CrowdStrike, an endpoint protection platform provider, has added MSSP, cloud-workload procurement and original equipment manufacturer (OEM)/embedded categories to its Elevate Partner Program.The company also plans to invest in partnerships and alliances in the UK, Germany, Benelux, India, Singapore, Japan and other "critical regions," according to a prepared statement.The Elevate Partner Program includes 387 active partners, CrowdStrike indicated. It enables channel partners to use the CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint protection platform to defend their customers against cyberattacks.CrowdStrike reported 375 percent growth in its partner-sourced business in the first half of 2018. Furthermore, the company recorded a 370 percent increase in deal registrations and 477 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for its partner-driven closed business during the time frame.Device Control: Offers visibility and control over USB devices. Docker Container Security: Provides Docker container security via the Falcon Insight endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution. MITRE ATT&CK Framework Support: Ensures Falcon alerts map to the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) Framework. CrowdStrike launched Falcon X Premium this week, too. Falcon X Premium provides intelligence reports with global indicators of compromise (IoCs), custom malware analysis and Falcon Intelligence application programming interfaces (APIs).Chatter about all of those moves has generated buzz at this week's Black Hat USA 2018 conference in Las Vegas, where a range of endpoint security companies are vying for customer and partner attention.