CrowdStrike announced a strategic partnership with National Australia Bank (NAB), Australia?s business bank. NAB is providing one year of complimentary access to CrowdStrike Falcon® Go - the industry?s leading AI-powered cybersecurity protection for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). According to the CrowdStrike 2024 Global Threat Report, the financial services industry continues to be heavily targeted by eCrime threat actors.

In addition, SMBs are uniquely at risk when it comes to cyberattacks, as 60% of SMBs that suffer a data breach go out of business within six months of the attack. SMBs often lack the resources, technical expertise and mature security infrastructure that large organizations use to defend against modern threats. NAB is building in customer protection by providing access to CrowdStrike Falcon Go for its SMB customers.

Falcon Go includes next-generation antivirus (NGAV) and device control for USB device protection, which is AI-powered by a single, lightweight agent that?s easy to deploy and manage for smaller organizations.