Date: September 14, 2026

Strategic Partnership Expansion

HCL Technologies Limited (HCLTech) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to advance AI security and resilience. The partnership integrates CrowdStrike Falcon® Guardian with HCLTech's AI Security and Resilience services.

The expanded collaboration combines Falcon Guardian's AI detection and response (AIDR) capabilities with HCLTech's cybersecurity advisory, AI governance, implementation and managed services delivered through HCLTech's Cybersecurity Fusion Centers. This integration aims to help enterprises secure AI applications, models, agents, identities and data while improving visibility into emerging risks.

The partnership builds on the Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) services launched in March 2026, bringing AI security deeper into enterprise security operations. The integration includes HCLTech's TRiBe framework for AI trust, risk governance and resilience, and VERITY Frontier AI Resilience, a cybersecurity operating model that continuously identifies, validates and mitigates exploitable cyber exposure across hybrid environments.

Executive Commentary

Daniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer at CrowdStrike, stated: "AI is becoming a new enterprise attack surface, and securing it requires visibility and protection everywhere AI operates. CrowdStrike pioneered AI Detection and Response to secure the full AI attack surface. Together with HCLTech's global cybersecurity expertise and services, we're bringing these capabilities to more enterprises as they operationalize AI at scale."

Amit Jain, EVP and Global Head of Cybersecurity at HCLTech, commented: "The next generation of enterprise security will require organizations to address both sides of the AI risk equation, defending against AI-powered threats while securing the AI systems they deploy. By bringing together our complementary strengths in cybersecurity innovation and enterprise resilience, CrowdStrike and HCLTech are helping organizations scale AI securely and responsibly while driving greater operational resilience and business confidence."

Company Background

HCLTech is a global technology company with more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around AI, digital, engineering, cloud and software. The company works with clients across major verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology & Services, Semiconductor, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, Mobility and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) is a global cybersecurity leader that 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.

Media Contacts

HCLTech media contacts provided for different regions:

  • Meredith Bucaro, Americas
  • Elka Ghudial, Europe
  • James Galvin, APAC
  • Nitin Shukla, India, Middle East and Africa

CrowdStrike media contact: Jake Schuster, CrowdStrike Corporate Communications