CrowdStrike launches AI security coalition with partners

CrowdStrike has launched Project QuiltWorks, a coalition that brings together Accenture, EY, IBM Cybersecurity Services, Kroll and OpenAI.

The initiative is designed to help organisations identify and fix vulnerabilities in production code uncovered by advanced artificial intelligence models. It also draws on models from OpenAI and Anthropic alongside CrowdStrike's own vulnerability discovery and threat intelligence capabilities.

The launch comes as security groups warn that newer AI systems are finding logic bugs, design flaws, misconfigurations and exploit paths that traditional scanning tools and manual code reviews can miss. That has narrowed the gap between the discovery of a weakness and its potential exploitation, increasing pressure on security teams to quickly decide which issues matter most.

The coalition will assess customers' current security posture, scan applications and code bases, rank findings by exploitability and business impact, and guide remediation work. CrowdStrike has also introduced a Frontier AI Readiness and Resilience Service, offering continuous customer engagements through a renewable subscription model.

Board pressure

CrowdStrike positioned the new service around rising board-level concern over whether organisations are exposed to weaknesses revealed by AI-assisted analysis. The underlying premise is that vulnerability discovery is now moving faster than many internal security and software teams can manage on their own.

"As frontier AI accelerates vulnerability discovery, every board in the world is asking their CISO the same question: are we exposed and are we protected?" said George Kurtz, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, CrowdStrike.

"Project QuiltWorks is how the industry comes together to give every organisation the answer their board needs," Kurtz said.

CrowdStrike said its Falcon platform uses adversary intelligence and attack path analysis to determine which vulnerabilities can realistically be reached and exploited. It added that its wider partner network includes more than 10,000 certified professionals who can support remediation work inside customer environments.

Partner roles

For consulting and incident response groups in the coalition, the offering focuses on helping customers move from finding weaknesses to fixing them. Partner comments also point to growing client demand for guidance on AI-related software risk.

"While AI ushers in new ways of operating, CISOs must address the risks it introduces to the software development lifecycle. Through Project QuiltWorks, Accenture and CrowdStrike will deliver the operational muscle to remediate code-level issues and help clients build full-scale protection," said Harpreet Sidhu, Global Lead, Accenture Cybersecurity.

"In the frontier AI era, innovation and risk are accelerating together, and most organisations aren't ready to manage what that means. Project QuiltWorks is designed to help enterprises manage this new class of vulnerabilities at scale," said David Cooper, EY Americas Cyber Commercial Leader, EY.

IBM described AI-driven vulnerabilities as a distinct and fast-moving risk category for large organisations.

"Frontier models are creating a new category of enterprise threats that are fast-moving, systemic, and increasingly autonomous. We're actively working with clients to assess their security posture and strengthen their readiness to meet these new AI-driven vulnerabilities. With CrowdStrike, Project QuiltWorks, and IBM's Autonomous Security, together we're extending this approach to allow our clients to manage this new class of risk at machine speed," said Mark Hughes, Global Managing Partner of Cybersecurity Services, IBM Consulting.

Kroll pointed to strong customer concern linked to AI use and internally developed applications.

"We have a deep history of working with CrowdStrike to deliver the outcomes organisations need to adopt transformative technologies securely at scale, and to overcome adversary disruption efforts by building a more resilient digital organisation. Over 90% of our clients have told us they are dealing with cyber incidents related to the use of AI, and our Offensive Security experts continue to see substantial growth in enterprise vulnerabilities for in-house AI-developed apps. As frontier AI models introduce a wave of new vulnerabilities, our participation in Project QuiltWorks is the next step to ensure customers are protected and prepared," said Dave Burg, Global Head of Cyber and Data Resilience, Kroll.

OpenAI linked the announcement to its Trusted Access for Cyber programme.

"AI is transforming cybersecurity, and defenders need advanced intelligence to keep pace. Through Trusted Access for Cyber, we're putting stronger capabilities in trusted hands to accelerate vulnerability discovery and remediation, improve resilience, and help secure critical software across the ecosystem. We're proud to support CrowdStrike's Project QuiltWorks and its focus on practical collaboration for a more secure digital world," said Dane Stuckey, Chief Information Security Officer, OpenAI.

The launch highlights how cybersecurity vendors, consultancies and AI developers are building a services market around risks created by the same generative AI systems now being adopted across software development and security operations. It also reflects a broader industry shift from simply detecting more flaws to deciding which present an immediate path for attack and should be fixed first.