CrowdStrike Falcon Other Advice

Chintan-Vyas - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director at KPMG

We are a managed security service provider.

We are using a SaaS offering and therefore, in terms of the version, we are not bothering so much on worrying which we are on. It is automatically getting updated. We are running on the latest version at all times.

While I would recommend the solution, CrowdStrike, when it first came into the market, it was sort of a single choice for many customers. Now, we can see there are many other competitors also. Those are providing pretty good functionalities in a more efficient way. We could see that other solutions are better than CrowdStrike.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.

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JS
Director of IT at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

My advice for anybody who is looking into implementing CrowdStrike is to go ahead and do it. There is nothing to worry about and they deliver as promised.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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Syed Ubaid Ali Jafri - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Cyber Defense & Offensive Security at Habib Bank Limited

Crowd Strike is a good solution. However, it requires you to build more features in protecting Endpoint agents for example:

DOM Improvement
DLL's Injections
Detection of CNC in Network Neighbors
Detection of similar attack surfaces in the network.

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Buyer's Guide
CrowdStrike Falcon
April 2024
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JA
Security Analyst II at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

It being SaaS was of no importance to me. If I wanted the solution, then had to build an on-site server for it or not, that makes no difference to me. I know for some people who have overhead, that is where it matters. Personally, it does not at our organization. I was more interested in getting the best of breed.

CrowdStrike Store is pretty interesting and always intrigues me. It typically will take you to another vendor's website for another piece of software that you would have to buy and install. So, it is one of those things like, "Oh, that is nice to know that you integrate with these other people. But, we don't have money right now to be looking at these other people's software that easily integrates but still requires their own agent to be installed on the PC." It is kind of an advertisement shop saying we work well with these other pieces of software.

Try it. Try all the features. Because if you go with a trial and don't try all the features, then you are not going to know if it's going to work for you or not. Try everything that you possibly can. I know some organizations who will "try it" and install it, but they won't do anything with it. In this case, we actually did. We actually tried to use all the features and create issues. We tried to kick the system over, and it didn't. 

Biggest lesson learnt: Rely more on our technology, trust our processes, and trust the software more. I think that is just an organization maturing from an old-school antivirus and application whitelisting/blacklisting mentality to a next-generation antivirus mentality, where you are trusting your software to operate. You are trusting your processes and playbooks to run automatically. As we matured and went with CrowdStrike, we are now relying more on our automated processes to run.

I would give it an eight out of 10. There are areas of improvement, especially with the search because it's a time burden and causes issues for our team. Other than that, everything else that we are getting has been fantastic. It is great overall.

I have been surprised by the new features coming out. When they add a new feature to an agent release, it doesn't seem pell-mell. They have a thoughtful consideration to what they are adding. The upgrade schedule is not overly burdensome nor is their path for pushing out those new features burdensome. We can keep up with them. So, they are not pushing out 20 features on one agent and none for the next 10 iterations, and then another 20. It's one or two every couple of iterations. It is trickling, which makes it easier to test things and run them through our CAB. That has been helpful.

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AK
Senior Data Hosting and Security Special at Two aquate

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

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Robert S. Balter - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at RSBPC

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon 10 out of 10. It's extraordinarily easy to implement and use. You can do some advanced things that require some expertise, but those levels of security would be more appropriate for larger enterprises.

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EH
Chief Information Security Officer at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees

CrowdStrike is currently across all our technology stack, servers, and workstations.

When we did our proof-of-concept testing, our administrators liked that installing it was easy and did not need to reboot the system (and causing an outage). Our administrators also loved that once they did this, they didn’t have to deal with doing client upgrades once or twice a year, where you have to take servers down and reboot them. You install this once, and now you won't have to worry about this ever again. I sold this to administrators as, "You want me to make your life easier? Here is the one thing you need to do." Now, they reap the benefits.

We are looking at the cloud workload options over a course of time, as more technologies shift to cloud and we acquire other companies with more endpoints. From that perspective, we will continue to look at some of the other modules that they have but operationalizing some of modules are not in our risk profile. Some of the modules don't add as much value as they would to some other companies depending on their risk exposures.

We will look into the solution’s Horizon module in the future.

I would rate this solution as a nine out of 10.

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JT
Director - IT Security Operations at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We are a very happy CrowdStrike Falcon customer. I highly recommended it. It works.

I would rate this solution as 10 out of 10.

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Niranjan N - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Analyst at ATOS

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon 10 out of 10. It has delivered some good results. 

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Naveen Nelavigi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Analyst at Ernst & Young

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon ten out of ten. I would recommend Falcon to others. 

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Marcelino Bocanegra - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity solution architect Individual Contributor at IQSEC SA

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon 10 out of 10.

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CK
IT Network Infrastructure Manager at HENSOLDT

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon a nine out of ten.

We have around 300 endpoints and three people who have access to the solution.

Three people are required for maintenance.

CrowdStrike Falcon was recommended by our head office in Germany.

I recommend CrowdStrike Falcon. 

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Jordan Swanson - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Assurance Engineer at School District of Lee County

We pay for Overwatch, which is kind of like a sock where someone that works for CrowdStrike monitors certain aspects of your network, and then they can make notes and quarantine devices for you, and they'll alert you at 2:00 in the morning. It's really great, but it takes two people to manage the alerts after a bit of tuning to make sure that the stuff that is on your network that you want to be there, that's getting picked up by CrowdStrike, is excluded. I get maybe ten alerts a day, but that comes from having good hygiene in other areas. If you're not preventing those alerts or fixing the problems that CrowdStrike is picking up, you're going to have a lot of work to do, but if you use CrowdStrike as a hygiene tool, it's a lot easier to manage.

My advice would be to automate as much of the management as you can. Sensor deployment can be really annoying, but if you figure out how to automate it in your environment, that will make it way easier. That way, as the devices are provisioned, they have the sensor on them and they just pop up into your console. I know some people do it by hand and that's a nightmare.

I would rate this solution as a nine out of ten. It's really good. 

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Sandesh Dumbre - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I'm a customer and end-user.

I would absolutely recommend this product to any organization with a prior POC under its belt. A company needs to test it in their environment. That said, I would highly recommend anyone to test it out.

I'd rate the solution 9 out of 10. 

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Ali Minissi - PeerSpot reviewer
Group IT Director - Technical Operations at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon an eight out of ten.

We deployed CrowdStrike Falcon across all our locations, including subsidiaries and remote sites in various regions.

Maintaining CrowdStrike Falcon is simple because it only requires a client agent to be installed on the machine at the kernel level, below the operating system.

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AT
Chief Security Officer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

My advice for anybody who is considering CrowdStrike is definitely to start with a PoC, and then definitely to subscribe to OverWatch. I think that OverWatch is the main benefit to it.

The biggest lesson that I have learned from CrowdStrike is about the different threats that are out there. They have a nice dashboard with information about threats, and you can read it and learn from it.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

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SH
Director, IT & Systems Security at Tilson

My advice for anybody who is looking into implementing this product is that every organization is slightly different in its needs, and CrowdStrike may or may not be the right solution. Once you can do a trial and a bake-off of multiple options, you'll find if CrowdStrike is the right solution or not.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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JM
Information Security Analyst at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Do it. It is a great product. I seriously think it is worth considering. We have been completely happy with the solution that we have been running on for years now and have never regretted our decision. I highly recommend it.

We plan on possibly looking into the added features that they offer to see if there is something there that can increase our incident response or add value to our business.

It is our primary EDR, so we are using it 100 percent for that and plan on using it for other avenues. We found Discover can help us with the inventory for applications. So, I am looking for other business opportunities there to help us, which will be our goal in the future.

It has given us some insight into how threat actors work. The biggest thing for us has been threat actor education. They give you intel which helps you identify what attackers you would more likely be targeted by. A lot of this comes with our OverWatch protection. Their threat intel has probably been the biggest thing for us.

Overall, I hate to give a perfect score, but it is probably a 10 out of 10. It is a really great product. 

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GK
Information Security, Sr. Analyst at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

My advice for anybody who is interested in implementing CrowdStrike Falcon is to review and evaluate your environment and compare their EDR solutions.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

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KR
Cyber Security Manager at a university with 10,001+ employees

Some of the default settings are set to 'easy' which isn't sufficient. We had some conversations around this and the recommendation was to change some of these settings to more aggressive ones on the policy side. I know some organizations have had issues automatically updating CrowdStrike to the latest version. I recommend going through the change process but saving it at minus one for a while to avoid all the negative downtimes where you might need to roll back to the previous update.

When we switched to CrowdStrike, we didn't expect it to find anything that was already on the computer because the primary reason we swapped was because of EDR. But it did find things that were dormant as well as other things.

I rate this solution nine out of 10. 

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Sathya Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Information Technology at TollPlus LLC.

I recommend using the solution and rate it an eight out of ten. 

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ManojKumar42 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Engineer at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon nine out of ten.

After deployment, there are some simple maintenance tasks to keep everything functioning well.

New users should learn about the different modules of CrowdStrike Falcon and their functionalities to work effectively with the tool.

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Khushru_Mistry - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at GM Modular

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon 8 out of 10.

CrowdStrike Falcon is deployed in multiple branches across India.

No maintenance is required from our end.

I recommend CrowdStrike Falcon. It is not a solution we need to think twice about using.

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AS
Cyber Security Engineer at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

Take the time you need in the beginning to fully build out all the groups and prevention policies that you will need. It may take a bit longer during the initial setup, but it is worth it in the long run because it makes maintenance down the line much easier than having to build new groups or prevention policies as they come up. Definitely take the time needed in the beginning. Then, later down the road all you have to do is check some boxes, as opposed to building out brand new groups and prevention policies, which can take awhile.

In the beginning, there will be a bunch of false positives as it learns your environment. However, those are very easily handled within the UI, creating IOA or machine learning exceptions. With our previous solution, we had a couple hundred exceptions, and with CrowdStrike, we have six or so.

CrowdStrike has fulfilled its function very well. We got it specifically to serve the purpose that it is serving.

It is a solid nine out of 10.

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Ganesh-Jadhav - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cyber Security Analyst at Securonix

I would definitely recommend CrowdStrike Falcon. It is better than other solutions, such as VMware Carbon Black. CrowdStrike is doing better in this space. 

If you are using CrowdStrike Falcon for the first time, it will be easy for you. You can definitely use it.

Overall, I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon an eight out of ten. 

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DL
Head Deputy Head of IT, Information Technology's Projects & Developments Center at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

I rate Crowdstrike Falcon nine out of 10. 

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HB
Security Officer

CrowdStrike Falcon is the best endpoint protection solution I've used so far. I would advise anybody thinking of implementing it to go for it, as CrowdStrike will provide more visibility, depth, and context to threats and allow you to understand what's going on. I would give Falcon a rating of ten out of ten.

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NC
IT Security Analyst at U.S. Venture, Inc.

Make sure you know what the policies do. There are a lot of good and bad things that you can do with too strict or too loose of a policy governing workstations or servers.

We have evaluated the CrowdStrike Horizon module. We are not there yet. Our environment has not changed drastically since our last review of it. So, we have not felt the need to revisit it since then.

It is important to not solely rely on one product, especially one that has a good or bad name, such as McAfee. Because there was a lot of, "Oh no, we got an antivirus. We're fine." It helps to make sure you always have an in-depth defense strategy.

I would rate it a solid nine out of 10. 

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MK
Associate Director - Infrastructure Engineering at AFT

We're just customers. We don't have a business relationship with the company.

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. The last time I checked, it was version 5.6. It is up-to-date, however. I get a report every so often saying, we've updated the sensors, or current version, etc. It's an auto-update and it does that. Whenever it's missing something or it couldn't reach an endpoint, the company will send me a report of that, saying these endpoints are not updated because we couldn't detect it on the network any longer.

The only advice I would say to others considering the solution is, if they have an unsupported operating system or legacy application, to look closely at CrowdStrike to see if the solution actually makes sense for them. This is due to the fact that they're not going to be able to support it. If they have thousands of servers and 20% of them are legacy applications, they may not want to think about CrowdStrike because the solution doesn't support legacy products. Other than that, I fully recommend CrowdStrike. The advanced threat protection they have has always been great.

I'd rate the solution a solid nine out of ten.

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Dev Kudtharkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Information Technology at Slice

I highly recommend people use CrowdStrike Falcon. Overall, I rate it a nine out of ten.

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EW
Security Principal at Trifecta Cloud Security Solutions

I recommend anyone planning to use CrowdStrike Falcon to ensure that they have an integration team. This is because the solution does not have many built-in features, and it relies on partnership integration with other significant players, such as identity and network vulnerability solutions. Consequently, when deploying CrowdStrike, hiring additional personnel is necessary to comprehend the integration process. If CrowdStrike is ranked number one, then Microsoft is above CrowdStrike due to its fully integrated features. If Microsoft ever got details of incorrect licenses, it would run CrowdStrike out of business. Overall, I rate the product eight point nine out of ten.

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JavierFernandez - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT at Alantra

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a nine out of ten.

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AbhishekBirkett - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager - Enterprise Accounts at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.

When we talk about security to customers, we include consideration of Cisco to give them unified security plus XDR.

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AK
Lead Engg. Information Assurance at ACPL Systems Pvt Ltd

My advice to others is this is a good solution that does not require a lot of attention. You can install it and it runs silently in the background.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a nine out of ten.

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MG
Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect at Swagelok Company

Take advantage of the opportunity by CrowdStrike to network with other customers in a similar company size and industry to see how well the product could benefit you as a potential customer before committing.

We have a very minimalistic cloud infrastructure footprint or container footprint at this point in time. That is likely to take off in full swing in the next year or so. We have many legacy applications running on legacy operating systems, which I am working very aggressively to get out of our environment. When that starts to take flight, we will definitely have more of a need for a cloud container as well as cloud infrastructure visibility and protection, which we do not have a lot of at this point in time.

I would rate this solution as 10 out of 10.

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Jawaria Abbas - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Every product has some advantages and disadvantages. I have worked with Microsoft Defender and Symantec, and now, I am working with CrowdStrike. Every organization's needs are very different. It depends on what the organization wants. For example, the security requirements of the banking sector are very high. The banking sector has different requirements, the retail sector has different requirements, and a software development organization has different requirements. An organization should weigh the pros and cons and decide based on the requirements.

Overall, I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon an eight out of ten.

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Nakul Chopra - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at IT Solution

We are Crowdstrike partners. 

I'm not sure which version of the solution I'm using; however, it is likely the latest. 

From the theoretical perspective, it's a good product. They just need more features. You can't just replace an antivirus with it; you first need to ensure it's covering all of your requirements.

I'd rate the product nine out of ten. 

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Krishna .R - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Regional Head at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would advise others to tell their customer upfront that staying connected to the internet is very critical to the use of this cloud based solution. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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MA
Pre-Sales Engineer at EliteVAD

I was a Crowdstrike partner and was working with the vendor. I've since changed jobs. 

Whether or not it makes sense to use the solution depends on your budget and your pocket. The features are pretty similar to other options. Whether or not it makes sense to use depends on what you're looking for in endpoint security.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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Divyang Pastagiya - PeerSpot reviewer
Principle Consultant at Infosec Ventures

I would highly recommend this solution to others.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a nine out of ten.

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RB
IT Consultant at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

At the moment, we have around twenty thousand users in our environment. Our setup spans multiple locations, mainly in Portugal, and we operate on various operating systems, including Mac, Linux, and Windows.

Falcon, being a SaaS product, doesn't require maintenance on our end. Updates are needed for servers, but they can be easily managed through the web interface without causing any inconvenience for us.

I would recommend conducting a proof of concept with CrowdStrike Falcon before making a decision. While the product has strengths, I would advise new users to address questions and doubts directly with the product team, especially when seeking new features or improvements. Ensure there is a clear communication channel for feedback and inquiries. Overall, I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon as a nine out of ten.

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GC
Security Analyst at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon a nine out of ten.

CrowdStrike Falcon is a great tool. Investing in proper training on the CrowdStrike Falcon platform is highly recommended for any organization seeking to maximize its potential and avoid navigation struggles within the console. However, it's important to note that effective utilization of Falcon without CrowdStrike's managed services necessitates the formation of a dedicated team responsible for managing the solution. 

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SW
AVP of Tech at a insurance company with 201-500 employees

The solution is excellent. I'd advise people that if they have Arctic Wolf, they'll have an easy time.

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

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RC
Security Systems Analyst at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees

If you are looking at CrowdStrike, plan appropriately. Make sure you have planned it out and do your testing. We found that it was legacy-friendly. We have a lot of legacy applications and we were concerned about that. We ran into some minor issues but we did find that it was friendly, however, there were some newer applications that the product did not interact with as well as we expected. They were easy fixes, but you should do your due diligence so you run into fewer surprises.

I would rate CrowdStrike a 9 out of 10.

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MW
Chief Information Security Officer at a hospitality company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Overall, this product has been pretty good and I recommend it.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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JS
Director Of Information Technology at DLZ Construction Svs.

CrowdStrike do their job well and can be compared to other solutions on the market such as SentinelOne and Huntress. They do need to be more extensible because right now they don't play well with others and it's a bit of a challenge on the management side.

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

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Neeruganti Santhosh Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Analyst at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

I rate the product nine out of ten. 

CrowdStrike is excellent at preventing breaches, and our security operations are more robust as a result. The automatic quarantining of malicious downloads keeps our system safe and our information out of the hands of attackers.  

The solution reduces our security risk significantly; it's an advanced tool.  

We learned about the solution when some of our employees saw a promotion campaign. 

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Younghoon-Youn - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Security Solution Business at a wholesaler/distributor with 1-10 employees

I would advise others to first evaluate AV or EDR and then investigate the current endpoint protection solution that are already using in their organization. They should then check what kind of tools can be placed with CrowdStrike. 

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

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RG
Cybersecurity Analyst at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon a ten out of ten.

Our clients range from small up to enterprise level.

The maintenance is simple. We just need to stay on top of the updates.

CrowdStrike Falcon is user-friendly and the analysis provided is good making it an efficient solution.

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Sandeep Sehrawat - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Security Consultant at Sify Technologies

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon eight out of 10. I strongly recommend it. 

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Park Armstrong - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technical and Solution Architect at Vertigo Inc.

My advice to others is to take a serious look at CrowdStrike Falcon. It's a good solution.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon an eight out of ten.

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BH
Service at Four-U Office Inc

We're just a customer. We don't have a special relationship with CrowdStrike.

We're using the most up to date version of the solution right now.

So far, I've had good luck with this solution. That said, it hasn't hit anything. I won't get a true test until I actually get somebody that sends up malware. In the meantime, no news is good news.

I would rate the solution nine out of ten right now. They're pretty good. I haven't done anything super-advanced or to spec. There's a lot there to work with if I want to, however, I keep it pretty basic. I only have a couple of policies. It's not a huge company, so it's not real hard.

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UG
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon a seven out of ten.

The maintenance is straightforward.

CrowdStrike Falcon is deployed independently in our environment and we have 30 users.

While CrowdStrike Falcon offers valuable security tools for larger organizations with extensive infrastructure, its complexity might not be ideal for smaller businesses with limited IT resources.

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BS
Specialist, Lead Desktop Support at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees

My advice to others is that CrowdStrike Falcon is certainly a workable solution. It does what it needs to do. Whenever I say that our company is using CrowdStrike Falcon people's impressions is that it is an expensive solution."

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a ten out of ten.

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JM
President and CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We're a managed security services provider.

I can't speak to the exact version of the solution we're using at this time. 

I would advise users to just follow the advice of CrowdStrike. They have some very good manuals and YouTube videos and stuff of that. It's a complex piece of software, however, you need to work very well and make sure your implementation is correct.

I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten.

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Gogineni Venkatachowdary - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Operations Center Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

We are on the latest update of the solution. 

There isn't really any specific knowledge required to use CrowdStrike, apart from maybe general knowledge of cyber security.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. If it had better performance, I would rate it higher. 

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MJ
Server Administrator at TIR Canada

My advice to those looking into this solution would be that it's in the top right quadrant of the Gartner quadrant, so it deserves consideration. You just have to be prepared to integrate it.

I would rate this solution as a four out of ten. This is mostly because of the weak technical support.

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AC
Head of IT Department at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

My advice to those wanting to use CrowdStrike Falcon is to try it out to see if it works well in their environment. I consider CrowdStrike Falcon is a very accurate solution. They are confident about the capabilities of their solutions because they offer money or payback if there is a high-impact cyber incident or cyberattack while using the solution.

They need to have special consideration about the different plans and budgets that they need to get the solution that they want.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a ten out of ten.

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Dan Brunnquell - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Information Technology at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

If you're thinking about implementing this solution, I would suggest getting Overwatch and Insight along with it. Also, don't be afraid to try and negotiate for a better price.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine.

The reporting is part of the Overwatch and Insight combination. It's doing what we want it to do and it's not causing a lot of overhead. Like I said earlier, maybe we're an anomaly. We don't have a lot of issues on our network.

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GH
Senior Cyber Security Analyst with 1,001-5,000 employees

My advice for anybody who is implementing CrowdStrike Falcon is to get in touch with the vendor and then follow best practices. They have a lot of documentation and everything is there. For the most part, I would suggest looking at the technical support documentation first and then contacting a representative at the vendor to continue the process.

Most companies have it integrated with the SIEM and with their ticketing system, although I did not use it in that capacity because it costs more money.

Most of the time, you're not going to have to lay a finger. Once it finds an infected file, you might have to reboot the computer if it can't immediately remove it, or other such minor stuff. In general, however, it's never given me any issues and it's never given me a headache. Overall, it's very straightforward and just one tool out of the whole.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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DA
Sr. IT Support Executive at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I'm unsure which version of the solution we are using.

I'm currently practicing my skills on this EDR solution. I have worked with this software and I've already collaborated with my seniors who are currently experts on this particular product. I'm getting pretty good help. 

Most of our clients have their own infrastructure which is mostly on the cloud. They have their own solid, robust infrastructure. When it comes to small environments that are currently adapting to the cloud, CrowdStrike could be a great opportunity. The solution, for example, doesn't require a minimum installation. It can work well for very small companies as well as larger organizations.

If a company has the financial means, we tend to recommend this product. There are great security features on offer that are much better than other options in India at this time.

I'd advise companies considering this solution to check their resources. They have to choose the option between being on-premise and the cloud option. They need to try and run it before adopting any solution. It's important also to consider security and monitoring for threats.

Overall, I'd recommend companies study their environment and check and compile an e-solutions calendar. There's a lot of them. Microsoft has provided a 99GB advanced dataset collection and it is on the cloud.

I'd rate this product seven out of ten overall. While I've never had any problems with it, there are just so many other options on the market.

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Madhawa Liyanage - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Consultant - Defensive Security at DeltaSpike Pvt Ltd

CrowdStrike Falcon is one of the leading solutions in the market. I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon an eight out of ten.

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CA
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Our end-users and partners want to know which data are going to be collected. Financial institutions need to know what is included in the telemetry data.
As a distributor, in our region it's mandatory for us to implement, as it wouldn't make sense for us to go to partners and end users with other solutions. 

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MK
Dy General Manager at a real estate/law firm with 501-1,000 employees

We're a customer. We don't have a business partnership with this solution.

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using right now. It is the latest, as far as I know. We're currently running a POC with it.

In today's environment, it's very crucial to protect a company from ransomware, and malware. We focus mainly on avoiding these types of attacks. We're always interested in the latest tools that have the latest techniques and are effective in our environment.  

On top of that. we've noticed during the pandemic, there are even more threats happening. We need to focus most of our energy on the endpoints which are basically connected to an unprotected network.

The focus on the endpoints has to be increased at this point in time to ensure we have maximum protection. We prefer to have a cloud-based product rather than an on-premise-based product to protect our data and our endpoints. Therefore, we may need to move to a cloud-based protection suite. Other companies should also consider this. Whether they choose a product like CrowdStrike, Cortex, or Cylance is up to them.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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Murali Krishnan L - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager (SOC Operations) at Novac Technology Solutions

My advice to others is this solution is easy to deploy, and there is no planning required.

I rate Crowdstrike Falcon XDR a nine out of ten.

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MH
DGM IT at Union Bank of Colombo

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. There is still some grey area for us, as we haven't been using the product long enough to give a full evaluation of all the features. 

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LM
Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

The product is really good, but there is a lot of additional features that you need to have for it to be a complete solution. Be sure that your budget is enough to acquire the complete solution that you need.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a ten out of ten.

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Dan Brunnquell - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Information Technology at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

There are half a dozen players out there that are the best of the breed. Pick one.

When it came to CrowdStrike versus Carbon Black, configuration and setup were deciding, driving factors. CrowdStrike was much easier to configure, but overall, is it better or worse? I can't make that judgment call.

All I know is what I've been told by other vendors that are trying to get my business. They tell me about issues that I've never encountered with the products that I have. In summary, take what a vendor says about another vendor's product with a grain of salt.

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DC
Director of Cloud Architecture at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

I would anyone to look at this product based on our company's experience so far.

We have both the on-premise and AWS versions of the product.

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SN
Chief Technology Officer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon 8 out of 10.

We have deployed CrowdStrike Falcon in multiple departments, locations, and satellite offices.

CrowdStrike Falcon doesn't require maintenance from our end other than the updates.

I recommend CrowdStrike Falcon to others.

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GM
SOC Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

First, they should understand their needs, then depending on those requirements, I would be able to advise because each person has a unique use case.

I would strongly suggest this solution to anyone who is considering using it. It's a go-to for endpoint protection.

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon XDR  an eight out of ten.

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MK
Junior Security Engineer at Altron

I would recommend anybody looking at Falcon to go for it because it's an easy-to-understand solution that's really worth having. I would give Falcon a rating of nine out of ten.

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TZ
Chief Information Security Officer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

This is a product that I absolutely recommend.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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SE
Senior System Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are working with all the versions for the most part, due to the fact that we are partners of CrowdStrike and we position CrowdStrike to our customers. We also use the solution for our company.

I'd recommend the solution to others, however, I would advise that they try it first as a POC so that they can first see the value of the product.

Overall, I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. If technical support could be faster and there was more device control, I would rate the solution higher.

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AJITHH G - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Engineer at AppSmart

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon an eight out of ten.

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AE
Infrastructure Manager at Quaracrm

I rate this solution a ten out of ten. Regarding advice, it is important to learn about CrowdStrike Falcon's capabilities and features. It would be easier to use if they gave that understanding.

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JP
Senior Engineer at Neosecure

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a nine out of ten.

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PG
IT Manager at a consultancy with 5,001-10,000 employees

Do a thorough PoC. Don't go ever go by the sales team unless you have tested it and know it works for your environment, because every environment is unique. The sales guy will promise you the moon. Only unless you have tested, you know it delivers.

The product has met its purpose for us.

We use both the on-premise and AWS versions. They are both good products and very simple to move, install, and configure.

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CA
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Protection has been good in the solution. I got only one false positive in a year and a half, which is great.

There is no suggestion to provide because it is easy to implement, and there are no exclusions or testing required. If you plan to try it, it should work well without any issues.

Overall, I rate the product a nine point seven out of ten.

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MH
Cloud Solution architect at VaporVM

My company uses multiple products related to cybersecurity, for example, Netskope. For endpoint security, my company uses Microsoft Defender ATP and Endgame. My company is also working with CrowdStrike Falcon. For vulnerability management, my company uses Qualys, in particular for the AWS environment.

I don't remember the exact version of CrowdStrike Falcon I'm using, but I know that the tool is on Windows, Mac, and some AWS environments within the company.

Within the company, the total number of endpoints is around seven hundred. Two admins handle the endpoints for CrowdStrike Falcon.

My advice for anyone looking to implement CrowdStrike Falcon is to go for it, especially if you want to add value to your cybersecurity, specifically endpoint protection and application behavior analysis. CrowdStrike Falcon has reliable results, so I prefer it over other tools.

My rating for CrowdStrike Falcon is nine out of ten.

My company is a customer, and not a partner of CrowdStrike Falcon.

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JC
Solutions Architect at dsmedellin

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon 10 out of 10.

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Akash Jogbond - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead at Foresight Software Solutions

The policies are very simple to create and offers very minimum options. Based on this, I would recommend those implementing this system make full use of all the features from the beginning. 

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

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NiteshSharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales Architect at Network Techlab (I) Pvt. Ltd

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

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RV
Business Development Manager - Security at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

We are not carrying CrowdStrike Falcon Complete because it's a managed service, so customers have not really gotten to that level. What we're working with is CrowdStrike Falcon.

Deployment of this solution took us three to five days. We have 2,000 users of CrowdStrike Falcon, and we have 110 different locations across India and some other parts of the world. We have people who manage this solution, but it doesn't require much managing, because the only challenge is removing the old solution, then replacing it with the new one.

I'm recommending CrowdStrike Falcon to other people who are looking into using it, because it's a good solution.

I'm rating CrowdStrike Falcon an eight out of ten.

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MH
Sr Network Administrator at a construction company with 501-1,000 employees

I would rate it an eight out of ten. It does what it needs to do but there's always room for improvement. 

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TS
Executive Technology Advisor at Vitso

As I came into this organization, they were moving away from CrowdStrike. 

They upgraded their license to E5 with the security bundle from Microsoft. The goal is to start to move things. 

They are paying twice for things right now, but that will be expiring. CrowdStrike comes up for renewal next year, and they want to be off of it by then.

I haven't gone into critiquing it. Since they've already made the decision and made the investment to go to defender ATP. I'm more concerned with, are we losing anything? Do we have parity when we go from one platform to another? And if any gaps emerge, what needs to be filled?

When we did go into it and walked through it with one of the security engineers, it was snappy, and it had a nice UI. 

I had never been inside the product. I think I got a demo years ago in my CSO role, but I had never delved into a practical use case. The practical use case looked pretty cool.

For anyone who is interested in implementing this solution, I would say don't look for the cost compared to smaller applications. Look at what you're trying to do, and what you're trying to accomplish. The typical first cardinal sin of IT is buying a product and then figuring out how to use it as opposed to having a set of requirements, placing a value on that set of requirements, and then pursuing a solution that covers them the best. 

I think they probably said we've got a gap here because something bad happened to my CrowdStrike. It's an industry leader. Three years after the issue that they were treating was over, and the pain was gone, suddenly, it seems really expensive. That is an IT 101 mistake that I've found in organizations, where it's a means to an end and then it turns this to just an eyesore on the balance sheet.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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ES
Director of Security at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

It does everything that it claims, making our life significantly easier. Definitely consider CrowdStrike. It will probably save you from a lot of threats that other products wouldn't catch.

Our security program is relatively immature, but this product has definitely been one of the keystones of our program.

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AV
IT Workplace Coordinator at a consumer goods company with 1-10 employees

I would rate CrowdStrike Falcon a then out of ten.

Before purchasing CrowdStrike Falcon I suggest checking the policies, particularly those regarding internet connections, and conducting a proof of concept.

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OA
Especialista em Segurança da Informação - DFIR at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

CrowdStrike Falcon is a very sophisticated solution. We are evaluating it further and more favorable results will come only with deeper study and evaluation.

I have never had any kind of problem with the solution.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a nine out of ten.

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HA
Senior Associate - IT at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

My advice for anybody implementing this solution is to understand the requirements. Look at their vision, and understand how the technology is changing in the market in order to meet the threat of cyber attack. They need to follow the latest standards.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

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HF
Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

My advice is to go with a partner that has got experience. I would also advise seriously considering the Overwatch feature. 

I would rate it a nine out of 10.

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DN
Security Analyst at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon an eight out of ten.

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SS
Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I would advise someone considering this solution to just read the documentation. You should start with the documentation, it's very clear and very simple. Anything you need is in the documentation.

I would rate it a nine out of ten. 

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FI
Solution Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would recommend CrowdStrike as a first option product, but to look at others as well.

The new features that they have released were not bad.

AWS is better than the on-premise version because it can support cloud resources.

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it_user871761 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Financial Analyst - Data Analytics at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most important criteria when selecting a vendor come down to the capability of the technology, the cost, the support, how it fits into our overall architecture strategy, and the stability of the company. For instance, if it's a small company and they go under, you might as well have not invested in it.

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10 because it has all the features that we need. It's within our budget, and it fits into our overall architecture strategy. There are a few features that could be added, as mentioned.

I would recommend this technology.

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SI
Engineering manager at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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LM
Head Of Infrastructure at a insurance company with 201-500 employees

For the purpose of starting, yes, it's a very good solution, but you need to take two things into consideration: proper alignment with the infrastructure and the price. The price negatively affects the adoption of this solution.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight — because of the price and reporting.

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NS
Information Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

It is a complete cloud-based solution, so they will have to factor in the compliance requirements as well. Not everyone is comfortable sending the data to the cloud, especially considering the privacy requirements. CrowdStrike needs to think of local and regulatory requirements. But, one thing is for sure, CrowdStrike will not take your personal data to the cloud, it only takes your metadata from the endpoint. But, if the company's having some stringency regulations, it will definitely be harder for them to keep the data in the cloud.

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AM
Analista de segurança de TI at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

My advice for others is to purchase the solution it is simple to use and effective.

I rate CrowdStrike Falcon a ten out of ten.

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FB
Director & CEO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I rate the solution a seven out of ten. I advise new users first to understand their use case, its vulnerability and its importance.

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KG
Security Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It comes with various modules, so you can choose the module that you need on the basis of the costing it comes with. This is definitely not cheap; it comes with a cost which may depend on the organization if they need it.

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NS
Technical Architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

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CrowdStrike Falcon
April 2024
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