Challenges

• Attackers increasingly use social engineering email attacks that impersonate senior managers and trick victims into transferring funds in apparently routine real estate transactions
• Increasingly distributed employees work remotely from a variety of locations
• Security staff must ensure the security of users' devices, which access corporate networks from numerous internet connections and clients
• Cushman & Wakefield sought timely, actionable alerts of anomalous events on endpoints even when remote, and wanted an automated solution for updating agents and changing policies

Solution

• Cushman & Wakefield extends visibility and security to endpoints worldwide and automates updates by using the CrowdStrike Falcon platform

Results

• Cushman & Wakefield globally deployed the CrowdStrike Falcon platform to its endpoints in a series of waves using a single agent and causing minimal operational impact
• Security staff now receive actionable and timely insights into alerts, allowing them to take action even when systems are remote
• Falcon Overwatch™ managed threat hunting helps identify high-risk activities so Cushman & Wakefield staff can swiftly act before any issues escalate
• Sales staff increased customer satisfaction with work location flexibility
• Cushman & Wakefield realized faster response time and reduction in human capital operating expenses and can now show company leadership an ability to provide immediate response to anomalous events