CrowdStrike is expanding its Project QuiltWorks initiative to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), arguing that the rapid advancement of frontier AI has made enterprise-grade protection increasingly important for organisations of every size.
The initiative will be extended through distributors, cloud marketplaces, and CrowdStrike’s channel partner ecosystem, with Arrow Electronics, Ignition Technology, Nord Security, Pax8, TD SYNNEX, Westcon-Comstor, and Zip Security joining the effort.
CrowdStrike said the expansion will allow partners’ networks of managed service providers (MSPs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs) to provide AI-driven vulnerability discovery and prioritisation, expert-led remediation, and financial protection to SMBs.
The company said the need for broader access to these capabilities is being driven by the ability of increasingly capable AI models to identify and exploit vulnerabilities at greater speed and scale. This is compressing the window between vulnerability discovery and exploitation and potentially putting organisations without large security teams at greater risk.
CrowdStrike chief business officer Daniel Bernard said SMBs should have access to the same standard of security as large enterprises.
“SMBs are the backbone of the global economy and need the same standard of protection as the world’s largest enterprises,” Bernard said in a statement.
“The channel is how QuiltWorks can reach every organisation, regardless of size, sector, or geography.”
The initiative uses frontier AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic alongside CrowdStrike’s security capabilities to identify vulnerabilities and prioritise those most likely to be exploited. The company said this is intended to address a key challenge for smaller organisations, which often lack the resources or specialist expertise to operationalise advanced vulnerability management and remediation capabilities independently.
CrowdStrike said the expansion also gives distributors and their MSP and MSSP partners a framework for developing scalable AI security services for SMB customers.
The company described QuiltWorks as a coordinated approach spanning vulnerability discovery, prioritisation, remediation, cloud security and financial protection, with the channel providing the distribution network needed to extend those capabilities beyond large enterprises.
“Making advanced cyber security accessible has always been core to Nord Security,” Mantas Ulozas, chief business development officer of B2B commercial at Nord Security, said.
“By joining QuiltWorks, we’re extending that mission to frontier AI and helping bring enterprise-grade protection to SMBs that often lack the resources and expertise of larger organisations.”
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