Overview

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About CrowdStrike Falcon

CrowdStrike Falcon is a new antivirus solution with enhanced endpoint protection for laptops, desktops, and server systems. CrowdStrike Falcon provides advanced defensive capabilities against modern threats. CrowdStrike Falcon replaces traditional antivirus with advanced detection features:

• Better performance - a single lightweight agent works for support systems and provides protection even when the systems are offline
• Low memory impact
• Low-performance impact
• Better protection - combines protection features from artificial intelligence, behavioral analytics, machine learning, and proactive threat hunting in a single solution
  • Multiple detections and defenses against modern threats
Uses
• • Uses hash-based signature detections with behavioral detections

Crowdstrike will be LBNL's default antivirus.

Why CrowdStrike Falcon?

• CrowdStrike Falcon provides advanced protection against viruses, malware, ransomware, cyber-attacks, and other malicious activity for LBNL systems
• CrowdStrike Falcon will be replacing Sophos for the LBNL system and provide endpoint protection

Get Started

• Deployed to BigFix managed systems
• Download CrowdStrike Falcon from https://software.lbl.gov/

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• Better performance - a single lightweight agent works to support systems and provides protection even when the systems are offline
  • Low memory impact
  • Low-performance impact

Effective February 1, 2023, CrowdStrike is Berkeley Lab's official antivirus system.

Get Started

• Download CrowdStrike Falcon from software.lbl.gov
• Detailed installation instructions are provided here
• You can reference this page at go.lbl.gov/crowdstrike

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