CrowdStrike is preparing for its largest Fal.Con cybersecurity conference yet, with artificial intelligence and the expanding security ecosystem surrounding it expected to take center stage.
Fal.Con 2026 will feature more than 150 ecosystem sponsors and bring together over 10,000 attendees representing 4,000 organizations from 71 countries.
CrowdStrike says the sold-out event is now the largest vendor-hosted cybersecurity conference.
The conference begins August 31 with CrowdStrike’s Global Partner Summit, followed by three days of partner sessions, demonstrations and other programming focused heavily on securing enterprise environments as AI adoption expands.
Cybersecurity Becomes an Ecosystem Play
The list of companies participating in Fal.Con illustrates how broadly AI security is beginning to cut across the enterprise technology industry.
Pinnacle sponsors include AWS, Dell Technologies, Horizon3, Intel and OpenAI.
Anthropic, ExtraHop, JetStream Security and Rubrik are Premier sponsors, while the Diamond tier includes EY US, Google Cloud, Kroll, Mimecast, NVIDIA, Okta and Zscaler.
The wider sponsor list stretches across cloud infrastructure, identity management, endpoint security, data protection, networking, consulting and automation.
Accenture, Commvault, Deloitte, Fortinet, Netskope, NinjaOne, Tines and Vanta are among the Platinum sponsors, while IBM, CoreWeave, Proofpoint, Qualcomm, SailPoint, Torq and Wipro are represented at the Gold level.
AI Expands the Enterprise Attack Surface
CrowdStrike is positioning Fal.Con around what it describes as securing the AI revolution.
That challenge extends beyond protecting employees using generative AI applications.
Enterprise environments increasingly include AI agents, machine identities, AI infrastructure and automated workflows capable of interacting with applications and sensitive data.
Those systems introduce additional identities and access relationships that security teams have to monitor.
At the same time, attackers are gaining access to AI tools capable of accelerating parts of the attack lifecycle.
The result is increasing pressure on security teams to automate detection, investigation and remediation while maintaining visibility across a growing number of systems.
Automation Moves Closer to Security Operations
CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform already combines endpoint, cloud, identity and data protection with threat intelligence and automation capabilities.
Fal.Con’s IT-focused programming will extend that theme with sessions covering automated workflows, asset visibility, remediation and the convergence of IT and security operations.
That convergence could become increasingly important as AI agents perform more operational work.
Instead of treating cybersecurity as a separate layer surrounding enterprise automation, security controls increasingly need to become part of the automated workflows themselves.
More Than 150 Partners Build Around Falcon
The scale of CrowdStrike’s partner roster also highlights the role technology ecosystems are playing in enterprise cybersecurity.
More than 150 sponsors are participating across multiple tiers, including cloud providers, AI companies, hardware manufacturers, security vendors, consulting firms and systems integrators.
CrowdStrike argues that securing enterprise AI cannot be handled by a single vendor, particularly as AI systems become connected to more infrastructure, identities, applications and data.
Fal.Con 2026 will provide an early look at how CrowdStrike and its partners plan to address that challenge as AI moves deeper into production environments.
The event runs from August 31 through September 3, with keynote livestreams and more than 100 sessions also being made available through Fal.Con’s digital experience.