Cybersecurity Research

CrowdStrike Named a Leader in Forrester's External Threat Intelligence Report

CrowdStrike · 17 Sept 2026

Key Takeaway Australian SMBs should look for threat intelligence tools that unify adversary, infrastructure and environment data, rather than relying on multiple disconnected sources that slow down response times.

Cybersecurity defenders are facing not just a growing attack surface across endpoints, identity, cloud, SaaS and AI systems, but also a growing speed problem. Attackers are increasingly using AI to speed up vulnerability discovery, reconnaissance and exploitation, leaving security teams with less time to detect and respond to threats.

According to Forrester, the threat intelligence market itself adds to this challenge because it is fragmented. Many providers only cover part of what businesses need, forcing organisations to combine multiple tools and data sources to get a full picture of the risks they face. This can slow down decision-making at exactly the moment speed matters most.

CrowdStrike was named a Leader in Forrester's Q3 2026 Wave for External Threat Intelligence Service Providers, receiving the highest Current Offering score in the evaluation and top marks in 15 separate criteria. Forrester highlighted CrowdStrike's platform-native intelligence, built on proprietary endpoint telemetry, along with its extensive and well-contextualised coverage of deep and dark web sources. By combining this telemetry with adversary intelligence, incident response insights, threat hunting and malware analysis, CrowdStrike aims to give security teams a connected view of adversaries, infrastructure and vulnerabilities rather than isolated streams of data.

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