July 22, 2024 | The CrowdStrike glitch on July 19 has sparked industry-wide concerns. A faulty Falcon Platform update caused widespread Microsoft outages, affecting 29,000 customers. IT teams are now laboring through a complex recovery process.
David Brumley, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, criticized CrowdStrike’s insufficient stress-testing and non-incremental rollout. Callie Guenther from Critical Start noted the risks of Friday updates due to weekend understaffing.
Regulatory scrutiny and discussions about the consolidation of software vendors are expected. Adversaries are also exploiting the chaos, warned CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz and CISA.
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