CrowdStrike and Cognizant Secure Converged IT and OT Environments

Industrial operators face a growing challenge: attackers now move freely between IT networks and operational technology (OT) systems, disrupting production, safety and revenue. Legacy point tools leave blind spots between plant floor and enterprise cloud.

Convergence of IT and OT has unlocked new efficiency for manufacturers, energy providers and critical infrastructure operators — but it also enlarged the attack surface. A single compromised endpoint can pivot into industrial control systems (ICS), SCADA networks and connected XIoT assets. Cognizant and CrowdStrike are addressing this exposure with a joint offering that unifies visibility, detection and response across both worlds.

What was announced

Cognizant and CrowdStrike announced an expanded partnership to protect critical operations across converged IT and OT environments. The collaboration combines Cognizant's global managed services and industrial expertise with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, including Falcon for XIoT, endpoint security, next-gen SIEM and Charlotte AI.

Together, the companies deliver an integrated service that discovers OT and IoT assets, detects cross-domain threats and enables coordinated incident response across plant, cloud and enterprise networks. The service targets manufacturing, energy, utilities, transportation and other critical infrastructure sectors where downtime carries direct safety and financial impact.

Why this matters

For CIOs, CISOs and OT security leaders, the challenge is no longer choosing between IT and OT tooling — it is closing the gap between them. Adversaries increasingly exploit that seam. This partnership matters because it gives procurement and security leaders a single operational model backed by 24/7 managed detection and response, reducing the number of contracts, consoles and specialist teams required.

Securing converged IT and OT environments requires unified visibility, AI-driven detection and expert response — delivered as one operating model, not as isolated tools

Technical details

• Falcon for XIoT: complete visibility and protection for mission-critical OT, IoT and IoMT assets.
• Cross-domain detection: correlation of signals across endpoints, identity, cloud and OT networks in the Falcon platform.
• Next-Gen SIEM: consolidation of IT and OT telemetry in a single AI-native SOC platform.
• Charlotte AI: autonomous triage and investigation to accelerate response times.
• Managed services: Cognizant-led deployment, integration and 24/7 operations tailored to industrial environments.
• Compliance alignment: support for frameworks including IEC 62443, NIS2 and NIST CSF.

Softprom and CrowdStrike

Softprom is the official distributor of CrowdStrike. Enterprise and industrial customers can access licensing, deployment and expert support for the Falcon platform, including OT and XIoT security scenarios, through Softprom's certified team.

This content was prepared as part of the Softprom DistriFlow project — an automated system for monitoring and adapting vendor news. Original source: original article.