CrowdStrike Announces Automated Sensor Deployment for Falcon On Google Cloud
CrowdStrike deepens partnership with Google Cloud to deliver customers automated endpoint security at scale and help meet compliance requirements across hybrid environments
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — February 20, 2020 — CrowdStrike® Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWD), a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, today announced that it will deliver automated sensor deployment of CrowdStrike Falcon® on Google Cloud Platform. The offering will be available with Google Cloud Operating System (OS) Configuration that automates software installation and simplifies resource management.
With automated sensor deployment, joint customers can easily install the lightweight CrowdStrike Falcon sensor for new Compute Engine resources on Google Cloud. The new offering allows customers to help maintain their strong security stance by using a centralized repository to store Falcon sensor packages and simplify and scale software distribution, installation, and management processes. Customers will be able to install Falcon sensors for workloads across multiple Google Cloud accounts on demand, providing organizations enhanced visibility of their operational state, and allowing them to quickly meet security and compliance requirements. The operating systems (OS) supported by the automated sensor deployment offering include RedHat, Ubuntu, and Windows.
Benefits include:
- Shorten Time to Deployment: With a centralized repository to manage all sensor packages in one place, customers can quickly choose which software versions to install for providing endpoint protection for their workloads hosted in Google Cloud environments.
- Improve Efficiency with Ease of Use: Customers can manage all CrowdStrike Falcon sensor deployments from a single user interface as new workloads spin up. They can automate operational tasks to make workload deployments efficient and secure from bring-up time.
- Gain Control and Visibility: Organizations can gain control of the environment by allowing authorized users to retrieve and install Falcon sensors on workloads. Users can get full visibility into their infrastructure’s current operational state of workloads and sensors deployed.