Security News > 2022 > March > CrowdStrike offers fully managed identity-threat-detection-as-a-service

CrowdStrike is bringing its identity threat prevention technology to its managed detection and response service, giving enterprises a chance to blunt the growing threat of identity-based attacks that has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The cloud-based cybersecurity vendor on Wednesday unveiled Falcon Identity Threat Protection Complete, a fully managed service organizations can use to deploy automated protection and real-time detection of threats; obtain expert incident response after detection; and accelerate the time to respond to eliminate any danger.

Identity threat is CrowdStrike's term: it's when someone's identity on a network is used by an unauthorized user to gain access to information they shouldn't.

The sudden shift to remote work fueled by the pandemic has accelerated the rise in stolen credentials being used in cybercrimes and other identity threats, Thomas Etheridge, senior vice president of services at CrowdStrike, told The Register.

The most common way threat actors gain access to identity data is through phishing or similar attacks, when an employee inadvertently clicks on a link or attachment, he said.

CrowdStrike has offered Falcon Identity Threat Protection as a standalone, cloud-based application before.

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