#ResilientSystems

CrowdStrike Offers Mea Culpa to House Committee

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September 25, 2024 at 05:39PM CrowdStrike’s senior VP, Adam Meyers, testified about the faulty July 19 content update that crashed 8.5M Windows systems. He called it a “perfect storm” and apologized. The House Committee highlighted the incident’s global impact and criticized CrowdStrike’s oversight. Meyers outlined measures to prevent a recurrence, emphasizing enhanced testing processes and … Read more

The CrowdStrike Meltdown: A Wake-up Call for Cybersecurity

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July 30, 2024 at 10:07AM One of the largest IT outages occurred on July 19, caused by a faulty update on CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform. The incident highlighted the vulnerability of our increasingly digital world due to reliance on centralized systems. To prevent future disruptions, organizations should introduce diversity in IT systems and invest in training … Read more