CrowdStrike Recognized as a Leader and One of the Most Innovative Companies in Managed Detection and Response by Multiple Industry Research Firms

AUSTIN, TX – December 12, 2024 – CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced it has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights™ ‘Voice of the Customer’ Managed Detection and Response report. CrowdStrike also earned Frost & Sullivan’s Company of the Year award in the MDR market and was named an Overall Leader in KuppingerCole's 2024 Leadership Compass for MDR.

Cyberattacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, faster and stealthier, creating unprecedented challenges for security teams already strained by the growing cybersecurity skills gap. CrowdStrike Falcon® Complete Next-Gen MDR – powered by the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® platform – addresses this critical need by providing world-class 24/7 managed detection and response expertise. Falcon Complete operates as a seamless extension of customer teams, providing advanced threat detection, investigation and response across endpoints, cloud, identity and third-party data sources. With integrated threat intelligence, cross-domain threat hunting and rapid remediation, CrowdStrike helps organizations close the cybersecurity skills gap, reduce operational complexity and stop breaches.

CrowdStrike — A Customer’s Choice in MDR

CrowdStrike was recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Managed Detection and Response, achieving a 96% Willingness to Recommend score based on 117 overall responses as of September 2024. Customers praised CrowdStrike for its seamless platform integration, real-time detection and expert-led managed services.

Customer reviews include:

• “CrowdStrike has rapidly become our most important security partner. The implementation and delivery of the Falcon Complete service has been exemplary to date.” – IT Security and Risk Manager in Miscellaneous Industry
• "We finally landed on a service that filled our requirements to sleep soundly at night. We also got a consolidated solution, down from four.” – IT Security and Risk Manager in Energy and Utilities
• "My experience with Falcon has been exceptional, the platform seamless integration, real-time detection and protective incident response capability have significantly enhanced the security posture of the organization.” – IT Services Leader in IT

CrowdStrike – Frost & Sullivan’s Company of the Year in MDR

Frost & Sullivan awarded CrowdStrike the 2024 Global Company of the Year for MDR, citing its “visionary innovation, market-leading performance and unmatched customer care.” Frost & Sullivan commended CrowdStrike’s Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR for its 24/7 detection, full-cycle remediation and ability to address the most sophisticated threats, such as ransomware and zero-day exploits. The report noted, “CrowdStrike is the leader of the global MDR market and one of the most innovative companies in the cybersecurity industry. The firm understands the core promises of MDR and leverages its R&D investments to deliver one of the most effective and comprehensive services in the sector.”

KuppingerCole Recognizes CrowdStrike for Product and Innovation Leadership

CrowdStrike was also named an Overall Leader in the 2024 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for MDR, excelling in Product, Innovation and Market Leadership. The report highlighted CrowdStrike’s ability to unify protection across the entire attack surface, leveraging the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon platform and expert security analysts to provide unparalleled threat detection and response capabilities.

KuppingerCole Analysts AG emphasized that “Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR can detect and respond to a wide range of malicious activities,” and praised the Falcon team for its ability to “remove malicious files, isolate hosts and enforce MFA and password resets.”

CrowdStrike sets the standard for MDR by seamlessly integrating technology, human expertise and full integration with security teams to defend against sophisticated threats and navigate today’s complex attack surfaces. We feel that being recognized by multiple leading research firms demonstrates our relentless focus on innovation and validates what our customers already know: CrowdStrike is the unrivaled leader in MDR, providing 24/7 expert-led protection that empowers organizations to focus on their most critical priority — stopping breaches.