August 31, 2021

CrowdStrike [Falcon] Endpoint Protection can be counted on!

Item: CrowdStrike Falcon
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Software Version

Falcon Enterprise

Modules Used

Falcon Spotlight
Falcon Sandbox
Falcon X
Falcon Firewall Management
Falcon Insight
Falcon Overwatch
Falcon Discover
Falcon Cloud Workload Protection
Falcon Services (Incident Response & Proactive Services)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using CrowdStrike in our endpoint protection on all our desktops and server devices. CrowdStrike is used across our whole organization in every department. It is used for antivirus and malware protection on each device. It provides us with security to know [that] our devices are protected from outside cyber-attacks.

Pros and Cons

Endpoint protection
Device monitoring
Alert notifications
Visibility into devices and threats

Some features are hard to locate in the system.
The ability to uninstall without restarting the device would be beneficial.
Quicker load times on some management screens

Return on Investment

Reduced security risk
Centralized and cloud administration
Small footprint once installed
Non intrusive

Alternatives Considered

Trend Micro Email Security and Barracuda Forensics and Incident Response

We decided on CrowdStrike [Falcon Endpoint Protection] because of the way we were able to significantly organize our devices in specific groups of devices and be able to manage the endpoints with strict policy enforcements. Other products didn't do as well of a job to organize devices.

Products Replaced

Yes - Trend Micro Endpoint Security was replaced. We decided on CrowdStrike [Falcon Endpoint Protection] because of ease of use, cloud capabilities, device management, and cost of operating.

Introduction to CrowdStrike

We worked with a local IT vendor to assess multiple endpoint protection suites. It came highly recommended amongst others in the higher education vertical as well.

Key Insights

Do you think CrowdStrike Falcon delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with CrowdStrike Falcon's feature set?

Yes

Did CrowdStrike Falcon live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of CrowdStrike Falcon go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy CrowdStrike Falcon again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

CrowdStrike [Falcon Endpoint Protection] is a great candidate for endpoint protection on all computing devices such as laptops, personal computers, servers, and mobile devices. It provides insights into executables that run on the devices and what processes they consume. CrowdStrike [Falcon Endpoint Protection] also will stop those executables before any operating system interaction. Thus preventing any malware from being installed.