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CrowdStrike Falcon Platform Achieves Independent Validation for HIPAA ComplianceCrowdStrike, the leader in cloud-delivered next-generation endpoint protection, today announced that the CrowdStrike Falcon™ Platform has been independently validated to assist healthcare organizations with compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The validation was provided in a report by Coalfire, a leading assessor for HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI (News - Alert), FedRAMP and other compliance standards across the financial, government, industry, and healthcare industries. HIPAA is an act passed in 1996. Title II of HIPAA provides regulations and guidelines for maintaining the security and privacy of individually identifiable health information. According to this independent report, "the CrowdStrike Falcon platform capabilities in detection and responding to threats, and associated collection of activities makes CrowdStrike a suitable solution for addressing a number of key technical requirements in the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules." Coalfire has determined that CrowdStrike Falcon with its powerful unified combination of next-generation antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) capability and managed hunting addresses unprecedented eight requirements, namely: 45 CFR 164.306(A)
45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B)
45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D)
45 CFR 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(B)
45 CFR 164.308(a)(6)(ii)
45 CFR 164.312(b)
45 CFR 164.404(b)
According to a recent Forrester (News - Alert) report, titled 'Healthcare's IoT Dilemma: Connected Medical Devices,' "The healthcare industry suffered more data breaches in 2015 than any other sector, with more than 100 million people directly affected in the US alone. This increase has been driven by the increasing underground value of medical records - now worth 10 times more than credit card numbers."1 "The CrowdStrike platform is increasingly being adopted in the healthcare sector as the leading endpoint protection solution to stop breaches. With this expert report, current and future customers can better understand how to leverage the technology to meet HIPAA requirements," said Colin Black, CrowdStrike's chief information officer. "HIPAA spells out a number of specific requirements related to vulnerability management, threat detection and response, as well as breach discovery and reporting. CrowdStrike Falcon is the most comprehensive and effective platform to provide unified prevention, detection, visibility, and response to equip healthcare organizations and the constituents they serve with the best security protection possible and enable them to seamlessly meet required compliance standards." As part of its next-generation endpoint protection technology, CrowdStrike uses powerful signatureless machine learning algorithms and Indicators-of-Attack (IoA) based threat prevention to identify and block known and unknown threats. In addition, CrowdStrike Falcon provides enhanced visibility within its endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution. It records all activities of interest on an endpoint for deeper inspection - on the fly and after the fact - allowing users to quickly detect and investigate attacks that passed through traditional prevention mechanisms. CrowdStrike Falcon's unique cloud based architecture allows for fast deployments and unparalleled efficacy and scalability. About CrowdStrike CrowdStrike is the leader in next-generation endpoint protection, threat intelligence and response services. CrowdStrike's core technology, the CrowdStrike Falcon™ platform, stops breaches by preventing and responding to all types of attacks - both malware and malware-free. CrowdStrike has revolutionized endpoint protection by being the first and only company to unify three crucial elements: next-generation antivirus, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and a 24/7 managed hunting service - uniquely delivered via the cloud in a single lightweight sensor. Falcon uses the patent-pending CrowdStrike Threat Graph™ to analyze and correlate billions of events in real time, providing complete protection and five-second visibility across all endpoints. The company leads threat prevention with its potent combination of signatureless machine learning and behavioral-based analytics. Many of the world's largest organizations already put their trust in CrowdStrike, including three of the 10 largest global companies by revenue, five of the 10 largest financial institutions, three of the top 10 health care providers, and three of the top 10 energy companies. CrowdStrike Falcon is currently deployed in more than 176 countries. We Stop Breaches. Learn more: https://www.crowdstrike.com/ 1 Forrester, "Healthcare's IoT Dilemma: Connected Medical Devices," by Chris Sherman, published on May 20, 2016 View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160921005320/en/ |