Case Study: Schunk Group secures 9,400 endpoints and protects intellectual property with CrowdStrike Falcon

International High-Tech Company Protects IT Infrastructure with Cloud-Native CrowdStrike Security

The Schunk Group is an international high‑tech company with about 60 subsidiaries, 9,000 employees and operations in 29 countries that manufactures products from carbon and technical ceramics to machines and systems. Facing a complex, global threat landscape — blurred IT/OT boundaries, legacy unpatchable systems, and risks of industrial espionage — Schunk found its signature‑based security tools no longer provided adequate protection.

Schunk deployed the cloud‑native CrowdStrike Falcon platform alongside Falcon OverWatch managed threat hunting and complementary modules, rolling out protection to 9,400 endpoints in two months with no deployment issues. The solution delivered much greater visibility, uncovered previously hidden vulnerabilities (allowing them to be fixed and the attack surface reduced), and provided continuous expert threat hunting, increasing overall transparency and confidence in the company’s security posture.

Schunk Group

Christian Maxeiner

Head of IT Technology