Zero Trust is a security model built on the principle of “never trust, always verify.” Access should never be assumed to be safe. For many organizations, this means moving beyond static rules, network location, and one-time access decisions, and towards continuous verification based on identity, device context, behavior, and risk.
Robust Identity and Access Management (IAM) provides the foundation for understanding users, permissions, access rights, and how they change over time. Together with CrowdStrike, Cloudworks can help customers connect this identity foundation more closely with endpoint visibility, threat detection, and response, strengthening Zero Trust in day-to-day operations.
As Alexander Friedensburg, Managing Director at Cloudworks, explains:
Identity has always been at the core of what we do. But in today’s threat landscape, identity alone is not enough. Security decisions must also consider device trust, behavior, and context. By strengthening our Zero Trust capabilities and partnering with CrowdStrike, we can deliver more complete and resilient identity security, helping our customers protect access end-to-end.
Bringing identity and security closer together with CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike is a leading global cybersecurity provider with a cloud-native platform that secures endpoints, cloud workloads, identities, and data. The platform brings together identity and endpoint visibility, real-time detection and response, AI-assisted investigation, and protection across hybrid environments such as Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and Okta.
This is increasingly important because identity is often the starting point for modern attacks. A compromised account, risky device, or misused privilege can quickly expose more of the organization when access decisions, endpoint context, and threat response are handled separately.
CrowdStrike helps close this gap by connecting identity and endpoint visibility with detection and response, giving you a clearer view of risk across users, devices, and systems.
Identity is the front line of modern attacks, and AI is accelerating the pace and scale of threats. Cloudworks brings deep identity and security expertise across the Nordics, and the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® platform delivers unified protection across identity, endpoint, cloud, data, and AI, connecting identity to real-time detection and response to stop breaches.
Ben Emslie, Vice President Sales, Northern Europe
Where CrowdStrike makes the biggest difference
CrowdStrike is especially relevant for organizations where identity, endpoints, and security operations have become difficult to manage as one connected security environment. That includes organizations with both on-premises and cloud identity, multiple platforms, growing AI usage, and limited visibility between access, risk and response.
In these environments, it becomes harder to detect risky configurations, understand how exposure develops, and respond quickly when suspicious identity activity appears across users, devices, or systems.
Peter Giesa, Security Lead at Cloudworks, works at the intersection of Zero Trust, IAM integration and identity security. In his view, the value of CrowdStrike does not come from technology alone, but from applying the right capabilities, tailored to the customer’s environment, priorities, and risk profile.
Peter Giesa explains:
Most breaches start with identity. CrowdStrike helps organizations stay ahead of this risk by combining clear visibility, smart risk prioritization, and the integrations needed to enforce Zero Trust in a simple, effective way, proving that when security is done right, it can actively support end-user productivity.
