CrowdStrike Falcon

About CrowdStrike Falcon

CrowdStrike Falcon is the industry-leading AI-native cybersecurity platform, delivering real-time threat detection, prevention, and response across endpoints, identities, cloud workloads, and data from a single agent and unified console. The Falcon platform is built on the CrowdStrike Security Cloud, which processes over 2 trillion events per day from sensors deployed across millions of endpoints worldwide. This telemetry feeds the AI and machine learning models that power Falcon's threat intelligence, behavioural analysis, and automated response capabilities. Charlotte AI is CrowdStrike's generative AI security analyst, embedded throughout the Falcon platform. Charlotte enables security teams to investigate threats, understand attack timelines, and query the Security Cloud using natural language—dramatically reducing the time required for threat hunting and incident response. It surfaces relevant threat intelligence, recommends remediation steps, and can autonomously execute approved response actions. Charlotte AI is grounded in CrowdStrike's proprietary threat intelligence from the Counter Adversary Operations team, which tracks over 230 named adversary groups. Falcon's module architecture allows organisations to purchase only the capabilities they need, from core next-generation antivirus (Falcon Go) through to the full Falcon Enterprise and Falcon Complete MDR (Managed Detection and Response) offerings. Key modules include Falcon Insight XDR for cross-domain detection and response, Falcon Identity Threat Protection for Active Directory and Azure AD coverage, Falcon Cloud Security for CSPM and container workload protection, and Falcon Intelligence for finished threat intelligence reporting. CrowdStrike holds an exceptionally strong compliance posture. Falcon is FedRAMP High authorised, StateRAMP authorised, and holds DOD IL4 Impact Level authorisation, making it one of the few commercial cybersecurity platforms approved for sensitive US federal government workloads. The company also holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA certifications, and supports GDPR and CCPA compliance requirements for commercial customers globally. Data residency options span the US, EU, and Australia. Founded in 2011 and publicly traded on NASDAQ (CRWD), CrowdStrike generated over $3.9 billion in annual revenue in FY2025. Despite a significant operational incident in July 2024 related to a faulty sensor update—which caused widespread disruption to Windows systems globally—the company has implemented extensive quality assurance improvements and maintains its position as the market leader in endpoint security. For regulated organisations requiring a best-in-class AI-driven security platform with rigorous government certifications, CrowdStrike Falcon remains a top-tier choice.