Upwind and NVIDIA Join Forces to Secure the Future of AI Infrastructure
In a groundbreaking move to address the growing security challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, Upwind, the runtime-first cloud security platform, has announced an expanded collaboration with NVIDIA. This partnership aims to secure the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-powered workloads by integrating NVIDIA’s cutting-edge AI technologies with Upwind’s innovative runtime-driven security solutions. Together, they are setting a new standard for trusted, secure, and high-performance AI infrastructure.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace, driving advancements in autonomous systems, large language models (LLMs), and other transformative applications. However, as organizations scale their AI operations, they face a critical challenge: ensuring the integrity, safety, and trustworthiness of their AI environments. The increasing complexity of AI infrastructure introduces new attack surfaces, making it imperative to adopt robust security measures that can protect against sophisticated cyber threats. Upwind’s collaboration with NVIDIA addresses this need head-on, redefining how runtime security is applied to AI environments through a runtime-first approach.
Powering AI Security with NVIDIA Technologies
At the heart of this collaboration is the integration of NVIDIA’s industry-leading AI compute and inference technologies with Upwind’s runtime-driven security platform. This combination ensures real-time protection for AI workloads across GPU-powered environments, such as the NVIDIA DGX platform and the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture. By leveraging these technologies, Upwind delivers continuous runtime visibility, risk prioritization, and zero performance impact, enabling organizations to run AI workloads securely and efficiently.
One of the key components of this partnership is the use of NVIDIA NIM (NVIDIA Inference Microservices) microservices. These microservices power Upwind’s internal AI-driven security operations, enhancing performance for runtime analytics, vulnerability correlation, and threat modeling at scale. By incorporating NVIDIA’s accelerated computing capabilities, Upwind ensures that its platform can handle the demands of modern AI workloads while maintaining the highest levels of security.
Additionally, Upwind has integrated NVIDIA Garak, an open-source framework for adversarial and robustness testing, into its LLM security validation layer. Garak is designed to simulate real-world threats such as prompt injection, jailbreaks, and data exfiltration attempts in large language models. By combining Garak’s testing capabilities with Upwind’s runtime and API observability, enterprises can continuously validate the safety, integrity, and compliance of their AI applications. This ensures that AI systems remain resilient to model manipulation attempts and other emerging threats.
Delivering Key Advantages for AI-Driven Enterprises
The collaboration between Upwind and NVIDIA introduces a comprehensive framework designed to deliver five key advantages for organizations adopting AI infrastructure:
- Enhanced Performance Through Accelerated Computing: By leveraging NVIDIA’s GPU-powered platforms, Upwind ensures that AI workloads achieve optimal performance without compromising on security.
- Deployment Flexibility Across Environments: The solution supports deployment in sovereign and private clouds, providing organizations with the flexibility to meet regulatory requirements and maintain control over their data.
- Cost-Effective Scalability: With NVIDIA’s advanced AI frameworks, Upwind enables cost-efficient scalability for AI inference and analytics, allowing businesses to grow their AI operations without excessive costs.
- Strict Data Privacy and Locality Enforcement: The partnership prioritizes data privacy and locality, ensuring that sensitive information remains protected and compliant with regional regulations.
- Tailored Engineering for Customer-Specific Needs: Upwind works closely with customers to align its platform with their unique AI environments, delivering customized security solutions that meet specific operational requirements.
A Shared Vision for Trusted AI
Both Upwind and NVIDIA share a commitment to advancing the field of AI while addressing the associated security risks. “NVIDIA is setting the foundation for enterprise AI, and we’re proud to both leverage it and secure it,” said Dan Yahav, SVP Platforms at Upwind. “By combining Upwind’s runtime visibility and protection with NVIDIA’s accelerated AI infrastructure, we’re helping organizations deploy AI at scale—safely, efficiently, and with full confidence.”
Ariel Levanon, Vice President of Cybersecurity at NVIDIA, echoed this sentiment, emphasizing the importance of building secure AI systems from the ground up. “As AI takes on a central role in business and infrastructure, developers must design systems that are secure from the start,” he stated. “By incorporating NVIDIA’s accelerated computing, advanced AI frameworks, and security-ready infrastructure, Upwind is changing how organizations understand and defend modern cloud environments.”
Pioneering the Next Standard for AI Security
This collaboration builds on Upwind’s broader AI security strategy, which encompasses AI workload runtime protection, AI vulnerability management, and LLM-aware API security. By integrating NVIDIA’s technologies, Upwind is not only enhancing its own capabilities but also enabling a new standard for trusted AI. This standard ensures that security and performance move in lockstep, empowering organizations to harness the full potential of AI without exposing themselves to unnecessary risks.
As AI continues to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of business and technology, partnerships like the one between Upwind and NVIDIA will be instrumental in driving innovation while safeguarding against emerging threats. Together, they are paving the way for a more secure, efficient, and resilient AI ecosystem—one where organizations can confidently embrace the transformative power of artificial intelligence.
With this initiative, Upwind and NVIDIA are not just responding to the current needs of the AI landscape; they are proactively shaping its future. By combining cutting-edge technology with a steadfast commitment to security, they are setting the stage for a new era of trusted AI infrastructure.
About Upwind
Upwind is the next-generation cloud security platform built to lead the runtime revolution. With rapid momentum and a bold vision to unify cloud and application-layer protection, Upwind helps organizations run faster, detect threats earlier, and secure their environments with unmatched precision. Upwind was founded by Amiram Shachar and his founding partners from Spot.io (which was sold to NetApp for $450 million) and is backed by top cybersecurity investors Greylock, Cyberstarts, Leaders Fund, Craft Ventures, Cerca Partners, and Sheva, a VC fund founded by former NBA player Omri Casspi. The company has secured $180 million in funding since its founding in 2022. For more information or to schedule a demo and see the future of runtime security firsthand, visit www.upwind.io.
