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VAST Data and CrowdStrike Partner to Establish a Unified Security Model for the AI Lifecycle
Joint integrations combine VAST’s native security controls with CrowdStrike’s enterprise detection and response to help secure the AI lifecycle and enhance
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nJoint integrations combine VAST’s native security controls with CrowdStrike’s enterprise detection and response to help secure the AI lifecycle and enhance protection at the data layer\n\n\n AUSTIN, Texas & SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nVAST Forward – Today at VAST Forward 2026, VAST Data, the AI Operating System company, and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) announced a strategic partnership that combines VAST’s native data-layer governance and platform-level controls with CrowdStrike’s enterprise-grade threat detection and automated response. By integrating these capabilities within the VAST AI Operating System and connecting telemetry with the CrowdStrike Falcon® cybersecurity platform, the companies enable coordinated protection for enterprise environments across the AI lifecycle, from data ingestion and model training to runtime operation and inference. Together, VAST and CrowdStrike provide layered security for the data and operational state that modern AI systems depend on.\n\n\nAs enterprises move from AI experimentation to production and autonomous systems, the nature of risk is evolving. AI systems rely on continuous data ingestion, dynamic workflows, and distributed runtime environments. This partnership helps secure the AI lifecycle – from development through production – by integrating continuous detection, workflow scanning, and response into the environments where AI systems are built, trained, and operated.\n\n\n“VAST was built to be the operating system for AI, with security and governance designed into the platform,” said Renen Hallak, Founder & CEO of VAST Data. “This partnership with CrowdStrike extends continuous threat detection and coordinated response into AI workflows and runtime environments – helping customers operate enterprise AI with greater confidence as they scale.”\n\n\nCustomer benefits include:\n\n\n\nSecure, production-ready AI at the data layer: CrowdStrike complements VAST’s native platform controls with continuous monitoring and threat detection across AI data pipelines and containerized runtime environments – helping teams securely scale AI operations.\n\n\n\nProtection embedded into AI workflows: By integrating detection and response wherever AI operates, security becomes a native component of AI workloads – helping prevent malware, compromised or untrusted data, and unauthorized access f...