Austin – October 11, 2026 -- CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) and CLEAR (NYSE: YOU) have launched a strategic partnership that embeds CLEAR1, CLEAR's secure identity platform, in the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, and the integration is available for existing customers to activate immediately.
The tie-up targets identity-based attacks, in which adversaries use legitimate credentials and trusted access pathways to blend into normal digital activity. Combining Falcon with CLEAR1 lets companies verify both the device and the human behind it.
Falcon risk detection triggers real-time CLEAR1 verification
When Falcon detects potential risk, it triggers CLEAR1 to verify the person in real time. That result is then weighed alongside other security signals to decide whether activity should be allowed, investigated or blocked.
By correlating identity verification data with signals across the Falcon platform, security teams can surface suspicious patterns that look legitimate when viewed in isolation.
CLEAR1 checks biometrics and government ID against authoritative sources
CLEAR1 uses a multi-layered approach to establish confidence in a person's identity. It captures biometrics and government-issued identification and verifies them against authoritative sources.
Integrations with Falcon Next-Gen SIEM and Charlotte Agentic SOAR let organizations build person-based verification into existing security workflows without adding unnecessary friction.
Executives frame identity as the central attack surface
Daniel Bernard, chief business officer at CrowdStrike, said identity is at the center of how organizations operate and how adversaries attack, and that the partnership gives customers a new way to apply high-assurance, person-based verification within their security strategy.
Brett Romanoff, EVP of CLEAR1, said CLEAR has spent more than 16 years building technology that establishes confidence in a person rather than only a credential, account or device. Verifying the person when risk emerges, he said, lets organizations make more informed decisions while keeping trusted users moving.