How a Global Food and Beverage Company Modernized Cyber Operations with Kroll and CrowdStrike

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April 10, 2026

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How a Global Food and Beverage Company Modernized Cyber Operations with Kroll and CrowdStrike

Executive Summary

Facing cost pressures and a reduced cybersecurity team, a global food and beverage company partnered with Kroll to transform its cyber operations. By consolidating legacy tools onto the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform and adopting a right sized managed operating model, the organization reduced total cybersecurity costs by 30%, accelerated time to value, and strengthened threat detection, without increasing risk.

Key Impact at a Glance

  • 30% reduction in TCO
  • <30 days to fully deploy and migrate
  • 6,000 endpoints secured globally
  • 8 weeks faster than alternative migration timelines
  • 2 FTEs supported by enterprise grade cyber operations

The Challenge

The company operates more than 6,000 endpoints globally across food, beverage, and retail environments. Widespread cost reductions across the business resulted in the cybersecurity function shrinking to just two full time employees, creating critical gaps across:

  • Security Operations Center (SOC)
  • Data Protection
  • Third-Party Risk Management
  • Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

At the same time, the organization needed to maintain cyber maturity and regulatory compliance while controlling escalating technology and operational costs.

The company relied on multiple legacy security tools, and newly announced pricing increases threatened to significantly raise SIEM costs, making the existing model unsustainable.

Our Approach

As the organization’s cyber operations partner, Kroll designed and executed a transformation focused on simplicity, cost efficiency, and rapid impact.

Platform Consolidation

Kroll replaced fragmented endpoint and SIEM technologies with the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform, including:

  • CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection
  • CrowdStrike Next Gen SIEM, powered by Onum to optimize data ingestion and retention costs

This consolidated architecture eliminated overlapping tools, reduced complexity, and improved visibility across the environment.

Right Sized Operating Model

Kroll paired the platform with a tailored operating model that combined:

  • CrowdStrike Falcon Complete™ for managed detection and response
  • Kroll Responder Services spanning SOC operations, incident response, and compliance

Rapid Time to Value

With key software renewals approaching, speed was critical. Kroll successfully

  • Deployed CrowdStrike across all 6,000 global endpoints
  • Replaced legacy endpoint and SIEM tooling
  • Migrated security data to CrowdStrike Next Gen SIEM using Onum
  • Maintained regulatory compliance while reducing data retention and storage costs

The complete transformation was delivered in under 30 days, eight weeks faster than comparable provider timelines, allowing the organization to realize improvements in detection and response.

The Outcome

The partnership with Kroll and CrowdStrike enabled the company to modernize cyber operations while meeting aggressive cost and time constraints:

  • 30% reduction in total cost of ownership across endpoint, SIEM, and SOC services
  • Faster time to value with full operational capability in weeks, not months
  • Simplified, scalable security operations aligned to internal resources
  • Maintained regulatory compliance and cyber maturity despite reduced headcount

What’s Next

Over the next three years, Kroll will continue to operate and optimize the client’s end-to-end cyber program, driving continuous improvement, service maturity, and sustained risk reduction.

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