{"id":22857,"date":"2021-02-04T14:48:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T19:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=22857"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:37","slug":"crowdstrike-falcon-deployment-in-the-homestretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/04\/crowdstrike-falcon-deployment-in-the-homestretch\/","title":{"rendered":"CrowdStrike Falcon deployment in the homestretch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ransomware-3998798_1280-e1607614475495.jpg\" alt=\"padlock with skull image, wrapped in chaines\" class=\"wp-image-20127\"\/><figcaption>(www.pikist.com\/free-photo-szfvq)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to those of you who have already deployed <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-the-u\/manage-um-workstations\/antivirus-um\">Enhanced Endpoint Protection powered by CrowdStrike (Falcon)<\/a> on university-owned desktop computers, laptops, and servers across UM-Ann Arbor, UM-Dearborn, and UM-Flint (Michigan Medicine uses a different endpoint protection solution). Installation of Falcon is a critical part of securing and protecting U-M systems and data, and we are relying on you all to complete deployment by the end of February.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CrowdStrike Falcon installation is so critical that it is the subject of this year&#8217;s information assurance <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/it-security-professionals\/it-security-program\/internal-control-cert\">Internal Control Certification Question<\/a>. If you are responsible for unit computers or servers, get Falcon deployed so your unit can answer the question with <strong>yes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ITS and the CrowdStrike Project Team are ready to help you complete your Falcon installation by the end of February. Contact them through the <a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/help\">ITS Service Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enhanced Endpoint Protection powered by CrowdStrike (Falcon) is a critical part of securing and protecting U-M systems and data, and we are relying on you all to complete deployment by the end of February. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":22861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,4],"tags":[488,331,23],"class_list":["post-22857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safe-computing","category-features","tag-cybersecurity","tag-malware","tag-security"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM.png",400,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM-400x266.png",400,266,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM-300x300.png",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM.png",400,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM.png",400,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM.png",400,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM.png",400,400,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM-400x300.png",400,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM.png",400,400,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-2.55.31-PM-400x266.png",376,250,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Janet Eaton, ITS Information Assurance","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/jmfeaton\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Enhanced Endpoint Protection powered by CrowdStrike (Falcon) is a critical part of securing and protecting U-M systems and data, and we are relying on you all to complete deployment by the end of February.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22857"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22913,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22857\/revisions\/22913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}