CrowdStrike announced new CrowdStrike Falcon® Data Protection innovations that enable security teams to protect sensitive data across endpoints, cloud environments, generative AI and SaaS applications and prevent data theft by insiders and identity-based attackers. With these innovations, the CrowdStrike Falcon® cybersecurity platform enables security teams to replace traditional DLP solutions that require separate tools for endpoints and cloud with real-time, integrated protection from a single platform.
Data is a prime target for attackers Attackers have shifted from disrupting targets to data exfiltration , targeting misconfigurations and trusted identities to extract sensitive information and accelerate downstream attacks. Groups like SCATTERED SPIDER have compromised SSO accounts to harvest SharePoint and Outlook passwords, VPN instructions, and internal documents to aid in lateral movement and extortion efforts. Other groups like FAMOUS CHOLLIMA have gained internal access to corporate issued endpoints and cloud environments, using remote access tools to steal intellectual property and customer data. As generative AI adoption increases, it creates new vectors for data exfiltration through misconfigured applications and insecure usage. CrowdStrike closes the gaps attackers exploit to exfiltrate data by protecting sensitive information across modern hybrid environments.
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“In today’s threat environment, data is no longer just an asset – it’s a primary target. Traditional methods of protecting data can’t keep up because it’s fragmented across environments and encrypted, making it impossible to detect data exfiltration and stop threats in real time. Today, businesses must also address a new risk factor: employees accidentally leaking sensitive data to unauthorized or illicitly used generative AI tools. Falcon Data Protection takes data protection to the next level, providing unified visibility and control across the entire data ecosystem with the real-time protection needed to stop data theft before it even begins.”
Transforming Data Protection Requires a Unified Platform
Falcon Data Protection eliminates the need for separate, fragmented endpoint, cloud and SaaS security tools by delivering comprehensive protection through a single platform. Key innovations include:
Runtime Cloud Data Protection
Falcon Data Protection for Cloud: Provides runtime protection for cloud data at rest and in motion, leveraging eBPF to detect and block unauthorized data movement in real time without slowing down systems, and provides a single view of data flows across on-premise and multi-cloud environments.
Industry first cryptocurrency leak prevention
Falcon Data Protection for Endpoint – Encryption Detection: Provides innovative capabilities to inspect sensitive data within encrypted archives, such as 7zip files, at the time of creation, identifying and automatically blocking data theft attempts before files are locked and exfiltrated.
Fully generative AI data security
Falcon Data Protection for Endpoint – Generative AI Leak Prevention: Uses proprietary similarity detection DNA technology to recognize content containing sensitive information, even if it has been modified or repackaged for upload to generative AI tools. Enforce policies by content type, source, or sensitivity label. Prevent unintended exposure of sensitive information and block data leakage in managed and unmanaged generative AI applications.
SOURCE: PRTimes
