CrowdStrike and CyberCert Partner to Advance Cybersecurity for SMBs Across Australia and New Zealand

Partnership combines the AI-native Falcon platform with CyberCert's SMB1001 certification services to help SMBs strengthen security and accelerate certification readiness

AUSTIN, Texas and SYDNEY, Australia - October 7, 2026 - CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced a partnership with CyberCert to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across Australia and New Zealand strengthen cybersecurity and accelerate readiness for SMB1001 certification. By combining the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® platform with CyberCert's certification services, the partnership gives Managed Security Services Partners (MSSPs) a new way to deliver enterprise-grade protection while helping SMB customers demonstrate and advance their cybersecurity maturity.

SMBs face the same increasingly sophisticated threats as larger enterprises, often without the security resources and expertise to defend against them. SMB1001 provides a multi-level, globally recognised certification framework designed specifically for SMBs to assess and progressively strengthen their cybersecurity maturity. Together, CrowdStrike and CyberCert are pairing AI-powered protection with CyberCert's certification expertise to give SMBs a practical path to stronger security and certification readiness.

For a limited time, qualifying customers and MSSPs will have access to complimentary SMB1001 certification credits. The offering enables MSSPs to combine Falcon-powered managed security services with CyberCert's SMB1001 certification services, expanding their ability to deliver advanced cybersecurity to SMB customers at scale.

"SMBs face increasingly sophisticated AI threats without the security resources of the world's largest enterprises," said Jon Fox, Vice President of Channels and Alliances, CrowdStrike Japan and Asia Pacific. "Together with CyberCert, we're giving MSSPs a powerful way to bring enterprise-grade, AI-native protection to more SMBs while helping customers advance their cybersecurity maturity."

"Today's threat landscape demands SMBs strengthen their cybersecurity while keeping pace with evolving standards," said Ryan Ettridge, Co-Founder and CEO of CyberCert. "By partnering with CrowdStrike, we're enabling MSSPs to help SMBs progress toward SMB1001 certification while building stronger cyber defences with the Falcon platform."

About CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD), a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security with the world's most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data.

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.

Purpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweight-agent architecture, the Falcon platform delivers rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection and performance, reduced complexity, and immediate time-to-value.

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About CyberCert / SMB1001
CyberCert is the certification body behind SMB1001, the international cybersecurity standard designed specifically for small and midsize businesses. Built to be practical, technician-led, and recognised by insurers, enterprises, and governments, SMB1001 provides SMBs with proof of cyber resilience while creating new opportunities for MSPs.

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