CrowdStrike partners with Nord Security on SMB offering

CrowdStrike and Nord Security announced a strategic partnership focused on Server Message Block (SMB) cybersecurity for small and midsize businesses, citing gaps in adoption of new tools and AI-powered defenses.

CrowdStrike’s State of SMB Cybersecurity Survey showed that 36% of small and midsize businesses invested in new tools and 11% had adopted AI-powered defenses, and the announcement said adversaries were increasingly targeting smaller organizations with enterprise-level attacks.

The collaboration paired CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform, described in the release as AI-native and cloud-native and powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI), with Nord Security’s secure access and credential management products, and it named Falcon Go, Falcon Enterprise and Falcon Next-Gen Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) among CrowdStrike offerings.

The partners outlined two primary elements: simplified e-commerce access, in which Nord Security would offer Falcon Go and Falcon Enterprise directly through NordLayer, and expanded Managed Services Provider (MSP) offerings via Pax8 that combined Falcon with Nord Security’s secure access and network solutions and included 90 days of free access for qualifying customers.

“This partnership transforms how SMBs secure their business,” said Daniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer at CrowdStrike. “Together with Nord Security, we’re redefining cybersecurity for SMBs – combining the power of the Falcon platform with Nord Security’s SMB go-to-market prowess and secure access technology to deliver enterprise-grade protection that’s fast to deploy, simple to manage, and built to stop breaches.”

The companies described plans to offer Falcon Go and Falcon Enterprise through NordLayer and to launch an add-on for Falcon Next-Gen SIEM with Pax8 that included 90 days of free access for qualifying customers.