CrowdStrike Falcon OverWatch for Defender Extends Managed Threat Hunting to Microsoft Endpoint Customers
CrowdStrike, Tuesday, May 5th, 2026
CrowdStrike launches Falcon OverWatch for Defender to provide managed threat hunting for Microsoft Defender customers.
CrowdStrike announced Falcon OverWatch for Defender on May 5, 2026, extending its industry-leading managed threat hunting capabilities to Microsoft Defender customers.
The solution addresses the gap left by automated detections alone by providing continuous expert-led threat hunting to identify and stop sophisticated threats that would otherwise go undetected.
Powered by AI and CrowdStrike's intelligence on over 280 threat actor groups, the service analyzes up to 6.2 trillion events per day and can reduce alert volume by up to 500x with 98% true positives. Customer results demonstrate up to 95% reduction in threat hunting staffing costs, bringing proven outcomes to organizations standardized on Microsoft environments.