CrowdStrike Falcon

CrowdStrike – Technical Overview

CrowdStrike is an AI-native cybersecurity platform built around the Falcon architecture, delivering unified protection across endpoints, cloud workloads, identities, and data. Core platform capabilities include:

• Endpoint Protection (EPP/EDR): Agent-based detection and response with behavioral AI, preventing and investigating threats at the endpoint level.
• Cloud Security (CNAPP): Cloud-native application protection covering workload security, posture management, and container/Kubernetes security.
• Identity Security: Detects and stops identity-based attacks, including credential theft and lateral movement.
• Threat Intelligence & Hunting: Integrated adversary intelligence and proactive threat hunting via the Falcon platform.
• Next-Gen SIEM / Agentic SOC: AI-driven security operations with automated detection, triage, and response workflows.
• Managed Detection & Response (MDR): CrowdStrike-operated 24/7 monitoring and response layered on top of the Falcon platform.
• Ransomware Protection: Multi-layered behavioral and AI-based prevention targeting ransomware TTPs.

Pricing: Three tiers — Falcon Go, Falcon Pro, and Falcon Enterprise — billed per endpoint/per year or per endpoint/per month. A free trial is available; no permanent free tier exists.