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Financial institutions told to get their house in order before the next CrowdStrike strikes
2024-11-02 09:30

Calls for improvements will soon turn into demands when new rules come into force The UK's finance regulator is urging all institutions under its remit to better prepare for IT meltdowns like that...

Delta officially launches lawyers at $500M CrowdStrike problem
2024-10-28 14:17

Legal action comes months after alleging negligence by Falcon vendor Delta Air Lines is suing CrowdStrike in a bid to recover the circa $500 million in estimated lost revenue months after the...

CrowdStrike apologizes to Congress for 'perfect storm' that caused global IT outage
2024-09-25 01:23

Argues worse could happen if it loses kernel access CrowdStrike is "deeply sorry" for the "perfect storm of issues" that saw its faulty software update crash millions of Windows machines, leading...

Organizations are changing cybersecurity providers in wake of Crowdstrike outage
2024-09-23 12:33

More often than not, a cyber attack or a cyber incident that results in business disruption will spur organizations to make changes to improve their cybersecurity and cyber resilience – and...

1 in 10 orgs dumping their security vendors after CrowdStrike outage
2024-09-19 16:13

Many left reeling from July's IT meltdown, but not to worry, it was all unavoidable Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) says one in ten organizations in the country affected by...

Best of CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2024: Tackling Adversity with a Wave of Cybersecurity Innovation
2024-09-19 16:00

CrowdStrike faced a crisis on July 19 when an update went horribly wrong. The company faced a firestorm of criticism. Doubts were raised about its survival. Rather than going into PR spin mode,...

One More Tool Will Do It? Reflecting on the CrowdStrike Fallout
2024-09-09 12:34

The proliferation of cybersecurity tools has created an illusion of security. Organizations often believe that by deploying a firewall, antivirus software, intrusion detection systems, identity...

CrowdStrike's meltdown didn't dent its market dominance … yet
2024-08-29 02:27

Total revenue for Q2 grew 32 percent CrowdStrike's major meltdown a month ago doesn't look like affecting the cyber security vendor's market dominance anytime soon, based on its earnings reported...

CrowdStrike deja vu as 'performance issue' leaves systems sluggish
2024-08-22 18:15

Not related to the massive outage in July, security biz spokesperson told us Some IT administrators suffered a moment of deja vu on Thursday morning as CrowdStrike blamed a cloud service issue for...

Delta vs. CrowdStrike: The duties vendors owe to customers – or do they?
2024-08-14 05:00

In a potentially groundbreaking dispute, Delta Air Lines is threatening to sue CrowdStrike, a leading cybersecurity firm, for alleged negligence and breach of contract. This case brings to the...