CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD), a leading provider of cloud-based endpoint and cloud workload protection, has announced a strategic partnership with NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) aimed at integrating NVIDIA’s artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into the CrowdStrike Falcon XDR platform. The collaboration is intended to bolster cybersecurity defenses for enterprises by leveraging NVIDIA’s AI software, including the newly introduced NVIDIA NIM microservices, within the Falcon XDR platform.
As highlighted in the CrowdStrike Global Threat Report of 2024, the average breakout time for cyberattacks has decreased to 62 minutes, underscoring the urgency for swift and advanced security solutions. Recognizing the growing significance of AI in cybersecurity, this partnership aims to equip organizations with the speed and automation required to thwart breaches effectively.
George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike, underscored the company’s dedication to AI-driven innovation in cybersecurity and emphasized the potential of the collaboration with NVIDIA to enhance security measures and accelerate business operations. Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, echoed Kurtz’s sentiments, expressing confidence in the collaboration’s ability to provide enterprises with enhanced threat visibility and protection.
Through this partnership, CrowdStrike will harness NVIDIA’s accelerated computing capabilities, including Morpheus and NIM microservices, to develop tailored applications capable of processing large volumes of data for threat detection, supply chain attack identification, and defense against emerging exploits. By amalgamating the data generated by the Falcon platform with NVIDIA’s AI technology, customers can anticipate improved insights and actionable intelligence for optimizing performance and reducing costs.
Renowned for its AI-native Falcon platform, CrowdStrike generates vast amounts of high-fidelity security telemetry on a daily basis. This collaboration aims to empower Falcon users with AI-driven solutions that offer heightened efficacy in preventing security breaches.
