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Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security

byCrowdStrike
in
4.6
2026
Market Presence: User Authentication, Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)

Overview

Product Information on Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security

Updated 19th December 2024

What is Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security?

CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection delivers identity threat detection and response (ITDR) capabilities, protecting organizations from identity-based attacks in real time. It unifies identity and endpoint protection, improving security outcomes and operational efficiency. Falcon Identity Protection provides comprehensive visibility and protection across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid identity environments. By baselining normal user behavior, it instantly detects and prevents malicious identity activity. It also extends conditional, risk-based access controls, maintaining security with a frictionless user experience. With Falcon Identity Protection, organizations gain proactive security against identity threats, preventing breaches before they occur.

Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security Pricing

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Overall experience with Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
10B - 30B USD, Insurance (except health)
FAVORABLE

“Protects Human, Service, and AI Identities with Dynamic Risk-Based Access Controls”

4.0
Oct 3, 2025
Falcon Next-Generation Identity Security offers the powerful, integrated identity protection that users need to secure human, non-human, and AI identities across hybrid environments. Customers mainly get value from the platform's phishing-resistant passwordless authentication, live threat detection and up-to-date privileged access management which helps to reduce the number of standing privileges. The platform's agentic AI component and use of dynamic risk-based access controls provides the security team with an arsenal of sophisticated techniques to fight identity-based attacks such as lateral movement and privilege escalation. Falcon really stands out when it comes to robust identity security in this challenging threat landscape with a simplified deployment approach.
Manager, It Security And Risk Management
50M - 250M USD, Retail
CRITICAL

“Easy Deployment and Real-Time Service Account Tracking Amid Concerns About Cost Value”

3.0
Feb 12, 2026
Honestly its a good product but maybe a bit overhyped for the price. visibility into active directory is great and easy deployment. Tuning it to stop flagging legit users took longer than the sales guys said it would, solid once its up and running.

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2026
For Market:
User Authentication

About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

CrowdStrike is a recognized entity in the cybersecurity space, specializing in enterprise risk management through the innovative application of technology. The company focuses primarily on protecting essential business risk areas such as endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. Employing the state-of-the-art CrowdStrike Security Cloud and advanced AI technology, the firm provides effective solutions. Its CrowdStrike Falcon platform uses real-time indications of attack, threat intelligence, telemetry enhanced from diverse enterprise sources, and evolving adversary knowhow for high-grade detection, automated protection and healing, advanced threat tracking, and efficient vulnerability visibility. The Falcon platform, designed in the cloud with a singular lightweight-agent architecture, offers swift deployment, unique protection and performance, and reduced complexity. Therefore, CrowdStrike delivers a significant value proposition right from the beginning.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2011
Head office location
Remote, United States
Number of employees
5001 - 10000
Website
http://www.crowdstrike.com

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Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security Likes & Dislikes

Like

One feature of Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security that I like the most is its comprehensive and AI-driven identity protection approach. In addition to securing user accounts, the system also protects service accounts and AI agents, which is an obvious trend in the development of hybrid environments. The product works wonderfully to stop hackers from gaining access to the identity of the target individual. Additionally, its effortless compatibility and one-console management ease up on the working process, which means that it is both a strong tool and a friendly user interface.

Like

single agent deployment - don't need to install a new server or anything else. just enable it Visibility: seeing exactly what service accounts are doing in real time is somehting we never had before MFA integration: being able to trigger MFA on things that dont support it

Like

Unified, Real-Time Identity Threat Detection: The platform delivers continuous monitoring and automated response, stopping both credential theft and privilege escalation across hybrid, on-prem, and cloud environments. AI-Powered Behavior Analytics: This solution employs machine learning for contextual risk scoring and anomaly detection, providing precise, actionable alerts that reduce traditional false positives and alert fatigue. Phishing-Resistant, Passwordless MFA and Privileged Access: FalconID introduces phishing-resistant MFA that even secures legacy protocols and non-human (machine or AI) identities, while new PAM controls manage and limit standing privileges across the workforce.

Dislike

Falcon Next-Gen is a powerful but laborious one to initially set up, especially in places with old or broken identity infrastructure. The depth of features - for example, on-demand access and AI-driven threat detection - may require training or at least some knowledge to use them fully. Also, a few organizations have remarked that by 'advanced features' the team means just that - a higher price is the trade-off, which may affect smaller teams or deployments with tight budgets.

Dislike

Cost! Not 100% sure we're getting full value. False positives mean its quite noisy out the box. Trying to export specific data sets from dashboard can be clunky

Dislike

Initial deployment and policy configuration can be complex, particularly in large or hybrid environments, and require a solid familiarity with identity security concepts. The platform's AI sometimes produces false positives, generating unnecessary alerts that need manual review and can slow down response time if not handled well. Licensing and cost are on the higher side-advanced featues reuire additional licensing, which may not suit every organization's budget or use case.

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Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(523 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
69%
4 Star
27%
3 Star
3%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
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Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

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4.7

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  • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
    10B+ USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Protects Human, Service, and AI Identities with Dynamic Risk-Based Access Controls

    4.0
    Oct 3, 2025
    Falcon Next-Generation Identity Security offers the powerful, integrated identity protection that users need to secure human, non-human, and AI identities across hybrid environments. Customers mainly get value from the platform's phishing-resistant passwordless authentication, live threat detection and up-to-date privileged access management which helps to reduce the number of standing privileges. The platform's agentic AI component and use of dynamic risk-based access controls provides the security team with an arsenal of sophisticated techniques to fight identity-based attacks such as lateral movement and privilege escalation. Falcon really stands out when it comes to robust identity security in this challenging threat landscape with a simplified deployment approach.
  • IT MANAGER
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security delivers unified, AI-driven identity protection, streamlining hybrid access management and real-time threat detection-with some complexity for setup and a premium price tag.

    4.0
    Oct 13, 2025
    CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen Identity Secuirty has delivered strong results, especially in real-time detection and automated response against identity-based threats. The unified platform makes it simple to roll out identity risk monitoring and block credential misuse across cloud and on-premises accounts, with minimal impact on user productivity. The standout advantages come from effective threat detection (especially credential-based attacks), ease of deployment, and integration with other Falcon modules. "Solution's insight into identity risks has improved our ability to preempt attacks and minimize lateral movement. On the downside, setup and tuning policies were somewhat complex initially, requiring time to align with business needs- especially in hybrid or federated identity environments. Product updates have been smooth overall, but on rare occasions, new releases have inroduced minor disruptions that needed rapid troubleshooting. Despite these early learning curves, operational confidence and visibility into identity risks are noticeably stronger with this solution in place.
  • IT ASSISTANT
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    A great way to protect your identity while also expanding the Falcon ecosystem.

    5.0
    Oct 15, 2025
    Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security has been nothing but positive for us. The tool is great in helping companies with the lack of visibility in cloud and hybrid environments and it is a strong weapon against identity-based attacks. The integration of this product with our existing Falcon platform and Active Directory was a straightforward process and, therefore, we are now able to anticipate the detection of lateral movement attempts thanks to behavioural analytics. After optimisation, everything works well and the system is almost self-sufficient. We had to face a minor issue, that is, adjusting the alerts to decrease the noise during the startup phase.
  • Information Security Analyst
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Effective Falcon Integration Enhances SOC Workflow Despite Initial Alert Noise Issues

    4.0
    Jan 19, 2026
    Excellent visibility into identity-based threats, strong integration with the Falcon platform and SOC workflows, helpful analytics for abnormal authentication and lateral movement, and good support for faster investigation and response. Initial tuning and policy optimization can take time, some alerts may require refinement to reduce noise, and reporting/dashboards customization could be improved.
  • IT SECURITY & RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Strong Identity-Based Threat Detection with Room for Tuning

    5.0
    Oct 1, 2025
    Overall, Falcon next-gen identity security delivers strong visibility into authentication activities and privilege escalation attempts across the environment. The Real-time detection of lateral movement and credential misuse is noticeably better than traditional EDR-only approaches. However, the policy tuning requires some time to reduce noise in hybrid environments, especially when dealinh with legacy systems. Once properly fine-tuned, it becomes a reliable layer in identity-based threat prevention.
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