CrowdStrike has introduced Risk-based Patching within Falcon for IT, a new capability that unifies cybersecurity and IT operations on its Falcon platform. By integrating AI-driven prioritization with exposure management, this solution enables organizations to swiftly identify, prioritize, and remediate critical vulnerabilities, reducing silos and accelerating patch deployment in enterprise environments.
Vulnerability management often suffers from fragmentation across tools, teams, and processes, creating delays that adversaries exploit. Security teams use one set of tools to detect vulnerabilities, while IT relies on others for patching, leading to blind spots, duplicate agents, and prolonged exposure. Falcon for IT Risk-based Patching addresses these issues by providing a shared, risk-prioritized perspective that aligns security and IT efforts.
Falcon Exposure Management identifies and prioritizes vulnerabilities based on real-world adversary behavior and attack paths. Risk-based Patching then leverages AI to apply fixes efficiently, incorporating Patch Safety Scores and sensor intelligence for safe deployment. This end-to-end approach on the Falcon platform ensures organizations can remediate risks before exploitation, streamlining workflows and enhancing overall cybersecurity posture.
The solution offers AI-driven patch prioritization informed by CrowdStrike's adversary intelligence, focusing on high-exploitation risks. Safe, business-aligned patching minimizes disruptions, while unified workflows on a single console reduce tool sprawl, costs, and complexity. “Adversaries exploit known vulnerabilities within minutes, yet most organizations are slowed by silos between security and IT that delay fixes and leave dangerous gaps,” said Elia Zaitsev, chief technology officer at CrowdStrike. “With Falcon for IT Risk-based Patching, we unify teams and processes with a shared, risk-prioritized view so they know what to fix first – and can actually fix it.”
This innovation extends CrowdStrike's leadership in cloud-native cybersecurity, empowering enterprises to achieve faster remediation and greater operational efficiency through integrated IT and security platforms.
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