Cognizant and CrowdStrike are expanding their strategic partnership, as enterprises sort of move from AI experimentation into larger scale deployment across day to day business operations, IT environments, and those core workflows that never really stop. the expanded collaboration is really aimed at helping organizations roll out and run AI securely, across the whole lifecycle. like not just the obvious parts, but AI agents, AI models, and also the infrastructure underneath all of that.
As AI adoption speeds up, companies are now facing a broader attack surface. and it’s not just the usual. AI powered cyberattacks are on the rise, there’s also shadow AI to watch for, prompt injection risks, plus weaknesses that show up in agent based architectures. traditional security tools weren’t designed for this stuff, so security is turning into a major deciding factor for how confidently organizations can actually scale their AI programs.
Under the expanded partnership, Cognizant will integrate the CrowdStrike Falcon platform into its managed cybersecurity services via its AI Factory and Cognizant Neuro Cybersecurity platforms. this collaboration is centered around three areas: AI native managed security operations, governance plus security controls across the AI Factory, and protection for private and sovereign AI environments. those are the kinds of environments companies use in regulated sectors like financial services, healthcare, and government.
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This move builds on a partnership that started in 2025 and also comes after Cognizant received CrowdStrike’s 2026 Americas Velocity Partner of the Year award. together, the two companies want to help enterprises operate autonomous AI systems in settings where AI models, agents, and even the interactions between them are protected from the start.


