CrowdStrike and HCLTech, a global systems integrator, are broadening their partnership again, this time with continuous threat exposure management services aimed at turning exposure data into an ongoing service offering. The companies said Tuesday that the new Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) services combine CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management with HCLTech’s VERITY framework and AI Force platform to identify, prioritize and remediate exposures across endpoints, cloud, identity, applications and data.
The move extends a relationship the companies formalized in March 2024, when HCLTech standardized its managed detection and response work on CrowdStrike’s Falcon XDR platform. The new layer shifts the emphasis from detection and response to earlier-stage exposure reduction, with CrowdStrike supplying prioritized risk signals and HCLTech positioning itself as the services engine that helps customers act on them. Neither company disclosed pricing in the announcement.
The move underscores a larger trend where vendors and global service providers are increasingly trying to package exposure management as recurring operational work rather than periodic vulnerability reporting. CrowdStrike has been leaning into service-provider-led delivery more broadly, including partnerships built around SOC modernization and managed security operations.
