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Replace Legacy Antivirus with CrowdStrike Falcon
Symantec · McAfee · Kaspersky → Next-Gen EDR

Legacy AV misses fileless attacks, zero-days, and lateral movement. CrowdStrike Falcon detects what signatures cannot — with a single lightweight agent, cloud-native AI, and real-time response. Ogma handles the full migration.

Why Replace Legacy AV?

Legacy Antivirus Is No Longer Enough

Signature-based antivirus was designed for a world of known malware. Today, over 70% of attacks are malware-free — using PowerShell, WMI, legitimate admin tools, and stolen credentials. Your legacy AV does not see these attacks because there is no file to scan.

Legacy AV agents are heavy — 200-500 MB, consuming 5-15% CPU during scans, slowing down endpoints and frustrating users. Signature updates require constant bandwidth. Scan schedules create predictable windows when protection is weakest.

And when legacy AV does detect something, it only tells you what it blocked — not how the attacker got in, what they did before detection, or whether other endpoints are compromised. Without EDR capabilities, you are flying blind during an incident.

70%+
Attacks Are Malware-Free
25 MB
Falcon Agent Size
1-2%
CPU Usage (Falcon Agent)
100%
MITRE ATT&CK Detection

CrowdStrike Falcon — Cloud-Native Architecture

Single Lightweight Agent

One agent (25-50 MB) covers NGAV, EDR, device control, vulnerability management, and identity protection. No signature databases to download. No scheduled scans. Kernel-level visibility with minimal resource consumption.

Cloud-Native Platform

All analysis happens in CrowdStrike's Threat Graph cloud. No on-prem server infrastructure to maintain. Instant deployment, automatic updates, and global threat intelligence. Console accessible from any browser.

AI/ML Behavioural Detection

Machine learning models trained on trillions of events detect malicious behaviour — not just known signatures. Catches fileless attacks, living-off-the-land binaries (LOLBins), credential theft, and lateral movement in real-time.

CrowdStrike Falcon Modules

Start with what you need, add modules as you grow. All modules use the same single agent.

Module Capabilities Best For
Falcon Go NGAV (AI-powered prevention), device control (USB blocking) Small orgs replacing legacy AV
Falcon Pro Go + integrated threat intelligence, automated IOC hunting, firewall management Mid-market with compliance needs
Falcon Enterprise Pro + full EDR (Threat Graph), real-time response, managed threat hunting (Falcon OverWatch) Enterprises needing full EDR + hunting
Falcon Elite Enterprise + IT hygiene (Falcon Discover), vulnerability management (Falcon Spotlight), identity protection (Falcon Identity) Mature security programs, BFSI compliance

Deployment via Your Existing Tools

Microsoft Intune

Push Falcon sensor as a Win32 app or LOB app via Intune. Target device groups for phased rollout. Auto-deploy to new enrollments.

SCCM / MECM

Deploy via SCCM application or package. Target collections for staged rollout. Leverage existing SCCM infrastructure and compliance reporting.

Group Policy (GPO)

Deploy via GPO startup script for domain-joined machines. Simple and effective for environments without Intune or SCCM.

Linux / macOS

Deploy via Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or shell scripts for Linux. Jamf or MDM for macOS. Same Falcon console for all platforms.

Policy Migration & Exclusion Tuning

Moving from legacy AV to CrowdStrike is not just installing a new agent. Your existing AV has accumulated years of exclusions, custom scan policies, and scheduled tasks. We map these to CrowdStrike's prevention policy framework.

Exclusion tuning is where most EDR deployments succeed or fail. Over-tuning creates security gaps; under-tuning causes false positives that frustrate users and erode trust. We apply a systematic approach — pre-configured exclusions for known enterprise apps, followed by detect-only monitoring to catch environment-specific false positives.

Prevention policies are configured per endpoint group — servers get different settings than developer workstations, which get different settings than executive laptops. CrowdStrike's host groups and prevention policies make this granular control straightforward.

Common Pre-Configured Exclusions

  • SAP application processes and data directories
  • Oracle DB and middleware components
  • Microsoft SQL Server data and log files
  • Development tools (Visual Studio, IntelliJ, npm)
  • Backup agents (Veeam, Commvault, Veritas)
  • Monitoring agents (SCOM, Nagios, Zabbix)
  • Build servers (Jenkins, GitLab Runner agents)
  • Custom LOB applications identified during assessment

MITRE ATT&CK Coverage Validation

We validate that your CrowdStrike deployment detects real-world attack techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

Initial Access & Execution

Phishing attachments, malicious macros, PowerShell downloaders, WMI execution, scheduled task creation. Falcon's NGAV + behaviour analysis catches techniques your legacy AV misses completely.

Lateral Movement & Persistence

Pass-the-hash, Kerberoasting, remote service execution, registry run keys, service creation. Falcon's Threat Graph correlates events across all endpoints to detect multi-stage attacks spanning multiple machines.

Exfiltration & Impact

Data staging, encrypted exfiltration, ransomware encryption behaviour. Falcon detects pre-encryption indicators and can auto-contain compromised endpoints before ransomware spreads.

Ogma's EDR Migration Process

1

Endpoint Assessment

Inventory all endpoints — OS versions, current AV product and version, existing exclusions, deployment tools available (Intune/SCCM/GPO). Identify legacy AV removal requirements (uninstall passwords, tamper protection). Map endpoint groups for policy assignment.

2

Falcon Tenant & Policy Setup

Provision CrowdStrike Falcon tenant. Configure prevention policies per endpoint group (servers, workstations, VIPs). Set up host groups, notification settings, and RBAC for your security team. Pre-configure known exclusions for your application stack.

3

Pilot Deployment (Detect-Only)

Deploy Falcon sensor to 50-100 pilot endpoints in detect-only mode alongside existing AV. Monitor detections for 1 week. Identify and resolve false positives. Tune exclusions based on real-world findings. Validate agent compatibility with all OS versions and applications.

4

Full Rollout (Detect-Only)

Push Falcon sensor to all remaining endpoints via Intune/SCCM/GPO in detect-only mode. Deploy in waves — 100-500 endpoints per wave with 48-hour validation between waves. Monitor Falcon console for anomalies and tune as needed.

5

Switch to Prevention + Remove AV

Switch Falcon to prevention mode (blocking enabled). Remove legacy AV from all endpoints using vendor removal tools (Norton Remove and Reinstall, McAfee MCPR, etc.). Validate Falcon is the sole endpoint protection on every machine.

6

Validation & Handover

Verify 100% sensor coverage across all endpoints. Configure dashboards and alerting. Train your security team on Falcon console, investigation workflows, and real-time response. Deliver deployment documentation. 30-day post-migration support included.

Why Ogma for EDR Migration

Authorised CrowdStrike Partner

Ogma is an authorised CrowdStrike partner in India. We handle licensing, deployment, and ongoing support. Competitive pricing on Falcon Go, Pro, Enterprise, and Elite subscriptions.

Offensive Security Expertise

We run VAPT and Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS) services. This offensive security experience means we know what attackers do — and we configure Falcon to detect exactly those techniques. We validate your EDR deployment with real attack simulations.

Full Security Stack

EDR is one piece of the puzzle. Ogma deploys CrowdStrike alongside FortiGate (network), Microsoft 365 E5 (email/identity), and managed SOC monitoring. We architect a defence-in-depth security posture, not just point products.

Frequently Asked Questions

Legacy antivirus (Symantec, McAfee, Kaspersky, Trend Micro) relies primarily on signature-based detection. It cannot detect fileless malware, living-off-the-land attacks, or zero-day exploits. CrowdStrike Falcon uses AI/ML behavioural analysis, cloud-native architecture, and a single lightweight agent (25-50 MB, 1-2% CPU) to detect and respond to threats in real-time. It consistently scores highest in MITRE ATT&CK evaluations.

The Falcon sensor is a single lightweight agent deployed via your existing management tools — Microsoft Intune (MDM), SCCM/MECM (ConfigMgr), Group Policy (GPO), or manual installation. No reboot required. The agent is operational within seconds of installation. For large deployments (1,000+ endpoints), we use phased rollout with Intune device groups or SCCM collections to control pace and validate each batch.

Falcon Go (NGAV + device control) is the entry point. Falcon Pro adds threat intelligence and automated IOC hunting. Falcon Enterprise adds full EDR with threat graph, real-time response, and managed threat hunting. Falcon Elite adds IT hygiene, vulnerability management, and identity protection. Most Indian enterprises start with Pro or Enterprise. We help you choose based on your threat landscape, compliance requirements, and budget.

We deploy CrowdStrike in detect-only mode alongside your existing AV for 1-2 weeks. This lets Falcon learn your environment, build behavioural baselines, and identify false positives — without blocking anything. Once tuned, we switch Falcon to prevention mode and uninstall the legacy AV. This parallel run ensures zero gaps in protection during transition.

Exclusion tuning is a critical part of our deployment. We pre-configure known exclusions for common enterprise applications (SAP, Oracle, SQL Server, development tools, backup agents). During the detect-only phase, we monitor Falcon's detections and add custom exclusions for any legitimate applications that trigger alerts. By the time we switch to prevention mode, false positives are near zero.

Yes. The Falcon sensor supports Windows (7/8/10/11 + Server 2008R2 through 2022), macOS (10.15+), and Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, SUSE). It also supports Kubernetes containers and cloud workloads via Falcon Cloud Security. We deploy across workstations, physical servers, VMs, and cloud instances with a single agent and unified console.

CrowdStrike consistently achieves the highest detection coverage in MITRE ATT&CK evaluations. In the latest evaluation, Falcon achieved 100% detection with zero configuration changes and zero delays. This is in stark contrast to legacy AV products that miss fileless attacks, lateral movement techniques, and advanced persistence mechanisms. MITRE results are publicly available for verification.

Pilot (50-100 endpoints): 1 week including sensor deployment and initial tuning. Phase 1 — Detect-only rollout (remaining endpoints): 1-2 weeks via Intune/SCCM push. Exclusion tuning: 1 week based on detect-only findings. Phase 2 — Prevention mode + legacy AV removal: 1 week. Total: 4-6 weeks for 500+ endpoints. Larger deployments (5,000+) take 6-10 weeks with parallel deployment tracks.

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