The increasing adoption of AI-driven solutions is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape. What comes next for cybersecurity AI growth can’t be discussed without considering the CrowdStrike ecosystem future.
This year’s Fal.Con event, of course, falls in the wake of the July 19 incident, which sounded a global alarm on critical infrastructure. This year’s event is an opportunity for CrowdStrike Inc. to rebuild trust with customers, according to Dave Vellante, chief analyst at theCUBE Research.
“I expect open and honest discussions from management to reassure customers about its policies on software updates and associated protocols,” Vellante said. “Beyond this obvious topic, CrowdStrike will undoubtedly focus on security for AI and will showcase its innovations in the space. Recent announcements with Nvidia on AI-native security for NIM Agent Blueprints will be on display as well as updates from CrowdStrike on how it’s further embedding intelligence in its platform.”
Those subjects and more will be key areas of interest during the Fal.Con event, which runs from Sept. 17-18 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference is a key event for the cybersecurity community and will be a forum for continued discussions about emerging threats, industry challenges and solutions, Vellante added.
“This will likely include a spate of enhancements to the expanding portfolio of offerings from CrowdStrike and its partners, including XDR, cloud and identity protection,” he said.
Analysts with theCUBE will dive into the CrowdStrike ecosystem future while talking with industry executives and thought leaders. Join theCUBE from Sept. 17-18 for our coverage of the Fal.Con event, live on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. (* Disclosure below.)
CEO notes resilience of business and platform
Despite the recent challenges, CrowdStrike beat its earning forecast, though it did revise its full-year outlook downward. Moving ahead, the company should seek to reset, apologize and set a course ahead, according to Vellante.
“I think there’s exposures in terms of what they’re offering people. They’re still negotiating. There’s one question in here, ‘What have they offered you?’ Discounts. They’re offering us, maybe, direct compensation discount on renewal, direct compensation, more favorable terms, and 50% say, ‘We’re still negotiating,’” Vellante said on a recent episode of the CUBE podcast. “The next several quarters are going to be a reset for CrowdStrike.”
In reporting the company’s second quarter results, George Kurtz, chief executive officer of CrowdStrike, wrote that the company is an “even more resilient and even more customer-obsessed” CrowdStrike. The results demonstrated the resilience of the company’s business and platform, according to Kurtz.
“In response to rising point product complexity and an elevated threat environment, organizations are increasingly focused on consolidating their cybersecurity vendors into a streamlined platform that delivers better security outcomes, which is CrowdStrike Falcon,” Kurtz wrote in a release in late August. “Our vision and mission of stopping breaches remains unchanged.”
CrowdStrike ecosystem future and new announcements
Beyond the recent struggles, CrowdStrike has spent the last number of months rolling out new product announcements and detailing new partnerships. Building on these efforts, in July 2024, CrowdStrike introduced Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR. A month earlier it announced a strategic partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. to secure end-to-end AI innovation, including large language models.
CrowdStrike also announced a partnership with Google Cloud in April, intended to enhance cloud security. The announcement included details around how Google Cloud was integrating additional products with the CrowdStrike platform, which included new support for Kubernetes Admission Controller, GKE Autopilot and Google Cloud Run.
“Our expanded strategic alliance with Google aligns with organizations’ multicloud strategies. By integrating Google Cloud products with the Falcon platform, we are broadening our global reach, giving organizations access to the cloud security they need to stop breaches,” said Daniel Bernard, chief business officer at CrowdStrike, at the time of the announcement.
What comes next for growth and the role of AI in the CrowdStrike ecosystem future will be studied during the Fal.Con event. TheCUBE will provide full coverage of the event while facilitating conversations with industry executives and thought leaders. You can follow theCUBE’s wall-to-wall coverage for firsthand insights.
TheCUBE event livestream
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Guests
During the Fal.Con event, theCUBE analysts will facilitate insightful conversations with industry experts and thought leaders around the future of cybersecurity and the CrowdStrike ecosystem’s future. We’ll talk with CrowdStrike’s George Kurtz, founder and chief executive officer; Mike Sentonas, president; Elia Zaitsev, chief technology officer; and Shawn Henry, chief security officer. We’ll also speak with executives from Dell Technologies, Intel, Cribl, Extrahop and Prelude Security, among others.
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