CrowdStrike Named a Leader in Identity Threat Detection and Response

Skip to main content Enable accessibility for low vision Open the accessibility menu ___ BLOG Featured Recent Video Category Start Free Trial CrowdStrike Named a Leader in Identity Threat Detection and Response Recent reports from Frost & Sullivan and GigaOm underscore CrowdStrike’s position as a leader in the identity threat detection and response market. May 26, 2026 | Ryan Terry | Next-Gen Identity Security Two recent industry reports validate CrowdStrike’s leadership in the identity threat detection and response (ITDR) market:  Frost & Sullivan has named CrowdStrike its 2026 Company of the Year for Identity Threat Detection and Response GigaOm has positioned CrowdStrike as a Leader and Fast Mover in the 2026 GigaOm Radar for Identity Threat Detection and Response Identity is the front line of modern cyberattacks. Today’s adversaries log in and use legitimate identities to move laterally, escalate privileges, and operate inside legitimate sessions as trusted users. They are moving fast — the fastest eCrime breakout time recorded in 2025 was 27 seconds — and they’re gaining an advantage over security teams who can’t keep pace. The requirements for identity security have changed, fueled by AI agents transforming business processes and operating with machine speed and elevated privileges. Identity risk has become continuous, yet traditional identity tools still rely on static access and fragmented controls. Organizations relying on these legacy models struggle to correlate risk in real time or stop attacks before they escalate.  ITDR has rapidly become a critical security layer as the market shifts toward a continuous identity model that detects threats and continuously verifies and enforces access in real time. CrowdStrike Falcon® Next-Gen Identity Security advances the market beyond static access controls and gives agentic enterprises the protection they need. These recognitions signal that the ITDR market is converging. CrowdStrike is defining where it’s going. Frost & Sullivan: Validating a Unified, Continuous Identity Model Frost & Sullivan’s recognition of CrowdStrike as Company of the Year for ITDR highlights how identity security must be delivered as a unified, continuous, real-time control system. “CrowdStrike’s unified, cloud native platform that delivers end-to-end identity visibility, just-in-time privileges, behavioral analytics, and automated response across human and non-human identities enables a significant competitive advantage,” Frost & Sullivan states in its write-up.  The analysis emphasizes CrowdStrike’s ability to deliver: Continuous, real-time visibility across human, non-human, and AI identities Behavioral, context-driven detection  Zero standing privileges through needs-based, context-aware access Automated response and remediation at machine speed The result is full end-to-end identity security. With CrowdStrike Falcon® Fusion SOAR workflows, customers can automatically reset compromised passwords, remediate risky accounts in batches, and enforce conditional access or privilege controls based on real-time risk scores. Customers gain real-time visibility into AI and SaaS agents, including permissions, data access, and activity, and can monitor how these identities interact with sensitive systems and datasets over time. Frost & Sullivan emphasizes the benefits of CrowdStrike’s platform approach. Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security is delivered from the unified CrowdStrike Falcon® platform, which is built on a cloud-native architecture that treats identity as a first-class security signal alongside endpoint and cloud data. Because its capabilities are delivered through one platform, organizations can avoid the complexity of integrating multiple tools and operationalize ITDR best practices in days.  The impact of the Falcon platform is quick and measurable. Frost & Sullivan highlights a real-world deployment of Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security in which an organization immediately discovered 45,000 unused accounts, 2,500 compromised passwords, 42,000 stealth admin accounts, and 48,000 accounts with privileged escalation paths, which collectively represent massive standing risk. “By consolidating fragmented tools, reducing operational complexity, and providing high fidelity detections with machine speed response, CrowdStrike delivers superior price/performance value and a consistently strong customer experience,” Frost & Sullivan says. GigaOm: Leadership Defined by Execution and Momentum While Frost & Sullivan validates CrowdStrike’s model, GigaOm highlights our execution. CrowdStrike’s recognition as a Leader and Fast Mover in the 2026 GigaOm Radar for Identity Threat Detection and Response reinforces our market leadership and innovation velocity. CrowdStrike achieved high scoring in Key Features with 4.6/5, Emerging Features with 4.3, and Business Criteria with 4.7. GigaOm’s analysis highlights several key strengths including: Non-Human Identity Security  Identity threats are evolving as organizations adopt more SaaS applications and autonomous AI agents, each of which is backed by human and non-human identities with persistent access to systems, applications, and sensitive data. CrowdStrike secures every identity type across every environment, with comprehensive non-human identity discovery across cloud, on-premises, AI agent platform, and SaaS. It shares context including linked accounts, privileges, and cloud resource access; detects anomalies and behavioral deviations; and provides risk scoring for non-human identities. The outcome is full protection across the modern identity attack surface. AI-Enhanced SecOps  CrowdStrike operationalizes AI as a core part of detection and response. CrowdStrike® Charlotte AI™ performs agentic triage and investigation, while Falcon Fusion SOAR automates response.  As stated in the GigaOm report: “CrowdStrike’s Charlotte AI is a deeply integrated AI copilot with agentic capabilities powered by generative AI and specialized agents. It supports natural language queries across Falcon data, automated detection triage, priority and confidence scoring, and step-by-step response guidance.” Charlotte AI supports advanced automation through tight integration with Falcon Fusion SOAR, which is also natively integrated into the Falcon platform and provides a no-code automation and orchestration engine that enables teams to automate end-to-end response workflows. Falcon Fusion SOAR offers over 1,500 automated actions, including first-party and third-party actions that can be executed either via CrowdStrike or through integrations with other tools. The Future of ITDR Is Continuous Identity Across both reports, a clear pattern emerges. The top priority for identity security is continuously securing access. Organizations must continuously verify access, evaluate risk using real-time signals, dynamically adjust and revoke privileges, and immediately connect detection and enforcement. These recognitions reflect where the market is going. CrowdStrike’s advantage is the Falcon platform was built for this shift. It already unifies identity, endpoint, cloud, and SaaS security and enriches it with real-time telemetry, threat intelligence, and AI. As identity security becomes a continuous control system, CrowdStrike is the best-equipped to drive the market forward.  Additional Resources Learn more about what other industry analysts are saying about CrowdStrike by visiting our Awards and Recognition webpage. Be part of Fal.Con 2026 and connect with 10,000+ cybersecurity professionals shaping the future of the industry. Explore the Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security product page. 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