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The July 19 CrowdStrike outage is going down as one of the largest tech #outages in IT history. Check out @Ookla’s upcoming webinar to find out how to use Downdetector for early alerting so that you’re prepared when these outages occur.

Join us this next 21st of August for a webinar where we will explore how Downdetector saw the CrowdStrike outage within 20 minutes of the bad update being pushed to their customers, and how we were able to see the very broad impact across many sectors and industries as it affected Australia and New Zealand. Learn how we can help your business get those valuable minutes or even hours of advance notice before your work day starts!

The world is talking still about the lasting effects from the Crowdstrike outage. But are we talking about what we can learn from such an outage and prevent it from happening in the future? Downdetector continues to be THE PLACE where all consumers and corporations should be to detect their outages. Often Ookla can detect outages before anyone else! if you want to listen to some lessons learned, tune in here!

The CrowdStrike outage serves as a crucial moment for everyone in the cybersecurity and IT community to reflect and learn about resilience, impact, and communication. Last week, our Co-Founder and CEO, Neatsun Ziv, shared his insights on this issue in recent publications. His commentary ranges from understanding the impact of downtime and IT dependencies to highlighting the numerous advantages of agentless deployments. Here is just one insight he shared... “Moving forward, a system of agentless updates as opposed to automatically updating agents on the endpoint servers could help alleviate issues like this,” he said. “The associated convenience of automating these updates creates more potential for outages and security incidents, and this kind of event could happen to any vendor that uses agent technology." For more details, check out the full articles: ▪ Fast Company: https://lnkd.in/eBcPEwGb ▪ MSSP Alert: https://lnkd.in/gqxFXPXt ▪ Techstrong Group: https://lnkd.in/egJWUB4N We also want to acknowledge and appreciate the hard work of everyone involved in managing this situation. It's through these challenges that we continue to learn and become more resilient.

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The global outages and major disruption caused by a flawed CrowdStrike security update is a stark reminder of your company’s digital vulnerability. Netrix has experts on hand if you have been impacted or need information on recovery. Reference our page covering the impact, what we know, and how we can help you problem solve. We will keep you updated on the latest information here: https://lnkd.in/e-QR_iCU

The recent emergency patch rollout by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused significant global disruption, underscoring the critical need for robust resilience planning, automation, and rigorous testing to mitigate IT system failures. In this episode of TFiR: Let’s Talk, Rob Hirschfeld, Co-Founder and CEO of RackN, talks about the necessity of having alternate control paths and backup systems in place to ensure quick recovery during such incidents.

The repercussions of the CrowdStrike incident are just beginning to unfold. While not initiated by a cyberattack, malicious actors are exploiting the situation, leading to an increase in phishing and other nefarious activities. We invite you to read an insightful article by our Chief Information Security Officer, Bob Bruns, detailing how we swiftly resolved our clients’ issues within hours, the valuable lessons we learned, and the proactive steps you can take to enhance your security posture against future incidents. #Avanade

Sharing to my network : Lately, I've had the opportunity to advise many customers with Microsoft E5 or who may be considering transitioning away from legacy security tools like Splunk, Crowdstrike, QRadar, and ArcSight. They are interested in learning real-world best practices for a successful transition from E3 to E5, as well as implementation and optimization support for E5. Additionally, they are keen on adopting Unified Security Operations for various threat detection and response use cases, zero trust, etc. Trustwave has launched a Masterclass series to provide educational insights on these topics, featuring sessions: 📅 Session #3: July 11 | CISO Debrief: Lessons Learned Moving to Microsoft E5 📅 Session #4: July 18 | Getting Started with Microsoft Copilot for Security 📅 Session #5: July 25 | Accelerating Value for Microsoft Defender XDR, Copilot, and Sentinel If you'd like to learn more, simply register for the Masterclass webinar series. https://lnkd.in/g2Ky5CU5 #Sentinel #Copilot #Microsoft E5 license #XDR #Defender #

The global outages and major disruption caused by a flawed CrowdStrike security update is a stark reminder of your company’s digital vulnerability. Netrix has experts on hand if you have been impacted or need information on recovery. Reference our page covering the impact, what we know, and how we can help you problem solve. We will keep you updated on the latest information here.