Comparison Overview

CrowdStrike

VS

Palo Alto Networks

CrowdStrike

Remote, US
Last Update: 2025-11-22
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Between 700 and 749
http://www.crowdstrike.com

CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD), a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk — endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. Powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and world-class AI, the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting and prioritized observability of vulnerabilities. Purpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweight-agent architecture, the Falcon platform delivers rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection and performance, reduced complexity and immediate time-to-value. CrowdStrike: We stop breaches.

NAICS: 541514
NAICS Definition: Others
Employees: 10,400
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
5
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
3
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Palo Alto Networks

3000 Tannery Way, None, SANTA CLARA, California, US, 95054
Last Update: 2025-11-26
Between 750 and 799
http://www.paloaltonetworks.com

Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.

NAICS: 541514
NAICS Definition: Others
Employees: 17,868
Subsidiaries: 9
12-month incidents
5
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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CrowdStrike
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Palo Alto Networks
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
CrowdStrike
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Palo Alto Networks
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Computer and Network Security Industry Average (This Year)

CrowdStrike has 986.96% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Computer and Network Security Industry Average (This Year)

Palo Alto Networks has 986.96% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — CrowdStrike (X = Date, Y = Severity)

CrowdStrike cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Palo Alto Networks (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Palo Alto Networks cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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CrowdStrike
Incidents

Date Detected: 11/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Insider Threat (Malicious Employee), Social Engineering (Voice-Phishing), Credential Theft (SSO Authentication Cookies), Dark Web/Telegram Leak
Motivation: Financial Gain, Extortion, Reputation Damage, Data Theft for Resale
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 9/2025
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: compromised npm packages, malicious dependency injection, post-install script execution
Motivation: credential harvesting, unauthorized access, potential follow-on attacks
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 3/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Process Suspension
Motivation: Bypass Detection Mechanisms
Blog: Blog
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Palo Alto Networks
Incidents

Date Detected: 11/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Network-based (no authentication or user interaction required)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 9/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Third-Party Vulnerability Exploitation, OAuth Token Theft, Salesforce Integration Abuse
Motivation: Data Theft, Potential Phishing/Follow-on Attacks, Financial Gain (likely)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Authenticated administrator with CLI access
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Palo Alto Networks company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to CrowdStrike company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

CrowdStrike company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Palo Alto Networks company.

In the current year, Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike have reported a similar number of cyber incidents.

Neither Palo Alto Networks company nor CrowdStrike company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both Palo Alto Networks company and CrowdStrike company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

CrowdStrike company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Palo Alto Networks company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both CrowdStrike company and Palo Alto Networks company have disclosed vulnerabilities.

Neither CrowdStrike nor Palo Alto Networks holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Palo Alto Networks company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to CrowdStrike company.

Palo Alto Networks company employs more people globally than CrowdStrike company, reflecting its scale as a Computer and Network Security.

Neither CrowdStrike nor Palo Alto Networks holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither CrowdStrike nor Palo Alto Networks holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither CrowdStrike nor Palo Alto Networks holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither CrowdStrike nor Palo Alto Networks holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither CrowdStrike nor Palo Alto Networks holds HIPAA certification.

Neither CrowdStrike nor Palo Alto Networks holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

Published
Date
2025-11-26
Updated
Date
2025-11-26
Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
References
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft deep ASN.1 structures that trigger unbounded recursive parsing. This leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via stack exhaustion when parsing untrusted DER inputs. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Published
Date
2025-11-26
Updated
Date
2025-11-26
Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
References
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Integer Overflow vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures containing OIDs with oversized arcs. These arcs may be decoded as smaller, trusted OIDs due to 32-bit bitwise truncation, enabling the bypass of downstream OID-based security decisions. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Published
Date
2025-11-26
Updated
Date
2025-11-26
Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
References
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. Prior to versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2, working with large buffers in Lua scripts can lead to a stack overflow. Users of Lua rules and output scripts may be affected when working with large buffers. This includes a rule passing a large buffer to a Lua script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2. A workaround for this issue involves disabling Lua rules and output scripts, or making sure limits, such as stream.depth.reassembly and HTTP response body limits (response-body-limit), are set to less than half the stack size.

Published
Date
2025-11-26
Updated
Date
2025-11-26
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with base64_data. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2. A workaround involves disabling rules that use entropy in conjunction with base64_data.

Published
Date
2025-11-26
Updated
Date
2025-11-26
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References