Scenario planning: Lessons from the CrowdStrike outage

How can we prepare for potential similar outages in the future?

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Ollie Dent assesses the impact of the CrowdStrike outage and shares his insight on how to prepare for similar potential problems in the future...

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 ...

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