CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike's Falcon platform protects endpoints, identity, and cloud environments through a cloud-native agent, using AI that correlates signals across millions of devices to catch breaches in real time without on-premise hardware. It's one of the biggest names in cybersecurity — and also the company behind the massive July 2024 global IT outage, when a faulty update to its Falcon sensor crashed millions of Windows machines worldwide, a reminder of how much trust security vendors like this one are asking for.