Seeing the Big Picture in Phishing Defense: IRONSCALES & CrowdStrike

At the start of this year, IRONSCALES launched an integration with CrowdStrike Falcon^® Next-Gen SIEM, delivering enhanced threat visibility, detection, and correlation to help organizations combat phishing and account takeover (ATO) threats. This integration reflects our shared commitment to simplifying and strengthening cross-domain security—including email security—as a critical part of modern cyber defense.

But why does integrating email security with security information and event management (SIEM) matter?

Let’s explore how embedding email security into a SIEM environment enhances detection, response, and operational efficiency—and how integrating the IRONSCALES Cloud Email Security Platform with Falcon Next-Gen SIEM enables seamless remediation.

Despite the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape, SIEM platforms remain a cornerstone of enterprise security. Over the years, SIEM technology has evolved—from legacy on-premises solutions to modern, cloud-native platforms that integrate security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) and AI-driven analytics.

With today’s hyper-connected attack surfaces, SIEMs are more than just log aggregators; they are powerful correlation engines that provide security teams with a centralized view of cross-domain threats. With Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, security teams can harness the power of AI, automation, and blazing-fast search to outpace adversaries. The solution enables real-time detection, correlation, and response across email, endpoint, identity, cloud, data security, and more. That’s why IRONSCALES prioritizes seamless integration with SIEM platforms—it ensures security teams have real-time insights into phishing attacks, credential theft attempts, and identity-based threats.

Email remains one of the top attack vectors, with business email compromise (BEC), phishing, and ATO attempts increasing in volume and sophistication. By integrating IRONSCALES email security telemetry with Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, security teams gain:

Expanded Visibility Across Threat Surfaces

Security teams can correlate phishing threats with other attack indicators, providing deeper context into who is being targeted, how, and why. Ingesting email security data into Falcon Next-Gen SIEM enables:

• • Identification of targeted phishing campaigns before they escalate
  • Visibility into user interactions with potentially malicious content
  • Detection of lateral movement from compromised email accounts across the enterprise

Cross-Domain Threat Correlation

Email security doesn’t exist in isolation. Attackers frequently combine phishing with endpoint and identity-based tactics to infiltrate organizations. Falcon Next-Gen SIEM-powered correlation enables security teams to:

• • Link phishing emails to identity-based anomalies, such as suspicious login attempts from an identity provider (IdP)
  • Tie endpoint alerts to email-borne payloads, revealing the full attack chain
  • Detect coordinated attacks across email, identity, endpoint, and additional domain telemetry

Faster Incident Investigation & Response

Centralizing email security telemetry within Falcon Next-Gen SIEM streamlines investigation workflows, reducing manual effort and enabling faster, more automated response actions:

• • SOC teams can pivot directly from SIEM alerts to email forensics, reducing investigation time
  • Automated playbooks can trigger actions within the IRONSCALES Cloud Email Security Platform, such as disabling compromised accounts or blocking malicious domains

Seamless Remediation via the IRONSCALES Cloud Email Security Platform

While the integration focuses on ingesting email security data into Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, security teams can leverage the IRONSCALES Cloud Email Security Platform to:

• • Automatically remediate phishing threats, removing malicious emails from inboxes
  • Enforce adaptive security policies, preventing recurring phishing attempts
  • Isolate high-risk users and contain compromised accounts, mitigating lateral movement risks

Improved Compliance & Reporting

Regulatory frameworks such as the GDPR, CCPA, and PCI DSS require organizations to log and audit security incidents. Email security telemetry enhances compliance reporting by providing:

• • Comprehensive incident logs for phishing and ATO threats
  • Automated tracking of remediation actions for regulatory audits

Optimizing Your SIEM for Email Threat Detection

To maximize the value of email security data within Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, organizations should adopt the following best practices:

• Choose Email Security Solutions with Open APIs: IRONSCALES provides open, well-documented APIs to facilitate seamless integration and eliminate data silos.
• Standardize Log Formats for Efficient Ingestion: Using formats like JSON or Common Event Format (CEF) ensures consistent data ingestion and faster threat analysis.
• Leverage AI-Powered Automation: Enrich SIEM alerts with email-based indicators of compromise (IOCs) to accelerate response times and reduce human error.
• Continuously Adapt Detection Rules: Update detection rules based on real-world phishing tactics to ensure adaptive defense against emerging threats.

Strengthening Security with IRONSCALES & CrowdStrike

The IRONSCALES integration with Falcon Next-Gen SIEM allows organizations to unify email security with endpoint and identity intelligence, empowering security teams to rapidly detect, correlate, and respond to email-based threats.

Key Benefits of the Integration:

• Seamless incorporation of email security telemetry into Falcon Next-Gen SIEM.
• Improved correlation of phishing threats with endpoint and identity-based attacks.
• Faster, more effective security operations, reducing time spent on phishing investigations.
• Stronger defense against BEC, ATO, and phishing threats using AI-driven automation.
• Direct remediation capabilities within the IRONSCALES Cloud Email Security Platform, ensuring malicious emails are removed before they become a larger threat.

By bridging email security with SIEM analytics, organizations can transition from reactive defense to proactive threat hunting and stay ahead of modern cyber adversaries. 

Conclusion

SIEM platforms are critical to modern security operations, but their effectiveness depends on the quality of data they ingest. With email-based threats consistently ranking among the top attack vectors, integrating email security telemetry into Falcon Next-Gen SIEM isn’t just a best practice—it’s essential.

By leveraging IRONSCALES’ Adaptive AI-driven email security within CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, security teams can gain visibility, enhance threat correlation, accelerate incident response, and seamlessly remediate phishing attacks, ensuring a stronger, more resilient security posture.

Want to Learn More?

Visit the IRONSCALES & CrowdStrike Integration page to explore how IRONSCALES and Falcon Next-Gen SIEM can help your organization streamline email threat detection, response, and remediation.

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Blog authored by James Savard. Read the original post at: https://ironscales.com/blog/seeing-the-big-picture-in-phishing-defense-ironscales-crowdstrike