As cyber adversaries evolve with business-like precision, traditional threat intelligence tools often struggle to keep pace. CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations (CAO) is designed to meet this challenge, delivering expert-driven, real-time protection across endpoints, cloud, and identities. In a world where 79% of attacks are now malware-free, CAO combines human expertise with AI-powered telemetry from the Falcon® platform, analysing trillions of events to provide unmatched visibility and proactive hunting.

CrowdStrike tracks over 250 of the world’s most prolific threat actors, including nation-state groups and eCrime collectives, publishing more than 2,300 intelligence reports annually. Unlike traditional intel feeds, CAO integrates actionable intelligence, tested threat-hunting content, and automated response, providing immediate, impactful defence.

Integrated directly into the Falcon platform, CAO is cloud-delivered and continuously updated, eliminating the cost and complexity of deployment. Its seamless scalability makes it accessible to organisations of all sizes, while its pre-built integrations and APIs simplify orchestration with existing security solutions. Customers like Ericsson and Inductive Automation have praised CAO for enhancing their internal teams, reducing operational overhead, and driving measurable ROI – including a 97% reduction in threat research time.

By transforming reactive processes into predictive strategies, CAO shifts threat intelligence from a passive function to a core business enabler. With a 2023 market leadership position, CAO is leading a rapidly growing threat intelligence market. For organisations seeking to stay ahead of sophisticated cyber threats, CrowdStrike’s CAO sets the gold standard in operationalised threat intelligence.

Judges’ Comments:

“Extremely strong entry, showing how CrowdStrike’s intelligence integrates with its Falcon platform effectively. The depth of adversary profiling and real-time insights make it stand out.”