CrowdStrike and Nord Security have announced a strategic partnership aimed at improving cybersecurity protections for small and medium-sized businesses, as threat actors increasingly apply enterprise-level attack techniques to smaller organisations.
The collaboration brings together CrowdStrike’s AI-native Falcon platform with Nord Security’s secure access and credential management technologies. The companies said the goal is to make advanced security capabilities easier to buy, deploy and manage for SMBs that often lack the budgets and in-house expertise available to larger enterprises.
According to CrowdStrike’s State of SMB Cybersecurity Survey, only 36 per cent of small and midsize businesses are currently investing in new security tools, and just 11 per cent have adopted AI-powered defences. At the same time, threat actors are increasingly targeting SMBs as softer entry points, using tactics traditionally associated with attacks on large organisations.
Under the partnership, Nord Security will offer CrowdStrike’s Falcon Go, an AI-powered endpoint protection product designed specifically for SMBs, as well as Falcon Enterprise, through NordLayer, Nord Security’s network access platform for business customers. The companies said this approach is intended to simplify purchasing and deployment by bundling endpoint protection with secure access capabilities.
The partnership also extends to managed service providers through Pax8. CrowdStrike, Nord Security and Pax8 plan to introduce an add-on for Falcon Next-Gen SIEM that combines CrowdStrike’s detection and response capabilities with Nord Security’s secure access and network services. Qualifying customers will receive an initial period of free access as part of the launch.
CrowdStrike Chief Business Officer Daniel Bernard said the collaboration is designed to reduce the complexity that often prevents smaller organisations from adopting more advanced security controls.
“Together with Nord Security, we’re combining the Falcon platform with secure access technology to make enterprise-grade protection easier to deploy and manage for SMBs,” Bernard said.
Nord Security’s Chief Business Development Officer for B2B Commercial, Mantas Ulozas, said the partnership reflects the reality that smaller organisations face expanding attack surfaces without a corresponding increase in security resources.
“By integrating secure access and credential management with endpoint protection, the partnership aims to reduce cost and complexity barriers that have traditionally limited SMB access to more advanced security capabilities,” Ulozas said.
The announcement reflects a broader industry trend toward consolidating endpoint, identity and network security capabilities into integrated platforms, particularly for organisations that need simplified operations. As SMBs continue to adopt cloud services, remote work and SaaS applications, vendors are increasingly positioning bundled and platform-based offerings as a way to address security gaps without adding operational overhead.
For SMB buyers, the partnership highlights growing efforts to adapt enterprise security technologies to smaller environments, where ease of deployment and ongoing management are often as critical as detection capability itself.
