The essential process for onboarding a new host into the CrowdStrike Falcon platform involves two key actions. First, the Falcon sensor software must be installed on the target host. The installer is pre-configured with a Customer ID (CID) that automatically associates the sensor with the correct Falcon cloud instance. Second, after installation, the administrator must verify in the Falcon Console (typically under the Host Management app) that the new host has successfully connected and is reporting its status. This verification step confirms that the sensor is operational and that the host is under active monitoring.

B. Hosts are treated as endpoints or assets within the Falcon Console, not users. User accounts are created for administrators and analysts who manage the platform.

C. The Falcon sensor is designed to register automatically with the Falcon cloud using the embedded Customer ID (CID) upon installation. Manual registration is not a standard or required step.

D. While the host must be able to communicate with the CrowdStrike cloud, blocking all other outgoing traffic is not a requirement and is an extreme, non-standard network configuration.

1. CrowdStrike Falcon® Documentation

"Sensor installation": The official deployment guides for Windows

macOS

and Linux consistently outline the primary steps as deploying the installer package and then verifying the host's appearance and connection status in the Falcon UI. The process relies on the Customer ID (CID) for automatic registration. (Reference: CrowdStrike Falcon® Sensor for Windows Deployment Guide

Section: "Install the Falcon sensor"

and Section: "Verify sensor status").

2. CrowdStrike Falcon® Documentation

"Host and host group management": This documentation details how hosts appear in the console post-installation. It states

"After you install the Falcon sensor on a host

it's automatically added to Falcon and displayed on the Host Management page." This confirms that installation and automatic connection are the core mechanisms

followed by verification in the console. (Reference: Falcon Platform Documentation

Hosts App

"Host management").

3. Carnegie Mellon University

Software Engineering Institute (SEI)

"A Framework for Evaluating EDR Tools": While not a direct CCFA 200 source

academic frameworks evaluating Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools describe the typical agent deployment lifecycle. The process universally consists of agent installation on the endpoint

followed by the agent establishing a "heartbeat" or connection to the management console

which an administrator then verifies. (Reference: CMU/SEI-2020-TR-008

Section 3.2 Agent Deployment and Management).