CrowdStrike Secures $100 Million Investment to Strengthen Cybersecurity 🚀

Digital Security Provider, CrowdStrike, Raises $100 Million -<br />By MICHAEL J. de la MERCEDMAY 17, 2017<br />SAN FRANCISCO — Cybersecurity has been in the news seemingly nonstop, including the hacking of the Democratic National Committee<br />and the ransomware attack this weekend that took aim at computer systems worldwide.<br />The company, founded by two former executives of the computer security provider McAfee, has argued<br />that relying on systems that run on cloud computing rather than those installed on customers’ devices means smarter defenses and faster responses.<br />CrowdStrike, the provider of digital security that aided the D. N.C.<br />in its response to what is believed to be interference by Russia, plans to announce on Wednesday that it has raised $100 million in capital.<br />(Even big organizations like the Walt Disney Company are not immune; its chief executive reportedly said on Monday<br />that hackers had threatened to release a coming movie online unless they received a ransom.)<br />“We’re in the cloud, looking at a lot of end points,” George Kurtz, the chief executive<br />and co-founder of CrowdStrike, said in an interview, referring to customers’ computers and systems.