CrowdStrike - good value for a good product
April 18, 2023
CrowdStrike - good value for a good product
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Falcon Pro
Modules Used
- Falcon Prevent
- Falcon Control and Respond
Overall Satisfaction with CrowdStrike Falcon
We use it for endpoint protection from malware and viruses on all PC's and laptops within the organization for both on premises and work from home users. The product is small footprint on the clients and is not noticed by the end users. It looks for not only known malware but also for patterns/IOCs that may indicate a zero day attack.
- Runs on clients without causing application issues
- matches files patterns/behaviors to look for unknown attacks
- contains potentially infected hosts
- The user interface is terrible
- permit users to see licensed products in the console
- less false positives. files such as Malwarebytes scanning modules should be known as safe
- make it easier to create scanning exclusions that actually work
- provides confidence endpoints are protected
- improves response/remediation through integration with other products
- helps keep expenses in check
We have not purchased/implemented it yet but the EDR module will allow us to remove our other EDR product, permitting us to only run CrowdStrike on the endpoints . We will look at other modules to possibly prevent the purchase of other vendor solutions in the future as we try to improve our security posture.
We're not completely there yet but our biggest goals are to reduce the number of management consoles that have to be used to reduce confusion and reduce our expenses for obvious reasons. By eliminating redundancy and simplifying our security tools we hope to gain back some hours in our day and reduce expense.
We have not implemented enough CrowdStrike solutions at this point to speak to the range and breadth of CrowdStrike solutions, although each budget cycle we revisit CrowdStrike solutions to see if there is a solution to solve a current problem. CrowdStrike is very consistent with communication from solution providers to make sure we are aware of their offerings and make sure we have our current solution configured correctly and are getting the most value from it.
- Use host console to help validate OS versions in use against other sources
- Help determine a live host count to assist in/validate inventory
- verify last logged in user for a particular host
We still utilize Malwarebytes, CrowdStrike has proven to catch more malware than Symantec (although with more false positives). CrowdStrike has not to date caused any issues with applications running on our endpoints and is not even noticed by our end users. Deployment seems to be easier and more efficient than other vendors.
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