Scenario planning: Lessons from the CrowdStrike outage

The CrowdStrike outage in July gained significant media attention and caused widespread disruption. Unlike previous major incidents, this was not due to a malicious outside threat actor driven by financial gain. This incident happened as a result of a misconfigured software update, a simple defective code. Now that the dust has settled, the incident has left many asking the same question. How can we prepare for potential similar outages in the future? Pre-breach incident policies Devising, implementing and stress-testing a response plan is of vital importance. It isn't a question ...