CrowdStrike Named Leader in Forrester Wave for External Threat Intelligence Providers Q3 2026

What Happened

CrowdStrike was named a Leader in Forrester’s Q3 2026 Wave for External Threat Intelligence Service Providers, scoring highest in Strength of Offering and Strength of Strategy.

Impact on Defenders

Organizations that rely on CrowdStrike Falcon X and Falcon Intelligence now have a validated, high‑confidence source for actionable threat data, improving detection, hunting, and incident response.

What to Do

• Verify that Falcon X feeds are enabled and integrated into your SOC dashboards.
• Use the new threat intelligence APIs to enrich alerts from endpoint, network, and cloud sensors.
• Schedule regular hunting sessions that leverage the latest intel on adversary TTPs and malware families.
• Review your incident response playbooks to incorporate the updated intel feeds.

Key Takeaways

Leaders in threat intel bring higher data quality, faster correlation, and better context. By aligning your security stack with CrowdStrike’s validated feeds, you reduce mean time to detect and contain attacks.