CrowdStrike unveils unified data protection to secure data across endpoints, cloud, GenAI and saas

CrowdStrike announced new Falcon Data Protection innovations, enabling security teams to protect sensitive data across endpoints, cloud environments and GenAI and SaaS applications to prevent exfiltration by insiders and identity-based attackers. With these innovations, the CrowdStrike Falcon cybersecurity platform empowers teams to replace legacy DLP solutions that require separate tools for endpoint and cloud with real-time, unified protection from a single platform.

Data is Now a Primary Adversary Target
Adversaries are shifting from disruption to data theft, targeting misconfigurations and trusted identities to exfiltrate sensitive information and fuel downstream attacks. Groups like SCATTERED SPIDER compromise SSO accounts to harvest SharePoint and Outlook passwords, VPN instructions and internal documents to aid lateral movement and extortion. Others, like FAMOUS CHOLLIMA, gain insider access to company-issued endpoints and cloud environments, using remote access tools to steal intellectual property and customer data. As GenAI adoption accelerates, misconfigured applications ...