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Crowdstrike Announces Extended Strategic Partnership With Google Cloud

Crowdstrike Announces Extended Strategic Partnership With Google Cloud

CrowdStrike has announced it is expanding its strategic partnership with Google Cloud. This extended partnership powers Mandiant’s Incident Response (IR) and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services, utilizing the CrowdStrike Falcon platform and the Google Cloud Security Operations platform. Additionally, the partnership focuses on CrowdStrike’s market-leading Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) and Exposure Management solutions.

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Enhancing Cloud Security with AI-Powered Solutions

In recent years, the frequency of cloud intrusions has surged dramatically, with a staggering 75% increase observed in the past year alone. Adversaries are evolving rapidly, exhibiting unprecedented speed in breaching customer environments, with some achieving unauthorized access in as little as two minutes.

Customers require more than traditional security measures to shield themselves from these modern cloud threats. They need a comprehensive, user-friendly, and managed security solution that simplifies complexity and acts as a force multiplier for both security and DevOps teams.

A pivotal advancement in this realm lies in integrating AI-powered services from Google Cloud and the robust capabilities of Google Cloud’s Security Operations platform. This amalgamation equips organizations with proactive threat-hunting capabilities, ensuring a proactive defense posture against evolving threats.

In addition, coupling Google Cloud’s offerings with CrowdStrike’s industry-leading protection fortifies customers’ defenses across diverse cloud environments and vendor platforms. This strategic alliance delivers the desired outcomes, enabling organizations to thwart breaches effectively and safeguard their assets in today’s dynamic threat landscape.

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Insights from the Executives of CrowdStrike and Google Cloud

“When it comes to stopping breaches in the most critical moments of attack, CrowdStrike is the proven and recognized technology of choice. Our single platform, single agent architecture delivers the industry’s best protection while being the easiest and fastest to deploy,” said Daniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer, CrowdStrike. “Our expanded strategic alliance with Google Cloud is a watershed moment for cybersecurity: powering Mandiant’s industry-leading Incident Response and Managed Detection and Response services with Falcon in concert with Google Cloud’s Security Operations platform – integrating the best technology with world-class expertise, giving organizations access to the protection they need to stop breaches.”

“CrowdStrike has been a strategic technology partner for both Mandiant and Google Cloud for many years,” said Dom Delfino, VP Global Sales, Google Cloud Security. “We’re excited to deepen the collaboration across Google Cloud Security with enhanced threat intelligence sharing, a tighter integration between CrowdStrike and Google Chronicle, our Hyperscale Security Operations platform and Mandiant Managed Defense, and the ability to deploy CrowdStrike Falcon to support Mandiant Consulting.”

FAQs

1. What is the significance of CrowdStrike’s partnership expansion with Google Cloud?

CrowdStrike has announced an extended strategic partnership with Google Cloud, which focuses on empowering Mandiant’s Incident Response (IR) and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services. This collaboration utilizes the CrowdStrike Falcon platform and Google Cloud Security Operations platform to enhance cloud security measures.

2. How does this partnership benefit customers?

The partnership aims to provide customers with enhanced cloud security solutions by leveraging CrowdStrike’s market-leading Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), and Exposure Management solutions, alongside Google Cloud’s advanced security capabilities.

3. What specific services are being powered by this partnership?

Mandiant’s Incident Response (IR) and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services are the key services being powered by the CrowdStrike Falcon platform and Google Cloud Security Operations platform. Additionally, the partnership focuses on enhancing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), and Exposure Management solutions.

4. How does the integration of CrowdStrike and Google Cloud’s technologies enhance cloud security?

The integration of CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform and Google Cloud Security Operations platform equips organizations with proactive threat-hunting capabilities, ensuring a proactive defense posture against evolving threats in cloud environments.

5. How does this partnership address the growing challenges of cloud intrusions?

With cloud intrusions increasing dramatically in recent years, this partnership addresses the need for comprehensive, user-friendly, and managed security solutions that simplify complexity and act as force multipliers for both security and DevOps teams, effectively thwarting modern cloud threats.

6. What role do AI-powered solutions play in this partnership?

AI-powered solutions from Google Cloud and CrowdStrike are integrated to provide proactive threat detection and response capabilities, enhancing organizations’ ability to identify and mitigate security threats across diverse cloud environments and vendor platforms.

7. How does CrowdStrike’s partnership expansion with Google Cloud benefit Mandiant and Google Cloud Security?

The collaboration facilitates enhanced threat intelligence sharing, tighter integration between CrowdStrike and Google Chronicle, and the ability to deploy CrowdStrike Falcon to support Mandiant Consulting, thereby strengthening both Mandiant’s and Google Cloud Security’s capabilities in addressing cybersecurity challenges.

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