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To stop breaches by transforming security through a cloud-native platform that protects and empowers the modern enterprise

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To stop breaches by transforming security through a cloud-native platform that protects and empowers the modern enterprise

Strengths

  • PLATFORM: Falcon platform delivers unmatched endpoint protection
  • INTELLIGENCE: World-class threat intelligence underpins all offerings
  • ARCHITECTURE: Cloud-native architecture enables rapid innovation
  • EXPANSION: Strong module expansion with 63% using 5+ modules
  • RETENTION: Industry-leading 98%+ dollar-based retention rate

Weaknesses

  • DEPENDENCY: Heavy reliance on endpoint security market growth
  • COMPETITION: Facing increasing competitive pressure in core markets
  • PRICING: Premium price point limiting penetration in SMB markets
  • COMPLEXITY: Product complexity creating adoption friction for SMBs
  • TALENT: Challenge acquiring specialized cybersecurity talent

Opportunities

  • CLOUD: Accelerating cloud migration creating new security demands
  • CONSOLIDATION: Security vendor consolidation trend favors platform
  • IDENTITY: Identity protection represents massive TAM expansion
  • COMPLIANCE: Growing regulatory requirements driving adoption
  • AUTOMATION: Security automation demand accelerating rapidly

Threats

  • COMPETITION: Competitors enhancing cloud-native security offerings
  • PRICING: Pricing pressure in increasingly competitive market
  • ECONOMY: Economic uncertainty impacts customer expansion budgets
  • FRAGMENTATION: Market fragmentation limiting platform adoption
  • INNOVATION: Rapid pace of threat evolution requiring constant R&D

Key Priorities

  • PLATFORM: Accelerate unified platform strategy across all modules
  • IDENTITY: Expand identity protection to match endpoint strength
  • INTELLIGENCE: Leverage intelligence advantage for AI innovation
  • AUTOMATION: Enhance automation to address customer talent gaps
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To stop breaches by transforming security through a cloud-native platform that protects and empowers the modern enterprise

PLATFORM DOMINANCE

Unify security through our cloud-native platform

  • ADOPTION: Increase customers with 6+ modules from 63% to 70% through simplified cross-sell motions
  • INTEGRATION: Launch unified dashboard showing cross-module threat intel for 100% of enterprise customers
  • SIMPLIFICATION: Reduce new customer time-to-value from 4.5 days to 2 days for SMB implementation
  • RETENTION: Maintain 98%+ dollar-based retention rate while expanding gross margin by 2 percentage points
IDENTITY LEADERSHIP

Make identity protection as powerful as our endpoint

  • PARITY: Achieve feature parity with top 3 identity competitors as measured by analyst assessments
  • EXPANSION: Increase Identity Protection module adoption from 25% to 40% of customer base
  • INTEGRATION: Launch 3 new integrations between Identity and Endpoint modules with shared policies
  • DETECTION: Improve identity threat detection efficacy by 30% as measured by red team exercises
AI INNOVATION

Lead the industry with AI-powered threat detection

  • AUTOMATION: Reduce false positive alerts by 50% through enhanced AI models for all customers
  • ACCURACY: Improve threat detection accuracy by 25% while reducing time-to-detection by 40%
  • ADOPTION: Deploy Charlotte AI assistant capabilities to 75% of enterprise customers
  • PREDICTIVE: Launch predictive threat intelligence capabilities for top 5 attack vectors
CUSTOMER SUCCESS

Delight customers with seamless security outcomes

  • ONBOARDING: Redesign customer onboarding to reduce time-to-value by 40% for all segments
  • TRAINING: Launch AI-driven personalized training for 100% of customers to improve efficacy
  • RESILIENCE: Implement new testing framework reducing critical update issues by 90%
  • SATISFACTION: Increase Net Promoter Score from 72 to 78 across all customer segments
METRICS
  • ARR Growth: 40%+
  • Module Adoption: 6.8 modules per customer
  • Net Retention Rate: 98%+
VALUES
  • We focus on results
  • We are customer-obsessed
  • We innovate without fear
  • We believe in transparency and integrity
  • We win as one team
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Align the learnings

Crowdstrike Product Retrospective

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To stop breaches by transforming security through a cloud-native platform that protects and empowers the modern enterprise

What Went Well

  • GROWTH: Achieved 36% YoY ARR growth outpacing broader market rivals
  • MODULES: Increased average modules per customer from 5.9 to 6.4 in Q4
  • ACQUISITION: Charlotte AI capabilities accelerating competitive edge
  • IDENTITY: Identity Protection module showing strongest growth at 125%
  • ENTERPRISE: Continued penetration into Enterprise segment with 15% YoY

Not So Well

  • OUTAGE: March outage impacted customer confidence and NPS temporarily
  • VELOCITY: Sales cycle elongation in mid-market segment due to economy
  • COMPETITION: Increased competitive pressure in endpoint core segment
  • EFFICIENCY: Operating margins below target due to integration costs
  • PRICING: Pricing resistance in SMB segments limiting penetration rate

Learnings

  • RESILIENCE: Need stronger platform resilience against update issues
  • SIMPLIFICATION: Product complexity creating adoption barriers for SMB
  • BUNDLING: Strategic bundling accelerates multi-module adoption rates
  • AUTOMATION: Customer demand for AI-driven automation exceeding supply
  • CONSOLIDATION: Customers actively seeking to reduce vendor footprint

Action Items

  • TESTING: Implement enhanced pre-deployment testing for all updates
  • PACKAGING: Simplify product packaging for faster SMB time-to-value
  • ENABLEMENT: Enhance partner enablement for multi-module deployment
  • INTEGRATION: Accelerate identity protection integration with endpoint
  • AUTOMATION: Prioritize AI-driven automation to reduce alert fatigue
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To stop breaches by transforming security through a cloud-native platform that protects and empowers the modern enterprise

Strengths

  • DATA: Massive threat dataset provides unique AI training advantage
  • ARCHITECTURE: Cloud platform enables rapid AI model deployment
  • EXPERTISE: Strong AI/ML expertise with Charlotte AI foundation
  • INTEGRATION: Seamless AI integration across the Falcon platform
  • ADOPTION: Early AI implementation in threat hunting capabilities

Weaknesses

  • COMPLEXITY: AI capabilities add complexity to product messaging
  • TALENT: Shortage of specialized AI security talent for development
  • EXPLAINABILITY: Challenge making AI decisions transparent to users
  • COMPETITION: Major competitors making significant AI investments
  • EDUCATION: Customer education on AI security benefits lagging

Opportunities

  • AUTOMATION: AI can dramatically reduce false positives/alerts
  • PREDICTION: Predictive security becoming critical requirement
  • PERSONALIZATION: AI enables personalized security postures
  • INTEGRATION: AI can enhance cross-module platform integration
  • EFFICIENCY: AI-driven operational efficiency gains for customers

Threats

  • COMPETITION: Big tech entering security with significant AI assets
  • COMMODITIZATION: AI features becoming expected/commoditized
  • ACCURACY: AI accuracy concerns limiting critical security adoption
  • REGULATION: Emerging AI regulations affecting security deployment
  • PERCEPTION: Customer skepticism about AI security effectiveness

Key Priorities

  • AUTOMATION: Deploy AI to dramatically reduce customer alert volume
  • PERSONALIZATION: Develop AI-driven personalized security postures
  • TRANSPARENCY: Improve AI explainability to build customer trust
  • DEFENSE: Develop specific counter-AI attack capabilities