ExtraHop and CrowdStrike have partnered to integrate cloud-based technology offerings in a push to help government and business customers address network or endpoint security threats. The integration of Reveal(x) and Falcon will allow users to fully monitor networks, detect threats via machine learning and extract metadata, Extrahop said Wednesday.

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James Yeager, vice president of public sector at CrowdStrike, has said that government and industry entities must implement speedy threat detection, assessment and resolution as the current health crisis brings more aggressive cyber attacks.

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Thomas Etheridge, vice president of services at CrowdStrike, has said that agencies must implement basic cyber hygiene and patch systems within 30 days to ensure preventive maintenance and avoid large-scale cyberattacks.

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CrowdStrike has started to offer a cloud-based endpoint protection platform to state and local government customers via a procurement vehicle managed by the California Department of General Services.

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The Department of Homeland Security has authorized CrowdStrike as a cybersecurity services provider under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program. This authorization allows for the company’s services to support critical cyber activities of the DHS, the company said Wednesday. CrowdStrike offers three variants of its Falcon platform designed to monitor activities occurring in networks across […] More

CrowdStrike has been authorized under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to support the U.S. government in modernizing its information technology systems using the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. As a FedRAMP-certified cloud service provider, Crowdstrike will continue to serve the private sector, as well as expand its services to the federal, state and local governments […] More

CrowdStrike has announced the inauguration of its own foundation dedicated to developing next generation talent and research in the areas of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. The company said Tuesday the CrowdStrike Foundation will fund scholarships and research for students and scientists studying cybersecurity and AI. The foundation will also provide pro-bono security software for non-profits, journalists and activists […] More

A new CrowdStrike report has found that a Russian group called Fancy Bear likely used a malware implant on Android platforms to monitor Ukraine’s artillery units and launch cyber attacks against the Democratic National Committee, Reuters reported Thursday. CrowdStrike co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch said the hacking group used a variant of the malware that targeted DNC to track Ukrainian artillery units […] More

Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and chief technology officer of CrowdStrike, says his company has identified several attempted intrusions by China-affiliated threat actors on U.S. companies over the past month. Alperovitch wrote in a blog entry posted Monday that the company used its cloud-based CrowdStrike Falcon technology to detect and combat the attacks, which focused mainly on the technology […] More

CrowdStrike has partnered with ThreatConnect to deliver open-source threat intelligence offering to ThreatConnect’s users in an effort to help clients gain insights into their security data. ThreatConnect customers will have access to CrowdStrike’s Falcon Intelligence product in order to collect, analyze and act on threat intelligence sources via the ThreatConnect platform, ThreatConnect said Tuesday. Adam […] More

General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions will collaborate with CrowdStrike to offer Fidelis XPS customers access to threat intelligence that support measures to remediate, prevent, detect and attribute cyber attacks. CrowdStrike Intelligence Exchange will automatically send customers information on threat actors, such as behavioral patterns and common targets, for application onto historical and current network traffic, General Dynamics said Tuesday. “We […] More

IBM Corp. and CrowdStrike Inc. have jointly developed a managed security service aimed at helping customers to combat cyber threats. The cyber threat intelligence service is intended to combine intelligence, technologies, analysts and services from both companies so that organizations can assess their security posture, CrowdStrike said Monday. Kris Lovejoy, general manager of IBM security […] More