CIO Lessons On Business Continuity After The Crowdstrike Outage
CIODIVE, Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024
Checking the links between IT systems and reviewing business continuity plans can help CIOs stop the next major interruption before it happens.
After a CrowdStrike outage crashed IT systems around the world, CIOs turned inward and began reviews of their own business continuity strategies to prevent a similar crisis from striking twice.
On July 18, a defective software update in CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor caused Windows computer systems to crash, bricking everything from airlines to banks and hospitals. Part of the problem, CIOs say, was a lack of preparedness and control over vendor-provided software.