CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike Agrees to Buy Dreadnode for Automated AI Testing
CrowdStrike plans to move Dreadnode's AI security testing onto Falcon, but neither company has addressed existing contracts, standalone sales or on-prem deployment. Get those terms in writing and keep a second tester for outside evidence.
November 3, 2026 · 10 min readCrowdStrikeCrowdStrike's Reported $400M Fiddler AI Buy Adds Falcon Observe
CrowdStrike will sell Fiddler as Falcon Observe after a deal reported at about $400 million. Neither company has said whether Fiddler stays standalone or keeps its on-premises and GovCloud options, so customers should get those terms in writing before the close.
November 3, 2026 · 9 min readAIDRCrowdStrike AIDR: AI Agents Are 2.5x Riskier Than Humans
CrowdStrike launches AIDR — AI Detection & Response — as AI agents trigger 2.5x more threat alerts than humans on enterprise workstations. The company that defined EDR is betting the same playbook works for AI agent runtime security. With $18.4B in acquisitions reshaping the landscape and Gartner predicting 80% of unauthorized AI transactions will be internal policy violations, the 7-layer AIDR readiness assessment and vendor decision matrix show where your gaps are.
July 19, 2026 · 15 min readEnterprise AICrowdStrike QuiltWorks: Coalition for AI Vulnerabilities
CrowdStrike, OpenAI, Anthropic, IBM, EY, and Accenture form QuiltWorks to remediate AI-discovered exploits. 90% of enterprises report AI cyber incidents.
April 24, 2026 · 10 min read