Falcon Guardian
AI detection and response (AIDR) product, the evolution of Falcon AIDR, that discovers shadow AI agents on endpoints and across cloud and SaaS, links agent prompts to the endpoint actions they trigger, controls which agents may run, protects sensitive data in AI interactions and stops prompt injection and compromised agents at runtime.
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What it does
- Threat detection and response
- Guardrails and safety
- Data security
Features 5
- Shadow AI discoveryUncovers workforce AI use and endpoint agents, who uses them and token consumption.
- Agent activity tracingConnects agent activity with endpoint telemetry to trace how prompts lead to downstream system actions.
- AI usage governanceTurns AI governance policy into enforceable controls over AI tools and permitted agents.
- Prompt and data protectionDetects and stops malicious AI interactions and protects sensitive data in transit.
- Runtime threat detectionDetects compromised AI agents, reconstructs events, determines blast radius and deploys containment.
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- Pricing
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The pricing page's per-device Falcon bundles have no Guardian line; the product page offers "Schedule a demo" and CrowdStrike's general 15-day trial.
- Description
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Official documentation · 9 Oct 2026
"Falcon Guardian brings AI Detection and Response (AIDR) to the point of execution, connecting AI activity with endpoint telemetry to understand and secure autonomous AI behavior at runtime." The page lists discovering shadow AI agents, governing agent access and stopping threats at runtime. CrowdStrike's launch blog (https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/falcon-guardian-defines-next-generation-of-ai-security/) says "CrowdStrike is introducing CrowdStrike Falcon® Guardian, the evolution of Falcon AI Detection and Response (AIDR)".
- What it does
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Official documentation · 9 Oct 2026
Detecting and containing compromised agents; prompt-injection defence and agent access control; redacting or blocking sensitive data.
- Sold within
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"Customers must have both Falcon Adversary OverWatch Cross-Domain and Falcon Guardian." shows Guardian is held as its own entitlement on the Falcon platform, but no page says whether it is an add-on, a bundle or bought alone. Read: the product page, the launch release, the data sheet, the blog and crowdstrike.com/en-us/pricing/.
- Name
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Official documentation · 9 Oct 2026
Page heading "CrowdStrike Falcon Guardian" (the browser title still reads "CrowdStrike Falcon AIDR: AI Detection & Response"). CrowdStrike's blog calls it the evolution of Falcon AI Detection and Response, and the old AIDR page redirects here.
- URL
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Official documentation · 9 Oct 2026
CrowdStrike's own Falcon Guardian page.
- Deployment
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The Falcon sensor on Windows, macOS and Linux endpoints discovers AI agents while detection runs in CrowdStrike's cloud console: a customer-installed sensor under a vendor-hosted console.
- Interfaces
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Official documentation · 9 Oct 2026
"Integrate Falcon Guardian through application SDKs, cloud integrations, AI gateway integrations, or an MCP proxy to protect AI across development and production environments."
- Intended for
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Official documentation · 9 Oct 2026
Enterprise security teams.
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