Shane Buckley, CEO of Gigamon, discusses the recent CrowdStrike outage, plus insights on how Gigamon managed to restore critical systems rapidly. He highlights the importance of observability and defense-in-depth strategies in mitigating security threats and offers advice for other organizations.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the massive CrowdStrike IT outage that crashed 8.5 million Windows systems and severely affected the healthcare, finance and transportation sectors. Here's what you need to know one week later about the recovery, impact and lessons learned.
Cybersecurity incidents are not just technical problems. They are also major public relations challenges. Effective IT and cybersecurity leadership during a crisis can significantly affect your company's reputation, stakeholder trust and overall recovery - and have a big impact on your career.
The recent CrowdStrike outage highlights the need to shift from reactive risk management to proactive measures in cyber-physical security. Claroty CEO Yaniv Vardi emphasizes the importance of compensating controls, network segmentation and secure remote access in preventing similar incidents.
CrowdStrike must enhance testing and validation procedures and address deficiencies in its current quality assurance processes to minimize attrition. CrowdStrike should conduct a technical retrospective to understand the root cause of the faulty software content update and make necessary changes.
Global CIOs said the fallout from the CrowdStrike outage could have been mitigated by investing in comprehensive data resilience that can help restore corrupted data through orchestrated recovery. It can help recover from disasters such as ransomware, data corruption and catastrophic events.
Cybercriminals are exploiting the chaos created by the CrowdStrike outage by launching fake websites and phishing campaigns to trick victims into downloading malware or divulging sensitive information, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and others experts.
As if the healthcare sector doesn't have enough technology problems, the global IT outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software update has forced some hospitals and other medical facilities worldwide to resort to manual downtime procedures and cancel patient procedures.
Federal agencies including CISA rushed on Friday to provide IT support to critical infrastructure sectors in the U.S. while resolving their own system disruptions caused by a faulty update pushed to Windows PCs by the Texas-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
In this special edition of the ISMG Editors' Panel, CyberEd Board member Ian Thornton-Trump joined editors to discuss the fallout from the massive CrowdStrike IT outage, the reaction from the tech industry and how we can learn from the incident and create more resilient operations.
An M&A due diligence process must include a comprehensive cybersecurity risk assessment, including all assets, threats, vulnerabilities and control measures, said Bradley Schaufenbuel, vice president and CISO at payroll and HR solution company Paychex.
According to a survey by Sophos, the average ransom payment has been steadily increasing over the years, reaching around $1.5 million in 2023. However, the ransom payment is only a part of the total cost of a successful attack.
As more organizations adopt digital business models, data has become a lucrative target...
Acronis President Gaidar Magdanurov discusses the need for immutable backups in the current threat landscape and highlights the benefits of integrating security measures with backup systems to facilitate automated recovery from ransomware attacks and minimize downtime.
Crisis management is a crucial skill for organizations and CISOs. It starts with understanding the business and tailoring plans to its needs, according to Stuart Seymour, group CISO and CSO, Virgin Media O2. He recommends rehearsing plans with leadership and regularly updating them.
Paul Peters, detective superintendent and managing director at The Cyber Resilience Center for Wales, outlines strategies to enhance cyber resilience, particularly for SMBs and micro-businesses. Organizations must focus on preparedness, partner collaboration and basic security measures, he says.
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