CrowdStrike Named a Leader in 2024 Frost Radar for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms

Frost & Sullivan has recognized CrowdStrike as a leader in its Frost Radar™ for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) for the third consecutive year. CrowdStrike Falcon® Cloud Security continues to set the standard for securing hybrid and multi-cloud environments, as evidenced by our placement at the forefront of both the Innovation Index and Growth Index.

Frost & Sullivan states in its report, "CrowdStrike remains a leader, excelling in both innovation and growth indices due to its unified cloud security platform, consistent performance, and tremendous growth over the past four years."

Innovating with Unified Cloud Security

As organizations adopt and scale hybrid and multicloud environments, they must navigate the complexity of securing them. Rather than stitch together multiple point solutions tailored to different cloud security needs, organizations require a unified solution that secures cloud workloads, identities, applications and data as these environments continue to grow. 

Falcon Cloud Security simplifies the complex challenges of cloud security by unifying critical capabilities including cloud security posture management (CSPM), cloud workload protection platform (CWPP), cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM), data security posture management (DSPM), artificial intelligence security posture management (AI-SPM), SaaS security posture management (SSPM) and application security posture management (ASPM). 

Frost & Sullivan recognizes the benefits of a unified approach to cloud security: “CrowdStrike is recognized as an innovation leader for its unified cloud security approach and robust workload security capabilities centered on its Falcon Cloud Security (FCS) platform,” its report states.

Cloud security solutions must also deliver real-time threat detection and automated response to stay ahead of rapidly evolving threats. CrowdStrike delivers hybrid and multi-cloud protection by combining advanced cloud detection and response (CDR) capabilities with the industry’s most comprehensive CNAPP. Frost & Sullivan recognizes CrowdStrike for these capabilities as well: 

“It offers excellent runtime protection and CDR capabilities by leveraging advanced behavior analytics, AI/ML, and a vast repository of Indicators of Attack (IoAs) combined with adversary-based threat intelligence,” the report states. “This enables the detection of non-malware threats and fileless attacks, thereby significantly improving the security posture of cloud workloads and applications.”

Backed by world-class threat hunting and intelligence, CrowdStrike delivers a single, unified platform that stops cloud breaches and secures workloads across infrastructure, applications, data, identities, AI models and SaaS environments. Combined, these capabilities provide broad coverage and protection for organizations’ complex and rapidly evolving cloud environments. 

CrowdStrike continues to invest heavily in cloud security innovation. Our recent acquisitions of Bionic (ASPM), Flow Security (DSPM) and Adaptive Shield (SSPM) will further expand our capabilities to help customers protect their data and reduce application risk in the cloud. 

Exceptional Growth Backed by Customer Confidence

CrowdStrike’s growth trajectory speaks to the trust that organizations place in Falcon Cloud Security. Frost & Sullivan states we’ve become the third-largest player and remain one of the fastest-growing organizations in the CNAPP market in 2024. This success is fueled by our ability to solve real cloud security challenges for customers, as well as a large customer base from our XDR/EDR products and our strong ecosystem of channel partners.

We also make it easy for customers to work with us: “Its recent shift from a modular approach to combining all CNAPP capabilities into a single license makes it easier for customers to scale as their cloud environments change,” Frost & Sullivan writes in its report. “This will allow CrowdStrike to maintain substantial growth in its cloud security business in the next few years.”

Falcon Cloud Security Is the Choice for Cloud Security

A comprehensive, unified approach to cloud security is more important than ever as adversaries increasingly target cloud environments and the attack surface continues to grow. Falcon Cloud Security offers distinct advantages over competing solutions, including:

• Comprehensive coverage with pre-runtime, runtime protection and posture management, enabling faster breach prevention spanning the entire lifecycle from code to cloud in a single platform
• Unmatched threat intelligence integrated directly into the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform, continuously enhancing IoAs and enabling faster, automated remediation to minimize the attack surface and improve response times
• Robust cloud threat detection and response capabilities, including incident response, threat hunting and 24/7 managed detection and response (MDR) services, protecting the entire cloud estate from emerging threats

We’re proud that Frost & Sullivan has recognized CrowdStrike as an innovation and growth leader in this year’s Frost Radar for CNAPP. With this result, CrowdStrike remains on the cutting edge of delivering modern cloud security solutions that empower organizations to stay ahead of evolving threats.

Download the full Frost & Sullivan report to see why Falcon Cloud Security is trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide and has grown into one of the largest and fastest-growing cloud security solutions in the industry. Frost & Sullivan also recognized CrowdStrike as a leader earlier this year in the Frost & Sullivan’s Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) Radar.  

Additional Resources

• Learn how to stop breaches from code to cloud with Falcon Cloud Security.
• Read The Complete Guide to CNAPPs for an extensive overview of cloud-native application protection platforms.
• Strengthen your defenses: Request a free CrowdStrike Cloud Security Health Check.