Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. today announced it has expanded its CrowdStrike Falcon platform to deliver a new endpoint detection and response and extended detection and response solution for what’s becoming known as extended Internet of Things assets.XIoT is a category that includes the Internet of Things, operational technology, medical devices, the industrial Internet of Things and “Industry 4.0″ assets. The term can be used to describe all cyber-physical devices connected to the internet in various contexts, such as industry, healthcare and commercial environments

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. is continuing to enhance its cloud security posture.The company’s Cloud Security Assessment solution has been integrated with the CrowdStrike Asset Graph, allowing for rich cloud asset visualizations and great visibility of cloud resources, according to Amol Kulkarni (pictured), chief product and engineering officer of CrowdStrike. The company’s Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management also ensures that traditionally effective attacks, such as privilege escalation, are made much harder.“Giving customers a snapshot view, one single view to say, ‘These are the identities, these are their permissions,'” Kulkarni said