CrowdStrike & NVIDIA: Pioneering AI Agents for Cyber Defence

NVIDIA's annual GTC conference in San Jose birthed a series of major AI partnerships – some focused on the field of cyber.  

The most prominent saw cybersecurity leader CrowdStrike and chip giant NVIDIA deepening their partnership with two announcements that signal how AI is reshaping digital defence. 

Together, the companies are focusing on securing autonomous AI agents while speeding up threat investigations for overstretched security teams.

“AI reasoning models and synthetic data are transforming how enterprises operationalise intelligence,” says Justin Boitano, Vice President, Enterprise AI Products at NVIDIA. 

“Together with CrowdStrike, we’re bringing secure, autonomous AI agents into security operations – enabling organisations to reason through threats, act in real time and continuously strengthen their cyber resilience.”

Secure-by-design AI agents 

A significant development in the partnership introduces a secure by design AI blueprint that embeds protection directly into NVIDIA OpenShell – an "open-source runtime that enforces policy-based guardrails to make autonomous agents safer to deploy". 

By integrating CrowdStrike Falcon capabilities with NVIDIA OpenShell, organisations can manage AI agents with continuous oversight rather than relying on static safeguards.

This approach reflects a wider industry shift as AI agents move to proactive thinking agents capable of autonomous decision making.

"As we enter the agentic era, agents no longer simply assist – they act," says Daniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer at CrowdStrike. 

"This shift fundamentally changes the security equation and security must be embedded into the AI stack itself. Together with NVIDIA, we are delivering a secure-by-design architecture that enables organisations to operationalise agents with confidence and control."

As these systems can access sensitive data and infrastructure, the blueprint enforces policy, monitors behaviour and applies identity controls across both local and cloud environments.

The result is a unified layer of governance designed to reduce risk without slowing innovation.

“Autonomous agents will fundamentally reshape how we work,” says Justin. “By integrating CrowdStrike’s security platform with the NVIDIA Agent Toolkit, we’re enabling enterprises to build and scale safer, autonomous AI agents to help transform their operations, empower every employee and securely generate intelligence at the speed of business.”

Faster, smarter threat detection

Agentic managed detection and response is another arena of focus in the enhanced partnership. 

NVIDIA Agent Toolkit – powered by NVIDIA Nemotron models and NVIDIA NeMo Data Designer – will help power ai agents for MDR building security agents to speed up security investigations. 

CrowdStrike’s Charlotte AI AgentWorks is also getting an NVIDIA makeover with support from Nemotron 3 Super – enabling organisations to whip up their own custom agents in charge of security. 

CrowdStrike evaluated its Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR to automate large parts of very high volume Tier 1 investigation, while maintaining human analyst oversight. 

Internal testing showed major gains, including investigations completed up to five times faster and markedly improved accuracy when classifying benign activity.

By reducing manual workloads, the technology allows analysts to focus on higher value decisions while maintaining oversight of automated processes.

“Adversaries are already using AI to move faster and scale their operations,” says Daniel. “The future of managed defence isn’t adding more analysts – it’s embedding AI agents directly into SOC operations to give analysts superpowers. 

“With Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR, we’re applying advanced reasoning models to automate investigation and triage while maintaining expert oversight. Together with NVIDIA, we’re accelerating the shift toward Agentic MDR.”

Taken together, the updates point to a future where AI agents play a central role in both attacking and defending systems. 

As cyber threats become faster and more complex, embedding security into AI itself and augmenting human analysts with intelligent automation is becoming essential.

For enterprises, the partnership offers a blueprint for scaling AI safely while improving operational efficiency, marking a step towards a more autonomous, resilient security landscape.