Artificial intelligence has become the new battleground in cybersecurity, and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) aspires to be the undisputed leader in this defense. During its Fal.Con 2025 event in Las Vegas, the company announced a series of innovations and strategic partnerships with AWS, Intel, Meta, NVIDIA, and Salesforce to protect the entire AI ecosystem, from models to autonomous agents and enterprise applications.
Their strategy relies on the Falcon® platform, which is already a standard in cloud-native protection, now expanding to secure the complete AI lifecycle: from cloud model building to deployment in enterprise AI factories, endpoints, and autonomous agents making real-time decisions.
New Attack Surfaces in the AI Era
The widespread adoption of AI in companies and governments opens new opportunities but also unprecedented risks. CrowdStrike identifies four main vectors:
- Model theft: malicious actors seeking to exfiltrate intellectual property.
- Data poisoning: injecting corrupt data to compromise AI outputs.
- Agent manipulation: exploiting vulnerabilities in autonomous systems.
- Cloud load hijacking: attacks targeting environments where models are trained and deployed.
“Protecting AI is not just about technology; it’s about safeguarding the entire ecosystem where it is built, deployed, and used,” said Daniel Bernard, CrowdStrike’s Chief Business Officer.
Strategic Alliances: A Unified Front with AI Leaders
CrowdStrike announced tangible integrations with some of the most influential sector players:
- AWS: native protection in Amazon SageMaker, Bedrock, and AWS Marketplace, ensuring the entire cloud development cycle.
- Intel: integration with NPUs and trusted Dell PCs to secure data at the source and promote safe AI adoption on devices.
- Meta: launch of CyberSOCEval, a set of benchmarks to measure how AI systems respond in real security operations.
- NVIDIA: full coverage for LLMs and enterprise AI factories, from construction to posture management, leveraging NVIDIA AI.
- Salesforce: integration of Falcon® Shield into Security Center and Charlotte AI into Agentforce to protect agents and workflows within critical applications.
CrowdStrike’s Vision: Becoming the Hub of AI Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike describes its strategy as a natural step: AI does not reside in a single place but exists within a distributed ecosystem encompassing public clouds, endpoints, SaaS, and agents. The Falcon® platform aims to be that central point unifying defense across all fronts.
“By integrating our protection with AI leaders, we give companies the confidence to adopt artificial intelligence seamlessly and securely,” Bernard emphasized.
Key Aspects of CrowdStrike’s Proposal
- Unified protection: from data and models to autonomous agents and SaaS applications.
- Multi-cloud and multidevice coverage: native integrations with AWS, Intel, Salesforce, and NVIDIA.
- Continuous evaluation: using CyberSOCEval and realistic benchmarks to validate AI system security.
- Confidence in autonomous agents: Falcon extends its capabilities to monitor and protect AI’s automatic decision-making in critical environments.
A Boiling Market: Check Point, Palo Alto, and Now CrowdStrike
The news comes just days after Check Point announced the acquisition of Lakera to strengthen its security stack for agentic AI. Meanwhile, Palo Alto Networks has also been expanding its portfolio with GenAI security capabilities.
CrowdStrike sets itself apart through the breadth of its ecosystem and direct collaboration with the world’s leading AI providers, positioning itself as the “center of gravity” in cybersecurity for this new era.
Conclusion
AI promises to transform every sector but also redefines what it means to be secure. With Falcon®, CrowdStrike aims to offer a comprehensive protection framework that combines real-time detection, threat intelligence, and strategic partnerships.
The question is no longer if AI will be the future of business but who will be able to protect them when artificial intelligence becomes the primary target of global attacks.
CrowdStrike wants to make it clear that it has the answer.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. What sets CrowdStrike apart in AI security compared to other providers?
CrowdStrike not only safeguards models or data but secures the entire AI ecosystem, with direct integrations with AWS, Intel, Meta, NVIDIA, and Salesforce.
2. What role do partnerships play in this strategy?
Partnerships enable native protection across the most-used platforms, avoiding security gaps in heterogeneous environments.
3. Is Falcon® enough to protect autonomous AI agents?
The platform already includes specific protections for agents and SaaS apps, with capacity to identify and block manipulations in real time.
4. How does it compare to Check Point and Lakera’s approach?
While Check Point offers an end-to-end stack with a strong focus on runtime and red teaming adversaries, CrowdStrike aims to be the security hub of the global AI ecosystem, backed by strategic alliances with technology leaders.
via: crowdstrike