras, Bill Barringham, and Peggy Dostie.

About CrowdStrike^®

CrowdStrike is the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection. Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform offers instant visibility and protection across the enterprise and prevents attacks on endpoints on or off the network. CrowdStrike Falcon deploys in minutes to deliver real-time protection and actionable intelligence from Day One. It seamlessly unifies next-generation AV with best-in-class endpoint detection and response, backed by 24/7 managed hunting. Its cloud infrastructure and single-agent architecture take away complexity and add scalability, manageability, and speed.

CrowdStrike Falcon protects customers against all cyber attack types, using sophisticated signatureless AI and Indicator-of-Attack (IoA) based threat prevention to stop known and unknown threats in real time. Powered by the CrowdStrike Threat Graph, Falcon instantly correlates 1 trillion security events a week from across the globe to immediately prevent and detect threats.

There’s much more to the story of how Falcon has redefined endpoint protection but there’s only one thing to remember about CrowdStrike: We stop breaches.

Qualifying organizations can gain full access to Falcon Prevent by starting a free trial.

Learn more: https://www.crowdstrike.com/

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Contacts
CrowdStrike, Inc.
Ilina Cashiola, 202-340-0517
Ilina.cashiola@crowdstrike.com

^[1] The Forrester Wave: Cybersecurity Incident Response Services, Q1 2019 report by Josh Zelonis with Stephanie Balaouras, Madeline Cyr, and Peggy Dostie.

^[2] The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Security Suites, Q2 2018 by Chris Sherman, Salvatore Schiano with Christopher McClean, Madeline Cyr, Peggy Dostie.

^[3] The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Detection And Response, Q3 2018 report by Josh Zelonis with Stephanie Balaouras, Bill Barringham, and Peggy Dostie.

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The Forrester Wave: Cybersecurity Incident Response Services, Q1 2019

Reza Pourrabi — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:01:25 +0000

CrowdStrike named a “Leader” with the highest possible score in 6 criteria

CrowdStrike® is positioned as a “Leader,” in The Forrester WaveTM: Cybersecurity Incident Response (IR) Services Q1 2019, with the highest possible score in six criteria. In the report, Forrester notes that "CrowdStrike would be an excellent partner for cybersecurity IR, whether you use its endpoint products or not."

The Forrester Wave is a highly respected independent assessment of today’s cybersecurity IR services market and provides an in-depth evaluation of the top 15 providers across 11-criteria. The Wave provides a valuable guide for buyers considering their purchasing options for IR services.

CrowdStrike received the highest scores possible in six criteria, including: Incident Response, Post Incident Reporting and Support, Incident Preparation Vision, IR Retainer Vision, Talent Management, and Hours Performing Incident Prep.

Download this critical report to learn:

Who Forrester identified as the 15 most significant cybersecurity IR services vendors.
Why Forrester believes that while suffering a breach may be inevitable, properly preparing for and responding to a breach is the best way to curtail damage.
How CrowdStrike is focused on helping its clients understand how to improve their cybersecurity IR capabilities through the mantra: “Am I breached? Am I mature? Am I ready?”

Additional Resources

Learn more about CrowdStrike’s next-gen approach to incident response
Read the true confessions of a first responder
Complete overview of CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity services

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Gartner Peer Insights “Voice of the Customer”: Endpoint Protection Platforms

Jason Schneider — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:35:40 +0000

Learn why CrowdStrike was considered the highest overall provider of endpoint protection platforms

CrowdStrike was named the highest rated vendor (4.9/5.0) in the Nov. 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice ‘Voice of the Customer’ for Endpoint Protection Platforms. As Gartner notes in granting this recognition, peer perspectives, along with the individual detailed reviews, can serve as a complementary resource to expert research. Peer reviews should play a key role in your buying process.

Learn why CrowdStrike was considered the highest overall provider of endpoint protection platforms across all six listed categories of analysis and read what reviewers have to say about the Falcon platform. The report also provides granular details on how other vendors are viewed by customers.

This report includes:

A comparison of 23 EPP vendors rated on a scale of one through five across six distinct categories
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of EPP products by the customers who use them
Additional research designed to supplement the Gartner Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities for EPP

Necessary attribution/disclaimers: Source: Gartner, Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Endpoint Protection Platforms, Peer Contributors, 26 February 2019. Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice constitute the subjective opinions of individual end-user reviews, ratings, and data applied against a documented methodology; they neither represent the views of, nor constitute an endorsement by, Gartner or its affiliates. Ratings were as of 31 Oct. 2018, based on 180 reviews: https://www.gartner.com/reviews/customers-choice/endpoint-protection-platforms [gartner.com].

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2019 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report

Jason Schneider — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:34:40 +0000

Adversary Tradecraft and The Importance of Speed

The 2019 CrowdStrike® Global Threat Report offers one of the industry’s most comprehensive reports on today’s top cyberthreats. It combines analysis from CrowdStrike Threat Intelligence, Falcon OverWatch managed hunting and the CrowdStrike Services incident response teams highlighting the most significant events and trends in the past year. It combines CrowdStrike’s comprehensive global observations with real-world case studies to deliver deep insights on modern adversaries and their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Global trends and observations are paired with actionable recommendations, ensuring your organization is ready to anticipate and defend against the most dangerous threats of tomorrow.

Highlights from the 2019 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report:

CrowdStrike dives deeply into the data to show attackers most favored TTPs of 2018 through the lens of MITRE ATT&CK framework.
Updates on global “breakout” time statistics, including observations on which adversaries showed the fastest tradecraft in 2018.
No respite from nation-state threats: Nation-state adversaries were continuously active throughout 2018 — targeting dissidents, regional adversaries and foreign powers to collect intelligence for decision-makers.
The continued rise of “Big Game Hunting”, where cyber criminals combine advanced, targeted attack techniques with ransomware to achieve massive financial payoffs.
The eCrime ecosystem continues to evolve and mature, showing increased collaborations between highly sophisticated criminal actors.

Click here to watch the 2019 Global Threat Report CrowdCast.

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Making 60-Minute Remediation a Reality

Jason Schneider — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:32:15 +0000

MARCH 26TH AT 11 AM PDT & MARCH 28TH AT 11 AM AEDT & 11 AM GMT

How to leverage technology + expertise to respond within the "breakout time" window

Speed is an imperative in cybersecurity and it is one of the themes in the CrowdStrike® 2019 Global Threat Report, which highlights the critical importance of speed in staying ahead of today’s rapidly evolving threats. One of the focuses of this year’s report is “breakout time” — the window of time from when an adversary first compromises an endpoint machine to when they begin moving laterally throughout your network to reach their objective. For some adversaries, it only takes an average of 18 minutes. This begs an important question — are you and your organization able to respond at the same pace as the attacker?

To help organizations be better prepared for today’s sophisticated adversaries, CrowdStrike has established the "1-10-60 rule” as a benchmark for the average speed needed to defeat the adversary and stop the breach: 1 minute to detect, 10 to investigate and 60 minutes to remediate.

In this webcast, CrowdStrike VP of Managed Services Austin Murphy will discuss the 1-10-60 rule and explain why these key outcome-driven metrics are critical to your organization’s security readiness. He will also show you how CrowdStrike Falcon® Complete can instantly transform your security and ensure you can meet the 1-10-60 rule.

Join this webcast to learn:

Why speed of detection, investigation and remediation are key factors for successful day-to-day security management
The important steps needed to improve your organization’s ability to rapidly detect, investigate and remediate threats
How Falcon Complete can fast-track your organization to a 1-10-60 rule posture and elevate your cybersecurity maturity to the highest possible level, regardless of your internal resources

Featured Speakers

Austin Murphy

Vice President of Managed Services - CrowdStrike

Austin Murphy has a broad background of experience in the information security community, having held leadership roles in both private sector professional services and the U.S. Department of Defense. As vice president of managed services, Murphy leads the team responsible for managing the CrowdStrike Falcon platform on behalf of customer organizations, delivering a complete managed endpoint security strategy, from prevention, through detection and response, including full hands-on remote remediation.

Con Mallon

Senior Product Director - CrowdStrike

As the Senior Director of Products, Con is responsible for CrowdStrike's endpoint protection, threat intelligence and services offerings. Mallon's 20-plus years of experience includes a range of marketing, product marketing and management roles within the technology industry, including seven years at Symantec where he was Senior Director for Mobile Product Management.

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Stories from The Front Lines: CrowdStrike® Services Cyber Intrusion Casebook 2018

Reza Pourrabi — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:30:06 +0000

Stories from The Front Lines:
CrowdStrike® Services Cyber Intrusion Casebook 2018

Drawn from real-life client engagements, the annual CrowdStrike® Cyber Intrusion Services Casebook 2018 provides valuable insights into ever-evolving attacker tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs). Download your copy of CrowdStrike® Services Cyber Intrusion Casebook 2018

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Telstra Uses CrowdStrike to Keep Australians’ Data Safe

Reza Pourrabi — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:26:21 +0000

Telstra Uses CrowdStrike to Keep Australians’ Data Safe

As the largest telco in Australia, Telstra, touches “on everyone’s life in the country in some way, shape, or form.” With millions of customers, its reach is massive, and with that comes an immense responsibility to keep its data safe. To do so Telstra has adopted nearly every security feature and product CrowdStrike offers. Watch Berin Lautenbach, Telstra’s APAC CISO, explain why.

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“A True Partnership” – Credit Suisse on CrowdStrike

Reza Pourrabi — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:21:19 +0000

“A True Partnership” - Credit Suisse on CrowdStrike

For Credit Suisse, one of the largest financial institutions in the world, a multi-layered, intelligence-based security strategy is the only option. Watch Nik Patel, Credit Suisse’s Head of Technology Security Services, talk about how CrowdStrike has been a true partner in helping them execute on that strategy to protect his organization from a breach.

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2019 Global Threat Report- The 1-10-60 Rule

Reza Pourrabi — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:18:26 +0000

2019 Global Threat Report- The 1-10-60 Rule

CTO Dmitri Alperovitch breaks down the 1-10-60 rule and why organizations should track their response times with this benchmark.

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Cyber breaches: Why Aren’t Organizations Learning?

Reza Pourrabi — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:10:42 +0000

Cyber breaches: Why aren't organizations learning?

Why do cybersecurity breaches continue to dominate the news headlines? Is the security industry losing the battle? Are there more threats today, or are we just hearing more about them? Following the release of our 2018 Cyber Intrusion Services Casebook, SC Media UK editor Tony Morbin asks these questions and more to CrowdStrike’s director of incident response, Stuart Davis.

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