CrowdStrike Named a Leader in Forrester’s Proactive Security Platforms Evaluation
Summary
CrowdStrike says Forrester named it a Leader in its Q3 2026 Proactive Security Platforms evaluation. The company highlights Falcon Exposure Management features for assessing and prioritizing vulnerabilities and coordinating remediation.
Key points
- CrowdStrike says it received the evaluation’s highest Strategy score and 5/5 scores for Innovation and Roadmap.
- Falcon Exposure Management combines exposure data with threat intelligence, exploit prediction and attack-path analysis to help prioritize remediation.
- ExPRT.AI assesses exploit activity, environmental exposure and adversary tradecraft to produce changing, environment-aware risk scores.
- Other features include asset runtime enumeration, which considers conditions needed for exploitation, and compensating-control awareness.
- CrowdStrike says customer Intermex reduced critical vulnerabilities in its DMZ by 98% using ExPRT.AI and asset criticality.
- The platform connects exposure management and security operations through shared telemetry and security context; the article notes that human judgment remains central and fully autonomous remediation is a longer-term direction.
Article Details
- Event Type
- CrowdStrike was named a Leader in Forrester’s Q3 2026 evaluation of proactive security platforms.
- Impact
- Intermex reported a 98% reduction in critical vulnerabilities in its DMZ after adopting Falcon Exposure Management and using ExPRT.AI and asset criticality to prioritize remediation.
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Products
AgentWorksCustomers that Forrester interviewed offered positive feedback on CrowdStrike® Charlotte AI™ and AgentWorks, the latter of which Forrester says positions CrowdStrike’s roadmap to deliver ahead of customer needs.Charlotte AICustomers that Forrester interviewed offered positive feedback on CrowdStrike® Charlotte AI™ and AgentWorks, the latter of which Forrester says positions CrowdStrike’s roadmap to deliver ahead of customer needs.CrowdStrike FalconCrowdStrike Falcon® Exposure Management combines exposure data with CrowdStrike’s threat intelligence, exploit prediction, and attack path analysis so teams can prioritize and act faster.ExPRT.AIAnother feature noted in the report is ExPRT.AI exploit prediction.Falcon Exposure ManagementThis Falcon Exposure Management capability continuously analyzes exploit activity, environmental exposure, and adversary tradecraft to deliver environment-aware risk scores and update those scores as conditions change.