# CrowdStrike Accelerates Real-Time Data Classification with On-Device AI

DevFeed: [CrowdStrike Accelerates Real-Time Data Classification with On-Device AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/crowdstrike-accelerates-real-time-data-classification-with-on-device-ai-31503.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/crowdstrike-accelerates-real-time-data-classification-with-on-device-ai/>)

Author: Lior Ribak

Published: 2026-09-17T01:38:53.400452Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog.md>)

Topics: [On-device AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/on-device-ai.md>), [sensitive data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sensitive-data.md>), [Language models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/language-models.md>), [Endpoint security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/endpoint-security.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [intel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intel.md>)

Tags: [data-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-security.md>), [endpoint-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/endpoint-security.md>), [intel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intel.md>), [language-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/language-models.md>), [npu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/npu.md>), [on-device-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/on-device-ai.md>)

## AI overview

CrowdStrike and Intel introduced a Falcon Data Security capability that uses language models running on-device on dedicated AI hardware to classify sensitive data. The article explains that local inference is intended to avoid cloud latency and keep sensitive customer data on the endpoint while meeting real-time protection requirements.

## Source excerpt

CrowdStrike worked closely with Intel to introduce a new capability in Falcon Data Security that classifies sensitive data using language models that run on-device using dedicated hardware for AI. Learn more!