Security Starts with Intel
Intel and CrowdStrike have increased their commitment to improving security across the computing stack and edge-to-cloud, through the integration of security solutions assisted by hardware capabilities. This is what the cybersecurity landscape demands.
Last year, at Fal.Con 2023, CrowdStrike highlighted its collaboration with Intel to address the ever-evolving threat landscape. As we head into this year’s event, the context of our work has expanded to reinforce the importance of business resiliency and our commitment to improving security outcomes by:
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Accelerating the use of AI on PCs for advanced threat detection
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Demonstrating how below-the-OS hardware-based recovery and remediation improve business resiliency
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Expanding leading-edge-security access for small to medium-sized businesses (SMB)
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Delivering leading performance and reliability to power CrowdStrike’s infrastructure through our Intel® Xeon® processor roadmap
AI PC Security – New Innovations at the Endpoint
The AI PC represents an inflection point for endpoint security. In addition to Intel CPUs and GPUs, the ability to run deep learning on Intel® Core™ Ultra PCs with a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) helps keep data local/private and shortens the time to remediate threats. Intel is leading the way by working with the security ecosystem to re-engineer how AI can be used on clients with novel usages such as sensitive data detection, faster-performing data loss prevention, deep fake detection, and automated malware trend analysis that reduces the burden on Security Operations (SecOps) to author rigid detection rules.
Our advanced AI PC Security collaborations with CrowdStrike continue to expand and will be showcased in our Fal.Con session, alongside Dell, to demonstrate how AI on PCs can detect file-less attacks (75% of all attacks use this execution method per the CrowdStrike Global Threat Report, 2024). The demo outlines how these groundbreaking capabilities will be used in combination with Intel® Threat Detection Technology’s (Intel® TDT) memory scanning features, already in use by a majority of CrowdStrike customers. With Intel PCs, SecOps can get more out of their investments in CrowdStrike with unique capabilities that only work on Intel-based fleets.
Hardware-Assisted Security for Defense & Depth and Resiliency
Modern threats have advanced to easily circumvent traditional security software and employ attack techniques that target different layers of the computing stack. Intel is uniquely positioned to work across the security ecosystem and hardware-optimize unique protections at each layer, resulting in defense-in-depth for enterprise deployments. Dell, Intel, and CrowdStrike are showcasing the combined power of Dell Trusted Devices at Fal.Con 2024, based on Intel silicon capabilities and CrowdStrike Falcon Insights.
While defense-in-depth is important to prevent and detect attacks, chip-level remediation provides a more resilient set of capabilities in the case of an attack that requires system recovery. At Fal.Con, Intel and CrowdStrike will show how Intel Core Ultra Processors with Intel vPro® can be recovered in the case of a compromised OS and blue screen situation and will demonstrate the unique role Intel’s chip-to-cloud services provide alongside UEM (Universal Endpoint Management) and CrowdStrike’s Falcon® for IT fleet management tools. Equipping IT with silicon-based remote wake, remote Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) control, and the ability to re-image PCs in the field is now on the short list of SecOps capabilities that are essential to keep business up and running.
Expanding Leading-Edge Security Access to SMBs
SMBs deserve enterprise-grade security that delivers the full power of security, both software and hardware, without sacrificing PC performance. Intel and CrowdStrike are collaborating to provide SMBs with enterprise-grade protection that combines the power of Intel Core Ultra Processors and CrowdStrike Falcon® Go, an AI-powered cybersecurity solution. This gives SMBs the efficiency of a fast-performing PC with holistic protection for peace of mind. At Fal.Con 2024, we’re excited to announce a one-year free subscription for SMBs to CrowdStrike Falcon Go when purchasing an AI PC powered by Intel Core Ultra Processors from participating partners. To learn more about this offer, go here.
Please join our Fal.Con 2024 SMB session to learn how we plan to improve security outcomes alongside Dell and CrowdStrike. We want to hear from you, so please bring your questions.
Infrastructure Powered by Intel Xeon Processors
CrowdStrike leverages Intel solutions to enhance data center and cloud infrastructure. By running operations on Intel Xeon servers and instances, CrowdStrike leverages cutting-edge processing power and performance, and exceptional reliability. This empowers CrowdStrike to optimize operational efficiency and scalability while continuing to recognize the evolving demands of the cybersecurity landscape.
The Road Ahead
Technology is a force for good in cybersecurity, and we aim to deliver a brighter future for our customers through extensive work with collaborators such as CrowdStrike. From innovation in AI to faster threat detection and prevention, we continue to focus our collective efforts on improving the outcomes that stop breaches and make the lives of every security professional easier.
Delivering a safer future starts with the deployment of integrated CrowdStrike and Intel solutions.
To Learn More
Ricardo (Rick) J. Echevarria is the vice president and general manager of Security Sales at Intel Corporation. A growth-minded business leader with more than 25 years of success spanning technology, cybersecurity, professional services, and enterprise software, Echevarria has held a variety of leadership positions with Intel Corporation. He has overseen divisions responsible for the corporate segment personal computing P&L, as well as the management, development, and delivery of Intel’s cybersecurity technology roadmap. Rick was instrumental in the growth and development of the worldwide software developer ecosystem for Intel architecture-based products and was responsible for building a worldwide professional services organization inside Intel.
Before assuming his current role, Rick led Intel’s Olympics and Paralympics Office where he was responsible for establishing and accelerating Intel technology solutions in the market through exclusive and transformational integrations on one of the largest international platforms in the world, the Olympic Games. Rick has also been leading Intel’s Pandemic Response Technology Initiative. This includes the management of a $50M fund targeted at investments in pandemic response and readiness, on-line learning, and ecosystem/partner innovation.
Echevarria has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University and a master’s degree in computer systems management from Union College. He has also served as chair of the Intel Hispanic Leadership Council and has received the Distinguished Engineer Award from Purdue University’s College of Engineering.