Cognizant and CrowdStrike Partner to Drive Enterprise Cybersecurity Transformation

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CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) and Cognizant announced a strategic partnership on Nov 4, 2025 to deliver cybersecurity services powered by the AI-native Falcon platform.

The alliance will combine Falcon Next-Gen SIEM and Falcon Cloud Security with Cognizant's Neuro Cybersecurity platform to help enterprises consolidate legacy point products, streamline security operations, and strengthen cloud and threat mitigation capabilities. The release cites a 110% surge in cloud exploitation over the past year and emphasizes AI-native, cloud-native approaches to reduce complexity and improve response times.

Positive

• Strategic partnership announced between CrowdStrike and Cognizant
• Integration of Falcon Next-Gen SIEM and Falcon Cloud Security
• Combination with Cognizant Neuro Cybersecurity platform

Negative

• Cloud exploitation cases surged by 110% over the past year
• Growing cybersecurity skills gap increases client implementation risk

Insights

Cybersecurity Strategy Analyst

A strategic partnership to consolidate security stacks using an AI-native platform, likely to improve enterprise security operations.

Cognizant will integrate and deliver services built on the CrowdStrike Falcon platform to help clients reduce tool fragmentation, streamline security operations, and strengthen cloud security and threat management. The collaboration combines Falcon Next-Gen SIEM and Falcon Cloud Security with Cognizant's Neuro Cybersecurity capabilities and cloud infrastructure security offerings, creating a unified delivery model rather than multiple legacy tools.

Dependencies and risks include successful technical integration, operational alignment between both firms, and customer adoption of consolidated stacks instead of incumbent point products; the announcement cites cloud exploitation rising 110%, which supports market need but does not guarantee uptake. Watch for concrete commercial milestones such as joint service offerings, case studies, or named customer deployments in the near term to gauge traction.

Strategic alliance will drive platform consolidation to help improve the security posture for global enterprises across industries

TEANECK, N.J., Jan. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced a strategic partnership to drive enterprise security transformation by delivering cybersecurity services, powered by the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon^® cybersecurity platform. Cognizant will work to enable organizations to streamline security operations and threat mitigation, consolidate fragmented legacy point products, reduce the complexity of managing cybersecurity programs, and strengthen cybersecurity posture, leveraging Falcon^® Next-Gen SIEM and Falcon^® Cloud Security.

Organizations are continuously evolving their IT landscapes by adopting a variety of cloud services, including IaaS, SaaS, PaaS and CaaS¹, which can expose them to a wider range of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. With a growing cybersecurity skills gap and an increasingly complex threat landscape, organizations need solutions that not only transform security operations but also consolidate point products to simplify their cybersecurity environments.

"Cognizant is committed to staying at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation," said Ravi Kumar S, CEO, Cognizant. "As the enterprise digital landscape evolves, it is crucial to leverage AI for cybersecurity and cloud-native security technologies to help stay ahead of threats and ensure the resilience of our clients' infrastructure. Our partnership with CrowdStrike is another important step we are taking to continue providing our clients with some of the most advanced and effective market-leading security solutions available."

Over the past year, cloud exploitation cases have surged by 110%, while the speed and sophistication of cyberattacks continue to accelerate, with breakout times now measured in minutes. The collaboration between Cognizant and CrowdStrike combines the power of the Falcon platform with Cognizant's Neuro^® Cybersecurity platform, along with threat and vulnerability management and cloud infrastructure security offerings. This approach is designed to help customers create a flexible operations framework for new technology and threats, powered by an AI-native platform rather than separate legacy tools.

"Our partnership with Cognizant delivers cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions that tackle the evolving challenges enterprises face today and tomorrow," said George Kurtz, CEO and founder, CrowdStrike. "CrowdStrike's AI-native Falcon platform with Cognizant's extensive expertise in technology transformation offers customers best-in-class protection, performance, and efficiency. Together, we will drive positive customer outcomes and enhance the security posture of organizations globally."

For more information about Cognizant's cybersecurity offerings, visit here.

About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.

About CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD), a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security with the world's most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk – endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data.

Powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and world-class AI, the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting and prioritized observability of vulnerabilities.

Purpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweight-agent architecture, the Falcon platform delivers rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection and performance, reduced complexity and immediate time-to-value.

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For more information, contact:
U.S. Name Ben Gorelick Email benjamin.gorelick@cognizant.com		Europe / APAC Name Christina Schneider Email christina.schneider@cognizant.com		India Name Rashmi Vasisht Email rashmi.vasisht@cognizant.com

¹ Infrastructure as a Service, Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Containers as a Service, respectively.

 

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FAQ

What did CrowdStrike (CRWD) announce with Cognizant on Nov 4, 2025?

CrowdStrike announced a strategic partnership with Cognizant to deliver services powered by the AI-native Falcon platform.

Which CrowdStrike Falcon products are included in the Cognizant partnership?

The collaboration highlights Falcon Next-Gen SIEM and Falcon Cloud Security.

How does the CrowdStrike–Cognizant partnership aim to help enterprise customers?

It aims to consolidate legacy point products, streamline security operations, and strengthen cloud threat mitigation.

What industry trend did CrowdStrike cite in the announcement on Nov 4, 2025?

The companies cited a 110% surge in cloud exploitation cases over the past year.

Will the CrowdStrike and Cognizant deal change Falcon deployment for enterprises?

The partnership intends to enable streamlined Falcon deployments via Cognizant services and integration with Neuro cybersecurity tools.