{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"131153","rtpr_id":"nPn2bwXxHa","ticker":"CRWD","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["CRWD","CTSH"],"title":"Cognizant and CrowdStrike Protect Critical Operations Across Converged IT and OT Environments","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-08-31T12:20:00.057Z","article_body":"Cognizant and CrowdStrike Protect Critical Operations Across Converged IT and OT Environments\n\nPR Newswire\n\nTEANECK, N.J. and AUSTIN, Texas and LAS VEGAS, Aug. 31, 2026\n\nCollaboration introduces Cognizant Cybersecurity for Operational Technology,\npowered by CrowdStrike Falcon® for XIoT\n\nTEANECK, N.J. and AUSTIN, Texas and LAS VEGAS, Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --\nCognizant\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=1743984843&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cognizant.com%2Fus%2Fen&a=Cognizant)\n (NASDAQ: CTSH) and CrowdStrike\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=2420948687&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2Fen-us%2F&a=CrowdStrike)\n (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced an expanded collaboration to introduce\nCognizant Cybersecurity for Operational Technology, an Operational Technology\n(OT) security service powered by CrowdStrike Falcon® for XIoT\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=1293640566&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2Fen-us%2Fplatform%2Ffalcon-for-xiot%2F&a=CrowdStrike+Falcon%C2%AE+for+XIoT)\n. The service combines Cognizant's industrial engineering expertise and\nmanaged security operations with CrowdStrike's unified visibility and\nprotection across XIoT and IT environments designed to help protect\nmission-critical assets.\n\nAs IT and OT environments continue to converge, industrial organizations face\nincreasing cybersecurity risk. Legacy assets, expanded connectivity, remote\naccess, and the proliferation of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)\ntechnologies are creating attack surfaces that traditional security approaches\nmay not fully address. In OT environments, a successful cyberattack may\ndisrupt production, affect safety systems or damage to critical operations.\nThis underscores the need for cybersecurity strategies tailored to each\norganization's unique operational environment.\n\n\"Organizations are increasingly looking for cybersecurity solutions that\nreflect the realities of their unique operating environments,\" said Vishal\nSalvi, SVP & Global Head of Cybersecurity, Cognizant. \"As an AI Builder,\nCognizant understands that effective cybersecurity must be tailored to each\nclient's operational context. Together with CrowdStrike, we're bringing a\nunified approach that combines CrowdStrike security technology with deep\nindustrial expertise to help clients reduce risk, strengthen resilience and\nprotect critical operations.\"\n\nCognizant's OT Security service, powered by Falcon for XIoT, is designed to\nprovide unified visibility and protection across XIoT and IT environments,\ncombined with 24x7 managed operations to help protect critical assets while\nhelping minimize disruption to industrial processes. Cognizant's engagement\nmodel follows an assess, architect, act and assure lifecycle across six OT\nsecurity domains, supporting a structured, end-to-end approach from initial\nasset discovery through continuous governance.\n\n\"IT and OT convergence has erased the boundaries adversaries once faced,\" said\nDaniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer at CrowdStrike. \"Together, CrowdStrike\nand Cognizant are bringing AI-powered protection across IT and OT to stop\nbreaches without disrupting the critical operations businesses depend on –\nall on cybersecurity's winning single platform, Falcon.\"\n\nThe service's capabilities span OT asset discovery and visibility, threat\ndetection and response, vulnerability management, attack surface management,\nidentity and data protection, and governance and compliance. The partnership,\nwhich originated in 2025, has already secured clients across manufacturing,\nenergy and critical infrastructure sectors.\n\nTogether, Cognizant and CrowdStrike aim to help organizations modernize OT\nsecurity while protecting the critical operations their businesses depend on\nto run.\n\nAbout Cognizant\n\nCognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is an AI builder and technology services provider,\nbuilding the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building\nfull-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and\nengineering expertise enables us to build an organization's unique context\ninto technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns\nand keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how\nat www.cognizant.ai (http://www.cognizant.ai)  or @cognizant.\n\nFor more information, contact:\n U.S.                                                                               Europe / APAC                                                              India\n\nName Ben Gorelick\nName Sarah Douglas\nName Vipin Nair\n\nEmail benjamin.gorelick@cognizant.com (mailto:benjamin.gorelick@cognizant.com)\nEmail sarah.douglas@cognizant.com (mailto:sarah.douglas@cognizant.com)\nEmail Vipin.nair@cognizant.com (mailto:Vipin.nair@cognizant.com)\n\nAbout CrowdStrike\nCrowdStrike\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=2257290917&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2F&a=CrowdStrike)\n (NASDAQ: CRWD), a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security\nwith the world's most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical\nareas of enterprise risk – endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data.\n\nPowered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and world-class AI, the CrowdStrike\nFalcon® platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat\nintelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft, and enriched telemetry from\nacross the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated\nprotection and remediation, elite threat hunting, and prioritized\nobservability of vulnerabilities.\n\nPurpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweight-agent architecture, the\nFalcon platform delivers rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection\nand performance, reduced complexity, and immediate time-to-value.\n\nCrowdStrike: We stop breaches.\n\nLearn more: https://www.crowdstrike.com/\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=1708623530&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2F)\n\nFollow us: Blog\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=3871223752&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2Fblog%2F&a=Blog)\n | X\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=476030256&u=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fcrowdstrike&a=X)\n | LinkedIn\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=3853811492&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fcrowdstrike%2Fmycompany%2F&a=LinkedIn)\n | Instagram\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=2714218665&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fcrowdstrike%2F&a=Instagram)\n\nStart a free trial today: https://www.crowdstrike.com/trial\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=550087580&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2Ftrial&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2Ftrial)\n\n© 2026 CrowdStrike, Inc. All rights reserved. CrowdStrike and CrowdStrike\nFalcon are marks owned by CrowdStrike, Inc. and are registered in the United\nStates and other countries. CrowdStrike owns other trademarks and service\nmarks and may use the brands of third parties to identify their products and\nservices.\n\nMedia Contact\nJake Schuster\nCrowdStrike Corporate Communications\npress@crowdstrike.com (mailto:press@crowdstrike.com)\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cognizant-and-crowdstrike-protect-critical-operations-across-converged-it-and-ot-environments-302863250.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cognizant-and-crowdstrike-protect-critical-operations-across-converged-it-and-ot-environments-302863250.html)\n\nSOURCE Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS607279/Cognizant-Logo-V1.jpg?id=OA2918815\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPn2bwXxHa","title":"Cognizant and CrowdStrike Protect Critical Operations Across Converged IT and OT Environments","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"CRWD","created":"2026-08-31T12:20:00.057Z","tickers":["CRWD","CTSH"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Cognizant and CrowdStrike Protect Critical Operations Across Converged IT and OT Environments\n\nPR Newswire\n\nTEANECK, N.J. and AUSTIN, Texas and LAS VEGAS, Aug. 31, 2026\n\nCollaboration introduces Cognizant Cybersecurity for Operational Technology,\npowered by CrowdStrike Falcon® for XIoT\n\nTEANECK, N.J. and AUSTIN, Texas and LAS VEGAS, Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --\nCognizant\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=1743984843&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cognizant.com%2Fus%2Fen&a=Cognizant)\n (NASDAQ: CTSH) and CrowdStrike\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=2420948687&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2Fen-us%2F&a=CrowdStrike)\n (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced an expanded collaboration to introduce\nCognizant Cybersecurity for Operational Technology, an Operational Technology\n(OT) security service powered by CrowdStrike Falcon® for XIoT\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=1293640566&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2Fen-us%2Fplatform%2Ffalcon-for-xiot%2F&a=CrowdStrike+Falcon%C2%AE+for+XIoT)\n. The service combines Cognizant's industrial engineering expertise and\nmanaged security operations with CrowdStrike's unified visibility and\nprotection across XIoT and IT environments designed to help protect\nmission-critical assets.\n\nAs IT and OT environments continue to converge, industrial organizations face\nincreasing cybersecurity risk. Legacy assets, expanded connectivity, remote\naccess, and the proliferation of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)\ntechnologies are creating attack surfaces that traditional security approaches\nmay not fully address. In OT environments, a successful cyberattack may\ndisrupt production, affect safety systems or damage to critical operations.\nThis underscores the need for cybersecurity strategies tailored to each\norganization's unique operational environment.\n\n\"Organizations are increasingly looking for cybersecurity solutions that\nreflect the realities of their unique operating environments,\" said Vishal\nSalvi, SVP & Global Head of Cybersecurity, Cognizant. \"As an AI Builder,\nCognizant understands that effective cybersecurity must be tailored to each\nclient's operational context. Together with CrowdStrike, we're bringing a\nunified approach that combines CrowdStrike security technology with deep\nindustrial expertise to help clients reduce risk, strengthen resilience and\nprotect critical operations.\"\n\nCognizant's OT Security service, powered by Falcon for XIoT, is designed to\nprovide unified visibility and protection across XIoT and IT environments,\ncombined with 24x7 managed operations to help protect critical assets while\nhelping minimize disruption to industrial processes. Cognizant's engagement\nmodel follows an assess, architect, act and assure lifecycle across six OT\nsecurity domains, supporting a structured, end-to-end approach from initial\nasset discovery through continuous governance.\n\n\"IT and OT convergence has erased the boundaries adversaries once faced,\" said\nDaniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer at CrowdStrike. \"Together, CrowdStrike\nand Cognizant are bringing AI-powered protection across IT and OT to stop\nbreaches without disrupting the critical operations businesses depend on –\nall on cybersecurity's winning single platform, Falcon.\"\n\nThe service's capabilities span OT asset discovery and visibility, threat\ndetection and response, vulnerability management, attack surface management,\nidentity and data protection, and governance and compliance. The partnership,\nwhich originated in 2025, has already secured clients across manufacturing,\nenergy and critical infrastructure sectors.\n\nTogether, Cognizant and CrowdStrike aim to help organizations modernize OT\nsecurity while protecting the critical operations their businesses depend on\nto run.\n\nAbout Cognizant\n\nCognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is an AI builder and technology services provider,\nbuilding the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building\nfull-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and\nengineering expertise enables us to build an organization's unique context\ninto technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns\nand keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how\nat www.cognizant.ai (http://www.cognizant.ai)  or @cognizant.\n\nFor more information, contact:\n U.S.                                                                               Europe / APAC                                                              India\n\nName Ben Gorelick\nName Sarah Douglas\nName Vipin Nair\n\nEmail benjamin.gorelick@cognizant.com (mailto:benjamin.gorelick@cognizant.com)\nEmail sarah.douglas@cognizant.com (mailto:sarah.douglas@cognizant.com)\nEmail Vipin.nair@cognizant.com (mailto:Vipin.nair@cognizant.com)\n\nAbout CrowdStrike\nCrowdStrike\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=2257290917&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2F&a=CrowdStrike)\n (NASDAQ: CRWD), a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security\nwith the world's most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical\nareas of enterprise risk – endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data.\n\nPowered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and world-class AI, the CrowdStrike\nFalcon® platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat\nintelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft, and enriched telemetry from\nacross the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated\nprotection and remediation, elite threat hunting, and prioritized\nobservability of vulnerabilities.\n\nPurpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweight-agent architecture, the\nFalcon platform delivers rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection\nand performance, reduced complexity, and immediate time-to-value.\n\nCrowdStrike: We stop breaches.\n\nLearn more: https://www.crowdstrike.com/\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=1708623530&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2F)\n\nFollow us: Blog\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=3871223752&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2Fblog%2F&a=Blog)\n | X\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=476030256&u=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fcrowdstrike&a=X)\n | LinkedIn\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=3853811492&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fcrowdstrike%2Fmycompany%2F&a=LinkedIn)\n | Instagram\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=2714218665&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fcrowdstrike%2F&a=Instagram)\n\nStart a free trial today: https://www.crowdstrike.com/trial\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4762128-1&h=550087580&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2Ftrial&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crowdstrike.com%2Ftrial)\n\n© 2026 CrowdStrike, Inc. All rights reserved. CrowdStrike and CrowdStrike\nFalcon are marks owned by CrowdStrike, Inc. and are registered in the United\nStates and other countries. CrowdStrike owns other trademarks and service\nmarks and may use the brands of third parties to identify their products and\nservices.\n\nMedia Contact\nJake Schuster\nCrowdStrike Corporate Communications\npress@crowdstrike.com (mailto:press@crowdstrike.com)\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cognizant-and-crowdstrike-protect-critical-operations-across-converged-it-and-ot-environments-302863250.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cognizant-and-crowdstrike-protect-critical-operations-across-converged-it-and-ot-environments-302863250.html)\n\nSOURCE Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS607279/Cognizant-Logo-V1.jpg?id=OA2918815\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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