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IT leaders fear a repeat of the CrowdStrike outage in 2025
Almost nine-in-ten (88%) executives predict a major IT outage on the scale of the CrowdStrike incident within the next 12 months, according to research from PagerDuty. A majority in the UK. (91%), US (89%), Australia (88%), and Japan (78%) believe an outage is a foregone conclusion and not a matter of “if” but “when.” The CrowdStrike outage caused chaos when…
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CrowdStrike Survey Highlights Security Challenges in AI Adoption
Do the security benefits of generative AI outweigh the harms? Just 39% of security professionals say the rewards outweigh the risks, according to a new report by CrowdStrike. In 2024, CrowdStrike surveyed 1,022 security researchers and practitioners from the U.S., APAC, EMEA, and other regions. The findings revealed that cyber professionals are deeply concerned by the challenges associated with AI.…
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SonicWall and CrowdStrike team up to launch new MDR offering
SonicWall and CrowdStrike have teamed up to launch a new managed detection and response (MDR) offering designed to help MSPs equip SMBs with enterprise-grade security. The collaboration pairs SonicWall’s managed security services with the CrowdStrike Falcon cybersecurity platform’s endpoint detection and response capabilities to create a scalable AI-native solution. In an announcement, SonicWall said the new MDR offering will help…
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CrowdStrike eyes SaaS security gains with Adaptive Shield acquisition
CrowdStrike has announced an agreement to acquire Israeli SaaS security startup Adaptive Shield to bolster the capabilities of its Falcon cybersecurity platform. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Adaptive Shield protects against SaaS breaches through security posture management and threat protection across SaaS identities, misconfigurations, and data. Announcing the move at its Fal.Con Europe event in Amsterdam, CrowdStrike said it will integrate…
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Westcon-Comstor bags major distribution deal with CrowdStrike
Westcon-Comstor has announced an expansion of its partnership with CrowdStrike that will see the firm distribute the CrowdStrike Falcon cyber security platform to channel partners in Ireland. Irish IT channel partners will now be able to access the AI-native Falcon platform to help drive vendor consolidation and bolster security, while leveraging the distributor’s value-added services across education, enablement, and data-driven…
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Delta sues CrowdStrike for $500 million in damages, claims “cutting corners” caused infamous July outage
Delta has made good on its promise to sue CrowdStrike after an update knocked the American airline’s systems offline, costing as much as $500 million. On July 19 2024, security company CrowdStrike rolled out an update to its Falcon detection system, but a flaw in the code crashed 8.5 million computers running Microsoft Windows, knocking banks, retailers, and airlines offline.…
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Microsoft Is Changing Windows to (Hopefully) Stop Another CrowdStrike
Microsoft is taking steps to increase the security and resilience of the Windows operating system. This follows a major incident involving CrowdStrike software in July that disrupted millions of PCs and servers. Microsoft recently hosted the Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit, bringing together security vendors and government officials to discuss ways to improve the overall security landscape. A key takeaway…
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CrowdStrike exec will testify to Congress about July’s global IT meltdown
Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike’s senior vice president of counter adversary operations, has agreed to appear before the panel on September 24th at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, the committee announced. Committee leaders had previously called on CEO George Kurtz to testify, but he’s not currently listed as a witness. In a statement, Committee Chair Mark Green (R-TN) said that while he’d hoped…
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Microsoft has a fix for preventing the next CrowdStrike fiasco, but is it a good one? – Computerworld
The company says on its website that it is in widespread use among the world’s top companies, including 298 of the Fortune 500 companies, eight of the top 10 financial services firms, six out of the top 10 healthcare providers, and so on. It provides cybersecurity via its CrowdStrike platform, which, like many other pieces of security software, is composed of…
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CrowdStrike Accepts ‘Epic Fail’ Award
Black Hat and DEF CON are two of the major security conferences in the U.S., drawing large crowds of cyber and AI decision-makers to Las Vegas. Black Hat USA 2024 ran from Aug. 3-8, with most of the briefings occurring on Aug. 7 and 8; DEF CON 32 ran from Aug. 8-11. We’re rounding up the enterprise business tech news…
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