Kyle Alspach

The CrowdStrike co-founder and CEO used his Fal.Con keynote to discuss the unprecedented threat of hacking by autonomous agents—and make the case for bringing frontier AI to cyber defense teams.

At Fal.Con 2026 Tuesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and OpenAI President Greg Brockman joined CrowdStrike co-founder CEO George Kurtz to offer their predictions about emerging cyber risks from agentic AI—and the need for defenders to rapidly adopt the same technology.

The launch of CrowdStrike's SafeMind frontier AI models, created using Nvidia's Nemotron open models and specialized harnesses, includes cost

After a wave of frontier AI advances this year that have largely made life more challenging for cyber defense teams, the launch of CrowdStrike’s new SafeMind agentic system represents a highly welcome shift toward leveraging the technology to reduce the burden on defenders, partners tell CRN.

While Fal.Con 2026 remained unmistakably centered on CrowdStrike, its more than 10,000 attendees, expansive show floor and on-stage appearances by

The new SafeMind agentic system, unveiled this week by CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, stands out by using frontier AI to help cyber defense teams

Speaking with CRN for an upcoming episode of the Security or Else! podcast, Cyderes CEO Chris Schueler said that ‘if you're a SOC analyst today, there is no better place to be.'

Chris Schueler, CEO at MSSP powerhouse Cyderes, says during the latest episode of CRN's Security or Else! podcast that he's seeing little evidence

Leaders of today's channel security powerhouses such as Cyderes CEO Chris Schueler are showing how to strike the balance between separating the real AI threats and risks from the hype.

While there are indications that security leaders are being asked to secure AI adoption without added funding, greater clarity on the need for AI