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KS State Bank

Introduction

This case study of KS StateBank is based on an October 2022 survey of CrowdStrike customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Replacement for traditional antivirus. We also utilize tools to evaluate potential zero-day threats in real-time.”

“Having vision into the unfolding of detections makes determining if a security risk is actually a risk or a false positive very easy.”

“CrowdStrike is an excellent product. It gives us great insight into network activities that would otherwise require a dedicated specialist to monitor and evaluate. Because of the data provided by the agent and the threat intelligence team, we are able to run a smaller internal IT team.”

Challenges

Which of the following represented the biggest security challenge(s) for your organization before implementing CrowdStrike?

Facing increasingly advanced cyber threats (i.e. ransomware, identity-based attacks)
Limited or insufficient amount of security professionals on staff to monitor 24×7

Why did you choose CrowdStrike over other solutions?

For the simple, single-agent unified platform
Because they are a proven security leader recognized by major analysts and best-in-class protection by independent testing
For the world-class technology and intelligence

What other vendors did you consider before choosing CrowdStrike?

Sophos
Webroot, Cybereason

Use Case

What features of CrowdStrike are you using?

Next Gen. Antivirus (Falcon Prevent)
Endpoint Detection & Response (Falcon Insight)
Threat Intelligence (Falcon Intelligence)
Threat Hunting (Falcon Overwatch)
IT Hygiene (Falcon Discover)

Results

CrowdStrike security solutions compared to the competition:

Performance: Significantly Better
Ease of use: Better
Reliability: Better
Scalability: Better
Breach Prevention: Significantly Better

What benefits did your organization realize following the deployment of CrowdStrike?

Improved the efficiency of our security operations
They were able to find and shut down threats they had no prior knowledge of
Delivered faster IT and security performance
Improved data protection of critical information

In your best estimate, by what percent did CrowdStrike improve the following?

Reduce IT/Security Costs: 25-50%
Reduce IT/Security Maintenance: 50-75%
Reduce time spent tracking down and resolving security threats: 75-99%

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD), a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk — endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. Powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and world-class AI, the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting and prioritized observability of vulnerabilities. Purpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweight-agent architecture, the Falcon platform delivers rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection and performance, reduced complexity and immediate time-to-value. CrowdStrike: We stop breaches.

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