NTT DATA and CrowdStrike Join Forces to Elevate Customer Experience at CrowdTour24 Tokyo

1. CrowdTour24 Tokyo Overview

CrowdTour is CrowdStrike's largest security event in Japan. This new event celebrates the innovation that CrowdStrike, its customers, and its partners achieve together. On November 15, 2024, CrowdTour24 Tokyo was held in Tokyo (*1), attracting approximately 1,100 visitors.

The event featured keynote speeches by Fabio Fratucello, CrowdStrike Field CTO, International, and Isao Obazawa, President and CEO of CrowdStrike Japan GK. It also included a panel discussion, a special lecture by Toru Hashimoto, former Governor of Osaka Prefecture, 27 individual sessions, and a sponsored exhibition by 20 companies. Through this event, attendees were able to hear the latest CrowdStrike product information and examples of product use by customers. They also had the opportunity to network with CrowdStrike partners.

Venue

• (*1) CrowdTour24 - Tokyo (Japanese)

2. CrowdStrike Updates from the Keynote

The keynote highlighted CrowdStrike's adoption of Resilient by Design, a new framework for detecting errors early and mitigating system vulnerabilities. Following the outage on July 19, 2024, CrowdStrike emphasized how it has become a more resilient company.

CrowdStrike was named a Leader in the Gartner^® Magic Quadrant^™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms for five consecutive years (*2). While CrowdStrike is well-known as a provider of EPP and EDR, it also focuses on next-generation SIEM, identity protection, cloud security, and generative AI.

In November 2024, CrowdStrike announced its agreement to acquire SaaS security leader Adaptive Shield (*3). This acquisition enables CrowdStrike to provide identity and cloud protection from a single Falcon Platform.

The Falcon Platform introduces Charlotte AI (*4), a generative AI cybersecurity analysis capability that addresses many of the most critical challenges facing the security industry, such as closing cybersecurity skill gaps and speeding up incident response times.

CrowdStrike Falcon Platform

• (*2) CrowdStrike Named a Leader in 2024 Gartner^® Magic Quadrant^™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms for Fifth Consecutive Time
• (*3) CrowdStrike to Acquire Adaptive Shield to Deliver the Only Platform that Unifies Cloud and Identity Security with Integrated SaaS Protection
• (*4) Charlotte AI: Generative AI for Cybersecurity | CrowdStrike

3. NTT DATA Japan Exhibits at CrowdTour24 Tokyo

As the highest-ranked Diamond Sponsor, NTT DATA Japan exhibited a company booth and hosted a lecture by our specialist to showcase our focus on protecting our customers' environments with security products, including CrowdStrike.

At the booth, NTT DATA introduced zero-trust solutions featuring CrowdStrike. Customers who visited the booth commented, "While many exhibitors offer products in a single area, NTT DATA offers a comprehensive range of zero trust security-related solutions," and "I found it attractive to be able to entrust comprehensive security measures from consulting to operation support."

NTT DATA booth

4. Lecture by NTT DATA security specialist

Keisuke Okito, Executive Manager of the Security & Network Division at NTT DATA Japan, presented the challenges and achievements of our company's in-house zero trust solution and explained how NTT DATA's expertise can be applied to customers. The lecture was very well attended, with the audience exceeding the hall's capacity, resulting in some attendees standing.

Keisuke Okito, NTT DATA Japan, gave a case study of zero trust

5. NTT DATA and CrowdStrike Collaboration

NTT DATA has a global strategic alliance with CrowdStrike. NTT DATA leverages CrowdStrike's products for both internal governance and customer service. For internal governance, our company secures more than 190,000 employees globally. In customer service, CrowdStrike is used for our Managed Detection and Response Services (*5), which supports customers from security consulting to incident response. Our global experience with CrowdStrike helps us protect our customers' businesses from security threats.

CrowdStrike is a strong partner for our company, and we will continue to strengthen our synergies with them.

• (*5) NTT DATA Introduces New Global Cybersecurity Strategy to Help Clients Boost Protection Against Cyber Risks