Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike recently announced new milestones and advancements in the cloud security, identity protection, and next-generation cybersecurity sectors.
The announcements relate to the organization’s business within the AWS Marketplace, their Oracle Cloud partnership, Falcon Identity Protection for Microsoft Entra ID, and achieving additional FedRAMP Authorization.
CrowdStrike’s AWS Marketplace milestone
CrowdStrike announced it is the first cloud-native cybersecurity vendor to exceed $1 billion in sales through AWS Marketplace within a calendar year.
“The market continues to send a clear message– many of the world’s most innovative companies build their cloud businesses on AWS and secure them with CrowdStrike,” said Daniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer, CrowdStrike. “CrowdStrike’s unprecedented traction in AWS Marketplace is a testament to our strategy and execution, aligning the CrowdStrike partner go-to-market ecosystem to leverage AWS Marketplace in driving Falcon platform adoption at scale. Together with AWS, we look forward to bringing the power of the Falcon platform to even more organizations worldwide, across industries and market segments.”
In October 2023, CrowdStrike became the first cloud-native cybersecurity vendor to exceed $1 billion in software sales through the AWS Marketplace, less than six years after its first release.
From January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024, CrowdStrike exceeded that $1 billion threshold in AWS Marketplace sales.
The milestone follows a strategic collaboration agreement established in 2024, which included Amazon unifying its cybersecurity protection on the CrowdStrike Falcon platform and CrowdStrike expanding its use of AWS services to build and deploy custom models, such as Charlotte AI and generative AI agent security analysts.
“AWS Marketplace continues to be the go-to-destination for AWS customers to procure, deploy, and govern IT solutions to innovate and scale their business,” said Ruba Borno, Vice President, Global Specialists and Partners, AWS. “CrowdStrike’s achievement of $1B in revenue through AWS Marketplace in 2024 underscores the value of the Falcon platform in helping customers innovate faster with greater confidence in their security. This milestone marks another step in our continued partnership with CrowdStrike to help organizations build, operate, and secure their business.”
Falcon Cloud Security now supported on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
CrowdStrike’s second announcement is that its Falcon Cloud Security is now part of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
“Organizations need a unified platform for cloud security– not a patchwork of solutions that fail to stop threats,” said Daniel Bernard, CrowdStrike’s chief business officer. “Today’s cloud security landscape is fragmented, forcing businesses to manage too many point products that increase costs, complexity, and risk. CrowdStrike and Oracle are changing that. With Falcon Cloud Security supported on OCI, organizations get one platform for complete cloud protection.”
Crowdstrike Falcon Cloud Security combines cloud detection and response (CDR) capabilities with CNAPP, offering customers a unified platform for securing applications, data, identities, AI models, and SaaS environments across all major cloud providers. This platform delivers complete multi-cloud protection.
“Security should never be an afterthought especially in this rapidly evolving AI landscape,” said Mahesh Thiagarajan, the executive vice president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. “With Faclon Cloud Security supported on OCI, customers gain access to a unified platform to help secure cloud workloads.”
General availability of CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection for Microsoft Entra ID
Further announcements from CrowdStrike include the general availability of the company’s Falcon Identity Protection for Microsoft Entra ID, which will set a new standard for identity security by unifying prevention, detection, and response to identity-based attacks across hybrid environments.
The solution’s general availability extends its inline prevention to cloud-based Microsoft Entra ID, expanding its identity protection for leading cloud-based identity providers, on-premises Active Directory (AD), and SaaS applications.
“Identity is at the center of modern cyberattacks, yet organizations are forced to secure it with fragmented solutions that leave dangerous gaps,” said Elia Zaitsev, CTO at CrowdStrike. “CrowdStrike delivers unified, real-time protection across every area of hybrid environments– stopping adversaries at every stage of the attack. By extending protection to Entra ID, we’re once again raising the bar for identity security.”
Key features of the Falcon Identity Protection for Entra ID include:
- Real-time protection for Entra ID: Customers gain AI-powered protection against adversaries leveraging password spraying, phishing, and other identity threats to target Entra ID environments and move laterally.
- Unified identity and endpoint security: The solution integrates with Microsoft External Authentication Method (EAM) and leverages real-time CrowdStrike and Microsoft trust signals to secure login access. It enforces security based on device and identity risk and provides native endpoint visibility from the Falcon sensor.
- Hybrid risk-based conditional access: The solution enforces access controls with a single interface, blocking or dynamically injecting MFA based on real-time threats across on-premises AD, cloud-based identity providers including Entra ID, Okta and Ping, and SaaS applications.
“As organizations like ours adopt hybrid environments to optimize cost and performance, security must evolve just as fast. A user’s identity is becoming much more involved, making it easier for adversaries to exploit and harder for security teams to protect,” said Paul Colon, security engineer, information security at Addition Financial. “CrowdStrike continues to innovate Falcon Identity Protection, providing seamless, real-time security across both on-premises and cloud-based systems. By unifying identity protection into a single platform, CrowdStrike helps us stay ahead of emerging threats without introducing complexity.”
Additional FedRAMP Authorization
Lastly, CrowdStrike announced that its Falcon Exposure Management solution has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization. This makes it available to government entities requiring FedRAMP Moderate authorization, enabling them to proactively reduce risk through the CrowdStrike Falcon platform in GovCloud.
“Federal agencies are operating in a high-stakes environment where supply chain threats, regulatory mandates, and relentless nation-state adversaries are converging,” said Michael Sentonas, CrowdStrike’s president. “It’s not enough for government security teams to just find vulnerabilities– they need to determine which pose the greatest risk and are most likely to be exploited, so they can take action faster. FedRAMP authorization for Falcon Exposure Management ensures agencies can cut through the noise, keep pace with evolving compliance standards, and stay ahead of adversaries targeting their most critical assets.”
With this new FedRAMP authorization, Falcon Exposure Management can deliver visibility and AI-driven vulnerability prioritization across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments. This will allow government agencies to reduce risk proactively and automate responses.
CrowdStrike has been developing strategic partnerships to drive business growth and help customers improve their cybersecurity postures. Read more about its recent collaboration with Cognizant to enhance cybersecurity through AI-powered solutions to streamline SecOps.