First Distribution, South Africa's leading distributor for Cyber Security, datacentre, enterprise and cloud solutions, today announced its partnership with CrowdStrike, the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection.

With this partnership, customers will now have greater access to CrowdStrike's comprehensive range of cyber security solution, including the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform, the new standard in endpoint protection technology, CrowdStrike Services, and Intelliegence.

"It is First Distribution's strategy to represent leading global brands across Africa. We are excited to have CrowdStrike in our stable. CrowdStrike is the only company that offers a comprehensive approach to endpoint protection, uniquely based in a cloud native technology that adds speed, efficacy, and scalability for every deployment. We look forward to working with them in the distribution of their security portfolio to effectively protect customers across the South African region," says Brad Stein, General Manager for Networking and Security - First Distribution JHB.

CrowdStrike has unveiled numerous new and innovative products addressing 21st century cyber security challenges and requirements and continues to reinforce its status as a global company. In 2018 CrowdStrike was recognised as Visionary in the 2018 Gartner Endpoint Protection Magic Quadrant, positioned the highest in ability to execute and furthest in completeness of vision.

Alexander Foroozandé, Alliances Director for META commented: "As we continue to invest in Africa by delivering our industry-leading endpoint protection technology and services, we are excited to announce our partnership with First Distribution, a true value-added distributor.

Together we have an aligned vision to build a transparent, loyal and channel friendly eco-system paving the way for growth and a securer Africa." CrowdStrike Falcon® is the first and only platform that unifies next-generation antivirus (AV), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and a 24/7 threat hunting service - all delivered via a single lightweight agent. CrowdStrike Falcon's modular approach enables customers to have integrated access to the full suite of endpoint protection capabilities, including vulnerability management, IT hygiene, threat intelligence automation, device control, and more.

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