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Salto for CrowdStrike Falcon - Overview

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Updated over 3 weeks ago

Salto's CrowdStrike Falcon adapter allows you to:

  • Fetch CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint security configuration data, such as firewall and prevention policies, ML exclusions and host groups

  • Compare CrowdStrike environments

  • Add configuration elements to a version control system such as GitHub, BitBucket or others

  • Monitor specific changes of interest, e.g., device control policies

  • Analyze your CrowdStrike Falcon security posture and remediate common issues

Supported Types

  • Exclusions

    • Cert-based

    • ML exclusions

  • Firewall

    • Firewall Rule Groups and Rules

    • Custom IOA Rule Groups

    • Policies

  • Prevention Policies

  • Sensor Update Policies

  • Sensor Visibility Policies

  • Locations

  • Cloud Connect Accounts

Connect your CrowdStrike Falcon instance

  1. In the CrowdStrike Falcon menu, go to "Support and resources" --> "API clients and keys", then click on "Create API client".

  2. Add read and write permissions for the following scopes:

    • CSPM registration

    • Custom IOA rules

    • Device control policies

    • Hosts

    • Assets

    • Firewall mangement

    • Host groups

    • Machine Learning Exclusions

    • Prevention policies

    • IOA Exclusions

    • Sensor update policies

    • Sensor Visibility Exclusions

    • User management

  3. Add a CrowdStrike Falcon service to a Salto environment by selecting the environment --> "Settings" --> "Application Connections" --> "Connect an Application"

  4. You will be asked to provide base URL (according to the CrowdStrike region of your account, e.g., https://api.us-2.crowdstrike.com), the client ID, and client secret you created.

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