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Defender for Endpoint vs CrowdStrike

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Defender for Endpoint vs CrowdStrike

Defender for Endpoint vs CrowdStrike Falcon: detection quality, platform coverage, the SOC experience, licensing, and what the July 2024 outage changed.

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Is Defender for Endpoint as good as CrowdStrike?

In independent evaluations (MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations, AV-Comparatives, AV-TEST) both are consistently in the top tier for detection and prevention; the differences are in coverage of specific techniques year to year, no…

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Can I run Defender for Endpoint and CrowdStrike together?

Yes, in a specific configuration: Defender for Endpoint in EDR block mode with Defender Antivirus in passive mode, while CrowdStrike Falcon is the primary prevention agent. This is a common transition state and a delibe…

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Did the July 2024 CrowdStrike outage mean people switched to Defender?

Some did; most did not. The outage — a faulty Falcon sensor content update that crashed roughly 8.5 million Windows hosts — was a change-management failure rather than a detection-quality one, and CrowdStrike changed it…

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Detection/prevention quality

Defender for Endpoint: Top tier in MITRE and lab tests · CrowdStrike Falcon: Top tier in MITRE and lab tests

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Windows

Defender for Endpoint: Built into the OS; deepest Windows telemetry · CrowdStrike Falcon: Kernel sensor; excellent

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macOS / Linux

Defender for Endpoint: Good; Linux distro list narrower · CrowdStrike Falcon: Excellent; broad Linux/legacy kernel support

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Mobile

Defender for Endpoint: Defender for Endpoint on iOS/Android (MTD) · CrowdStrike Falcon: Falcon for Mobile

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