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CrowdStrike Announces General Availability of Falcon Identity Threat Protection for U.S. Public Sector Organizations Requiring FedRAMP Moderate or IL-4 Authorization
Falcon Identity Threat Protection enables U.S. public sector organizations to stop supply chain attacks and other identity-based threats AUSTIN,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nFalcon Identity Threat Protection enables U.S. public sector organizations to stop supply chain attacks and other identity-based threats \n\n AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD), a leader in cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity and data, today announced the general availability of the Falcon Identity Threat Protection module for its GovCloud-1 environment. This makes Falcon Identity Threat Protection available to U.S. public sector organizations that require Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate or Impact Level 4 (IL-4) authorization. This includes U.S. federal agencies, U.S. state and local governments and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB).\n\nIn May 2021, the White House released Executive Order (EO) 14028 on improving the nation’s cybersecurity, which outlined security best practices including how the federal government must advance toward a Zero Trust Architecture to keep pace with today’s dynamic and increasingly sophisticated cyber threat environment. CrowdStrike believes Zero Trust principles and identity protection must be applied to hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Identity protection must be all-encompassing and contextually aware of a customer’s on-premises and cloud environments, and other identity providers. Lacking visibility in part of the architecture or part of the authentication flow can lead to breaches.\n\nFalcon Identity Threat Protection integrates with the top Identity Providers (IdP), enabling customers to enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA). This integration empowers customers to apply the same MFA to on-premises authentication flows — and those who wish can have multiple IdPs. If Falcon Identity Threat Protection identifies a compromised identity, it can prevent it from authenticating and accessing other resources, on-premises or in the cloud.\n\n“According to the 2022 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report, nearly 80% of cyberattacks leverage identity-based attacks to compromise legitimate credentials,” said Shawn Henry, CrowdStrike chief security officer and president of CrowdStrike Services. “We are committed to helping the U.S. public sector protect against identity-based threats. With GovCloud-1 support, Falcon Identity Threat Protection can enable U.S. public sector organizations to get visibility and contr...