CrowdStrike Falcon AI Detection and Response as a Response to AI Security Challenges

The traditional approach to cybersecurity focused on protecting endpoints, applications, identities, or cloud environments. In the AI era, this is no longer sufficient. Language – in the form of prompts and model responses – becomes an attack vector. Techniques such as prompt injection, jailbreaks, or agent manipulation enable cybercriminals to influence AI systems, exfiltrate data from an organization, or initiate unauthorized actions.

An additional challenge for organizations is the phenomenon of shadow AI. An increasing number of employees use AI-based tools outside formal processes and without the knowledge of IT and security teams. Simultaneously, technical teams intensively develop their own AI models and agents, often relying on distributed or publicly available protection mechanisms that do not provide consistent control, appropriate oversight, or effective protection during the actual operation of systems.

CrowdStrike’s answer to these challenges is Falcon AI Detection and Response (AIDR) – the industry’s first fully unified solution protecting AI in real-time. Falcon AIDR precisely secures the layer in which AI ‘thinks’ and acts: prompts, agents, models, and their interactions with business systems.

The greatest value of the solution is full visibility and control:

• identifying shadow AI and mapping AI usage in the organization,
• detecting AI-specific threats in real time,
• protecting sensitive data and intellectual property,
• rapid response and integration with SOC and SIEM.

AIDR is designed to detect threats unique to AI environments. Key capabilities of the solution:

Effective detection and neutralization of AI-specific threats

The solution detects and blocks prompt injection attacks, jailbreak attempts, and manipulation of model and agent behavior in real-time. Continuous monitoring of communication with MCP servers prevents unauthorized tool launches, and content analysis allows for the identification of malicious actions and security policy violations.

Protection of sensitive data and intellectual property

Falcon AIDR automatically secures data processed in interactions with AI. The solution identifies and blocks the disclosure of confidential information, personal data, keys, and data subject to regulations. Supported by various anonymization and masking techniques, it is possible to maintain AI process continuity while protecting intellectual property, including source code.

Faster investigations and automatic incident response

By enforcing policies in real time, SOC teams can immediately block risky interactions and automatically transform sensitive data. Native integration with CrowdStrike Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM enables correlation of events from different IT environment areas, significantly accelerating incident analysis, investigation, and effective remedial actions.

AI protection throughout its lifecycle

Falcon AIDR is an integral part of CrowdStrike’s comprehensive approach to AI security. The solution supports AI protection at every stage – from development and testing, through deployment, to wide-scale adoption in the organization. The platform secures both AI infrastructure and new attack surfaces, including the prompt layer, autonomous workflows, and interactions between models.

One platform for complete AI security

Consolidating AI security within the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, organizations eliminate operational complexity and the redundancy of scattered tools. A unified view of AI assets and behaviors, advanced threat correlation, and automated responses enable the safe scaling of artificial intelligence usage – without hindering innovation and business development.

Artificial intelligence is becoming one of the most important elements of an organization’s competitive advantage, but it also introduces entirely new classes of risk. The prompt layer, autonomous agents, and dynamic interactions between models require an approach to security that goes beyond traditional IT protection tools and schemes. If you’d like to learn how to implement Falcon AI Detection and Response in your organization and secure AI from the development stage to daily use – contact us. AI is developing rapidly, and security must keep up with this change!