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Global IT Outage - What happened? + FREE SANS training guide
InfoSec Sam
July 21, 2024
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Recent News
Crowdstrike Catastrophe
Just one big story to talk about today because its a big one!
This week we saw one of the biggest global IT outages ever. An outage that wasn’t the result of malicious actors, but as a result of a software update pushed out by cybersecurity giant Crowdstrike.
The update which Crowdstrike stated was part of a routine sensor configuration update triggered a logic error that saw Windows systems experience the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).
The impact of this incident resulted in thousands of flights being cancelled or delayed worldwide, disrupted services including The London Stock Exchange, banks, doctor surgeries, pharmacies, and many more.
Crowdstrike has since provided remediation guidance consisting of a workaround to recover from the incident. However, the impact to Crowdstrike itself was clear with their share price plummeting, settling at a 11% drop by the end of the Friday.
This is a valuable lesson to all cybersecurity professionals to remember that it is not always the malicious actor we need to defend against. But that the very tools we put in place to maintain our security are just as capable of causing significant incidents and need just as much risk management.
Career Development
SANS Digital Brochure
For those of you interested in obtaining SANS training and certifications, SANS have recently released a new SANS 2024 digital brochure which includes details of the cyber career landscape, training roadmap, courses by job role, plus more.
Check it out at the link below plus other training links shared on my TikTok channel: