In October we reported that, along with other security tools like Virtru at U-M, CrowdStrike Falcon was being rolled out across the university on UM-owned machines. Falcon provides antivirus, anti-malware, and threat detection and mitigation capabilities, all of which offer stronger protection against ransomware and other malicious attacks than previous tools.
Deployment update
CrowdStrike Falcon has been deployed on more than 18,000 MiWorkspace and MiServer computers as well as over 8,000 unit-managed systems. The expectation continues to be that units will complete the deployment of Falcon by the end of February.
Cheers for CrowdStrike Falcon
Rusty Brach, Michigan Radio systems administrator, said, “I like CrowdStrike Falcon because of the central management console. For the first time, I can monitor the security status of all of our computers in real time. I also like the fact that the sensor software is so lightweight that it functions in the background using minimal resources!”
Jordan Van Dusen, systems administrator at UM-Flint ITS, said, “If I had to pick one particular thing to praise (there’s a lot to love here), it’s the fact that I can deploy the same product to every operating system in use and manage the detections centrally. It greatly simplifies the job of protecting our campus systems.”
Outreach
The implementation team recently presented a poster at the 2020 Michigan IT Symposium and answered an array of questions about the multi-tenant structure, sensitive data, and potential performance impacts.
Contact the team for more information: itscrowdstrikeproj@umich.edu.
