CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: NASDAQ:) shares gained 3% after-hours Thursday after the company was granted a Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) at Impact Level 4 (IL-4), which enables the company to deploy its Falcon® cybersecurity platform to a broad range of Department of Defense (DoD) and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) customers in order to protect their Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

The authorization is another step in the ongoing investments and efforts of the company to bring its technology to the public sector. It’s used by 65 Fortune 100 companies and 15 top-20 banks worldwide.

Shares in CRWD rose 6% last year.

By Davit Kirakosyan