February 5, 2026 — Leads & Copy —
CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aramco in Saudi Arabia, with the goal of long-term cybersecurity investments to help advance a unified, Kingdom-wide security model, protecting critical infrastructure and accelerating the country’s AI transformation.
The collaboration supports Saudi Arabia’s leadership in accelerating secure AI adoption, building market-specific standards of excellence, and joining the mission of stopping breaches. It also establishes the first steps toward a shared commitment to long-term collaboration, innovation, and skills development aligned with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.
CrowdStrike plans to explore opportunities with Aramco to help build and operate cybersecurity at national scale in Saudi Arabia. As part of this collaboration, CrowdStrike aims to explore establishing its regional headquarters in the Kingdom, deploying in-country cloud capabilities, and enabling the Falcon® platform as the foundation for unified AI-powered protection across critical infrastructure, operational technology, and Saudi Arabia’s expanding digital economy. The proposed collaboration also includes joint innovation, deeper cyber threat intelligence sharing, and sustained investment in skills and workforce development aligned with Vision 2030.
According to George Kurtz, CEO and founder of CrowdStrike, the company is proud to collaborate with Aramco as Saudi Arabia accelerates its secure AI adoption. He added that he is thrilled to bring the power of the Crowd to the Kingdom, helping to secure the commerce, creativity, and purpose of one of the world’s fastest growing economies.
Ahmad O. Al Khowaiter, Aramco Executive Vice President of Technology & Innovation, said that through this relationship, the company aims to demonstrate its first-step commitment to supporting the Kingdom’s growth by adopting world-class technologies, helping to advance Saudi Arabia’s ambition to lead in secure, AI-driven economic growth and empower organizations to succeed in the digital age.
Abdul Aziz S. Al Shafi, Aramco Vice President of Cybersecurity & Chief Information Security Officer, said the impact of this collaboration is expected to be felt beyond Aramco’s borders, as the companies set a new standard for cybersecurity excellence and inspire the emergence of a new generation of cybersecurity leaders.
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Powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and world-class AI, the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft, and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting, and prioritized observability of vulnerabilities.
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