CrowdStrike today announced it has been named the 2026 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year for Infrastructure Protection, marking the second consecutive year Google Cloud has recognised CrowdStrike’s leadership in securing modern cloud and AI environments.
CrowdStrike was also named a Google Agent Cloud Ecosystem launch partner, reinforcing its role as the security platform of choice as organisations build and scale AI-driven applications.
As enterprises shift from traditional workloads to agentic AI systems, security must evolve with it. Google Agent Cloud, an open, standards-based platform for agentic applications, represents the next phase of cloud innovation – and CrowdStrike is securing it from the start. By extending the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® platform into the Agent Cloud ecosystem, CrowdStrike delivers guardrails, visibility, and control as agentic AI systems move from experimentation into production.
“Google Cloud’s recognition of CrowdStrike as Partner of the Year for Infrastructure Protection, and as a two-time Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year, reinforces CrowdStrike’s role as the platform of choice for securing cloud infrastructure in the AI era,” said Daniel Bernard, chief business officer, CrowdStrike. “As organisations operationalise agentic AI, they need real-time protection, complete visibility, and the ability to stop breaches across cloud, identity, and AI attack surfaces – that’s exactly what CrowdStrike delivers.”
Daniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer at CrowdStrike
This momentum reflects deep collaboration between CrowdStrike and Google Cloud. In November, CrowdStrike was named one of three inaugural partners in the Google Unified Security Recommended program – and the only endpoint security platform selected – underscoring the strength of its integration across Google Cloud services. CrowdStrike and Google Cloud continue to innovate to help organisations stop breaches and secure innovation in the cloud – delivering end-to-end security for AI innovation.
“The Google Cloud Partner Awards honour the strategic innovation and measurable value our partners bring to customers,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem and Channels, Google Cloud. “We are proud to name CrowdStrike a 2026 Google Cloud Partner Award winner, celebrating their role in driving customer success over the last year.”
As organisations scale AI and cloud innovation, CrowdStrike and Google Cloud are defining how it is secured – delivering unified protection across the modern attack surface on a single, AI-native platform.For more information on how CrowdStrike and Google Cloud are securing AI innovation, visit our website or stop by the CrowdStrike booth #1211 at Google Cloud Next.
