Zscaler + CrowdStrike

Zscaler +
CrowdStrike

End-to-end protection from device to application secures work beyond the perimeter

Securing work beyond the perimeter

In the new work-from-anywhere reality, the perimeter has dissolved. Securing access to business applications must start with a zero trust architecture that takes user context, device posture, and access policy into consideration.  Zscaler and CrowdStrike make securing this new world simple.

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Complex and ineffective

Traditional security can't protect users outside your perimeter. Users on the network are implicitly trusted, potentially giving them overprivileged access.

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Access without context

Disparate security tools are difficult to manage and make it challenging to derive timely insights out of large amounts of data without context

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High operational cost

Siloed teams with multiple systems to support require a large investment in people to bridge the gaps and operate effectively.

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Hidden risks

Separate visibility and context between endpoint and network security teams can lead to unknown risks that take months to discover and investigate.

Zscaler + CrowdStrike: End-to-end security

Context sharing and automated response

The integration of the Zscaler and CrowdStrike platforms ensure administrators have a real-time, end-to-end insight into the threat landscape to minimize attack surface, prevent lateral movement and deliver rapid threat detection and response.

Minimize the attack surface

Adaptive zero trust access to all apps based on device health

The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ and CrowdStrike integration provides the ability to assess device health and automatically implement appropriate access policies

  • Continuous assessment of the device posture using ZTA score: Only users that meet the Zero Trust Assessment (ZTA) score threshold are allowed to access sensitive applications.
  • Increased security: A real-time posture check of device compliance enhances security in a work-from-anywhere world.
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Threat intelligence and telemetry sharing

  • Cross-platform visibility: Custom blocklists are automatically updated. Zscaler shares log files with CrowdStrike LogScale Services, enhancing mutual visibility without adding complexity. 
  • Proactive threat prevention: The Zero Trust Exchange blocks threat vectors inline, leveraging new network intelligence from CrowdStrike Falcon Threat Intelligence to prevent impact on endpoints.
  • Speed and agility: Endpoint and network context enable speedy threat investigation for effective detection and decision-making.
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Prevent lateral movement

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Rapid zero day threat detection and remediation

Zscaler Sandbox intercepts unknown files before they reach the endpoint and detects zero-day threats, correlates with CrowdStrike telemetry to identify impacted devices, and enacts rapid response with a cross-platform quarantine workflow.

  • End-to-end visibility and rapid response: Comprehensive visibility from the network and endpoint platforms provides a complete view of the threat landscape. Automatic cross-platform correlation and workflow makes investigation and response faster.
  • Reduced risk: Layered protection with Zscaler inline detection minimizes endpoint exposure to the network attack vector. Compromised endpoints are quarantined quickly to reduce lateral spread of infection.
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Threat intel sharing by Zscaler Deception

Zscaler Deception deploys decoys, lures, and honeypots to detect active threats and share the gathered threat intel with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, enhancing defense and response capabilities.

  • Zscaler Deception detects active threats and shares the high-fidelity indicators and telemetry with CrowdStrike’s threat intel platform, enabling speedy response to stop active attacks in their tracks
  • Driven by the high-confidence alerts, administrators can leverage Falcon Fusion to build workflows and automate response actions.

Rapidly detect and respond to threats

Automated workflows with XDR-enabled sharing

  • Cross-platform visibility: Sharing Zscaler network telemetry with Falcon InsightXDR provides enhanced context for detecting potential threats.
  • Proactive threat prevention: Once a threat is detected, Falcon Fusion workflow engine triggers a request to Zscaler to add a user into a more restrictive user group. This enables the Zero Trust Exchange to apply a more stringent policy to limit access to critical applications, ranging from access by browser isolation only to quarantining the user altogether.
  • Speed and agility: Endpoint and network context enable speedy threat investigation for effective detection and decision-making.
Automated workflows with XDR-enabled sharing
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“We decided to pursue a cloud-first strategy for reducing the attack surface and securing endpoints. The CrowdStrike-Zscaler integration has really allowed us to defend United in ways we weren't able to before.”

Sean Mason, Managing Director of Cyber Defense, United Airlines

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“Automation allows us to be able to quickly analyze and prevent some very critical threats before somebody has to even touch a mouse or click any sort of button.”

Erik Hart, CISO, Cushman & Wakefield

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“Layered approach is an important component of our defense toolkit. Combined together, Zscaler and CrowdStrike enabled us to rapidly deploy our corporate standards, including rapid onboarding of M&A.”

Marc Atkinson, Manager, Cyber Security Analytics, Paychex

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“Zscaler and CrowdStrike’s partnership is super exciting. Both have taken the proactive step to understand how the technologies complement each other so that I don't have to do that on my own.”

Nicole Darden Ford, CISO, Carrier

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“It's no surprise that the two of our products (Zscaler and CrowdStrike) that we think very highly of and see as innovators in the market & continuously evolving are now working closely together and sharing data.”

Matthew Pecorelli, Director of Cybersecurity Operations, Mars Incorporated

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"Zscaler reduces our blast radius and the potential infection of east-west movement, so our ability to remediate has soared exponentially."

Jason Smola, Enterprise Security and Infrastructure Architect, Mercury Financial

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"The seamless integration with CrowdStrike was another big advantage for our small team, providing interoperability, automation, and manageability"

Stephen Gani, CISO, Maxeon Solar Technologies

Suggested Resources

Solution Brief

Securing Work Beyond the Perimeter

Blog

Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and CrowdStrike: Zero Trust Access Control Based on Device Security Posture

Case study

Mercury® Financial Improves Security and Efficiency

Deployment guide

Zscaler and CrowdStrike Integration

Video

Zscaler and CrowdStrike: XDR-Enabled Detection & Response

Industry report

ESG White Paper: Accelerating the Journey Toward Zero Trust