The CrowdStrike Falcon Platform - A Brief Analysis and Review

Rene Hemerly Jasmim and Deivison Pinheiro Franco

The search for effective antivirus tools is constant for businesses and common users. In our current scenario, NGAV (Next Generation Antivirus) antiviruses are becoming popular. To that end, this article brings a quick approach to CrowdStrike Falcon, which has been an easy-to-implement New Generation Antivirus, SaaS solution that serves endpoints and servers for the main platforms on the market: Linux, Windows and MAC. Centralized asset management is offered on the Falcon CrowdStrike platform.

INTRODUCTION

CrowdStrike is an industry-leading, next-generation antivirus that is proven to stop malware through built-in threat intelligence and immediate response – with a single, lightweight agent that works without the need for constant signature updates, on-premises infrastructure management, or complex integrations, making replacing your AV quick and easy.

Falcon is CrowdStrike's platform specially built to stop breaches through a unified set of cloud technologies that prevent all types of attacks, with an intuitive and easy to use interface, totally “user friendly”.

On the main screen, you can view CrowdScore, which provides a detailed analysis of the environment, allows editing of dashboards, provides information on recent detections, a graph on the tactics used, and hosts per detection.

This view makes the administrator's life a lot easier by being able to....