CrowdStrike & HCLTech launch continuous threat service

CrowdStrike and HCLTech have expanded their partnership with the launch of Continuous Threat Exposure Management services, adding a joint cybersecurity offering for enterprise customers.

The service is designed to identify, prioritise and remediate exposure across endpoints, cloud environments, identity systems, applications and data on a continuous basis. It combines CrowdStrike's exposure management technology with HCLTech's cybersecurity services.

The offering is intended to help organisations maintain an ongoing view of security exposure instead of relying on periodic assessments. It also gives customers a more structured way to address risks using threat intelligence and cloud posture signals.

Under the arrangement, CrowdStrike provides threat intelligence and AI-based threat detection through its Falcon platform and Falcon Exposure Management product. HCLTech applies those findings through its VERITY framework and AI Force platform to support remediation across client systems.

Joint service

The service correlates exposure, threat and cloud posture signals in real time to highlight vulnerabilities most likely to be exploited, based on adversary activity and attack paths seen in the field.

For large organisations with complex technology estates, exposure management is becoming a bigger part of cybersecurity spending as businesses try to narrow the gap between identifying weaknesses and fixing them. Security teams are under pressure to reduce response times while managing a broader mix of cloud assets, employee identities, applications and data stores.

That has helped drive partnerships between software vendors and IT services groups that combine technology with operational support. In this case, CrowdStrike provides the detection and prioritisation layer, while HCLTech delivers services aimed at helping customers act on those findings.

Daniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer, CrowdStrike, said the partnership would bring the company's exposure management tools to more organisations through HCLTech's delivery network.

"Falcon Exposure Management gives organisations the real-time visibility and AI-driven insights they need to reduce and prioritise risk at scale," said Bernard. "HCLTech's services expertise makes them the right partner to deliver this capability to customers globally. Together, we're helping security teams move faster, consolidate operations, and stay ahead of adversaries," added Bernard.

Security pressure

The launch reflects wider demand for services that go beyond traditional vulnerability scanning. Many companies now want security programmes that continuously assess risk and rank issues by likelihood of exploitation rather than technical severity alone.

Identity systems, cloud services and business applications have become more frequent targets for attackers, increasing the volume of alerts and weaknesses security teams must review. That has made prioritisation a central issue for large enterprises, particularly those operating across multiple regions and technology platforms.

HCLTech said its role is to connect prioritised findings with remediation services so customers can act more quickly. It positioned the offering as part of a broader shift towards more automated and intelligence-led security operations.

"Enterprises today require continuous visibility, contextual prioritisation, and rapid execution to stay resilient," said Amit Jain, EVP and Global Head of Cybersecurity, HCLTech. "By integrating our AI Force and Agentic AI solutions with the Falcon platform, we are enabling an intelligence-led, autonomous security model that reduces risk and delivers total resilience across the enterprise," added Jain.

HCLTech employs more than 226,300 people across 60 countries and reported consolidated revenue of USD $14.5 billion for the 12 months to December 2025. CrowdStrike, which focuses on cloud-based cybersecurity software and services, has been expanding its partner network as customers seek broader managed and advisory support around security platforms.

The expansion highlights how cybersecurity vendors and services firms are responding to enterprise demand for continuous monitoring and remediation across increasingly fragmented IT environments.