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“If I take Torq out, I lose three people.”
This sentiment expressed by Fiverr’s VP of Business Technologies perfectly reflected the energy at the Fal.Con 2024 Torq booth and struck a chord with security teams using CrowdStrike’s powerful tools. Detection isn’t the problem — CrowdStrike excels at that. The challenge lies in automating what happens next.
A Problem-First Approach to Security Automation
Security teams quickly discovered how to reimagine CrowdStrike operations from manual to automated, from reactive to proactive. The challenge was universal — while CrowdStrike excels at detection, teams struggle to scale their response processes.
Torq’s problem-first approach resonated deeply with the crowd at Fal.Con. By focusing on solving real security challenges through intelligent automation and AI rather than adding more tools to the stack, Torq is trusted by organizations across the globe to complete 5.2 million Torq-CrowdStrike automation actions annually.
CrowdStrike Automation Templates to Tailored Solutions
The Torq platform’s featured EDR workflow (NIST-800-535-PM-16) demonstrates this philosophy. It starts with a foundational five-step process that automatically:
- Receives CrowdStrike detection events
- Decodes detection IDs and pulls detailed information
- Loops through resources and behaviors found in the detection
- Checks SHA256 signatures with VirusTotal
- Updates block lists across connected security tools
With Torq, security teams can use pre-built CrowdStrike automation templates as a launch pad and modify them as needed or use natural language prompts in AI Workflow Builder for limitless possibilities. Need to add custom enrichment sources? Want to implement team-specific notification procedures? Looking to integrate additional threat intelligence platforms? Simply describe what you need in natural language, and let Torq’s AI help turn your requirements into sophisticated automation in seconds.
Cross-Platform Intelligence
For organizations using Splunk alongside CrowdStrike, we showcased how teams implement seamless correlation and then leverage Socrates, the AI SOC Analyst. When CrowdStrike detections appear in Splunk, the powerful combination of Hyperautomation, Socrates, and AI can automatically help create and enrich cases, take action, and maintain detailed documentation throughout the investigation lifecycle.
Furthermore, two foundational examples handled IOC management — one for individual detections and another for incidents. Each validates files with threat intelligence and updates global block lists, ensuring consistent response across your security infrastructure.
Optimized Security Operations
CrowdStrike integration capabilities extended further with Hyperautomated use cases include:
- Falcon Sandbox integration for streamlined malware analysis with intelligent caching
- Real-time response for automated file investigation from CrowdStrike-protected devices
- CVE impact assessment for rapid vulnerability management
- PagerDuty integration for critical CrowdStrike alert handling
Beyond Basic Automation
What sets these integrations apart is Torq Socrates’ ability to maintain context across the entire investigation lifecycle. Every action by the AI SOC Analyst, from initial detection to final resolution, is documented with clear reasoning and next steps. This transforms shift handovers from potential security gaps into seamless transitions.
When teams customize automation in Torq, they don’t need to start from scratch or learn complex coding. AI Workflow Builder understands the context of security operations and can transform natural language instructions into sophisticated workflows. Want to add conditional logic based on threat severity? Need to implement custom enrichment procedures? Simply describe what you need in natural language.
The Power of Official Partnership
Technical discussions at Fal.Con confirmed what security teams already know — CrowdStrike provides industry-leading detection capabilities, but the real power comes from intelligent automation. Starting with CrowdStrike automation templates and expanding through AI-powered customization, teams will:
- Revamp CrowdStrike alerts into automated actions
- Ensure consistent response procedures across global teams
- Maintain comprehensive documentation without manual effort
- Scale CrowdStrike operations without adding headcount
Looking Forward
With 325+ million workflows executed annually, Torq’s integrations demonstrate how teams can maximize their CrowdStrike investments through intelligent automation. The possibilities are limitless, whether starting with pre-built templates, creating new workflows through custom builds, or leveraging natural language instructions.
Discover how quickly you can accelerate from reactive to proactive, manual to automated, and overwhelmed to efficient. Schedule a demo or if you’re already a Torq user, explore the CrowdStrike template library.
