• This alliance provides advanced Managed Detection and Response technology (MDR) that will enable experts in Telefónica Tech’s Security Operations Centers (SOCs) to help customers improve their cyber security posture with sophisticated breach investigation and containment capabilities.
• Telefónica Tech UK&I combines CrowdStrike’s industry-leading AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® platform with its own security expertise to safeguard customers from breaches on devices, in the cloud, and across digital assets.
• The new service is based on Telefonica Tech’s global capability, already available in European and American markets where the company operates.

London, 8 February 2024. Telefónica Tech UK&I has signed a partnership agreement with CrowdStrike to strengthen the capabilities of its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service. This MDR service combines CrowdStrike’s industry-leading technology with Telefónica Tech’s security expertise that provides companies with Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Risk-based Vulnerability Management and threat intelligence services in its European and American markets.

The increasing sophistication and persistence of adversaries, specialisation of cyber-criminals and rise of cyber-activist increases the challenge of defending our institutions, businesses, and the broader social landscape. Telefonica Tech UK&I and CrowdStrike are laser-focused on making the most advanced protection and the best cyber security professionals available to any organisation or institution, regardless of its size or activity.

Telefónica Tech UK&I’s MDR service monitors the client’s equipment 24 hours and every day of the year to identify and mitigate threats detected by Endpoint Detection and Response technology (EDR). This includes attack vectors such as cloud computing environments and identity-based attacks on customers and employees. In addition, it extends this detection capability with its proactive hunting capability to search for signs of compromise undetected by other security controls.