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CrowdStrike expands Zero Trust support to macOS and Linux for cross-platform protection
rowdStrike Holdings , a leader in cloud-delivered
C protection of endpoints , cloud workloads , identity and data , has announced the availability of CrowdStrike Falcon Zero Trust Assessment ( ZTA ) support for macOS and Linux platforms , extending comprehensive protection with an identity and data-centric approach across all platforms .
Additionally , CrowdStrike announced new Zero Trust partner integrations with Airgap , Appgate , CyberArk , TruU and Twingate , all of whom will leverage CrowdStrike Falcon ZTA to help joint customers reduce their attack surface and simplify , empower and accelerate their Zero Trust journey . These partner integrations expand the CrowdStrike Zero Trust partner ecosystem which includes Akamai , Cloudflare , Google Cloud , Netskope , Okta and Zscaler .
CrowdStrike Falcon ZTA expands Zero Trust beyond authentication to enable detection , alerting and enforcement of risk-based access policies driven by device health and compliance checks . With the new support of macOS and Linux , CrowdStrike Falcon ZTA provides visibility into all endpoints running across all operating platforms in an organisation . CrowdStrike Falcon ZTA monitors over 120 unique endpoint settings – including sensor health , applied CrowdStrike policies and native Operating System ( OS ) security settings – to deliver key partners a risk score that uniquely leverages this context to build powerful and granular security policies . Customers receive actionable reports via the CrowdStrike Falcon console and APIs to ensure that the highest degree of device security is enforced .
Cyberattack surge causing havoc for UK professional services organisations
rofessional services companies in the UK have
P experienced 62 cyberattacks in the last 12 months – one every six days – according to new research by
Keeper Security .
The company ’ s 2021 Cybersecurity Census Report has also revealed that almost half ( 48 %) of IT decision-makers working at professional services companies have kept a cybersecurity attack on their organisation to themselves , raising questions about how badly affected businesses are by these attacks .
Professional service organisations such as lawyers , accountants and consultancies are increasingly becoming a lucrative target for cybercriminals as the rewards for managing to breach such organisations are vast , given the amount of sensitive data available . It , therefore , comes as no surprise that IT is now the top investment priority ( 47 %) for business leaders in the professional services sector . Nearly all ( 95 %) of these organisations know where the gaps in their cybersecurity defences are but many are struggling to fully address them .
Cybersecurity education and a lack of skills throughout the organisation are proving to be significant issues at professional services businesses wanting to bolster their cyberdefences . A large proportion of IT leaders ( 65 %) agree that there is a cybersecurity skills shortage within their organisation and over half ( 59 %) for example believe that employees don ’ t understand the cybersecurity implications of poor password hygiene . www . intelligentciso . com
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