Compliance & Risks
On July 19, 2024, a large-scale outage emerged affecting Windows computers for many industries across the globe from financial institutions to hospitals to airlines. The source of this outage came from a single content update from CrowdStrike.
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This predicament is truly regrettable for the impacted parties, and we wish for a swift resolution and recuperation for everyone involved.
While the focus will be on reinstating their Windows environment, it’s crucial to vigilantly oversee non-Windows setups as adversaries might exploit distracted teams. Our research team unceasingly surveils the general landscape to detect any potential malicious activities and will share notable advancements here.
In the pursuit to outmaneuver cyber criminals, sometimes software is hastily pushed out. Given the nature of software, it’s inevitable to encounter glitches. Implementing processes to promptly identify and mitigate bugs is essential, along with evolving software deployment procedures to prevent simultaneous impacts on a global clientele.
At Trend, we employ various resilience strategies based on our own encounters that we consistently enhance across our personnel, processes, and technology. We utilize a phased deployment method enabling us to introduce software updates in segments, commencing with our internal deployment and progressing to customer groups to minimize exposure in case of issues. Additionally, we have robust capabilities for swift rollback of affected builds.
Trend stands prepared to provide assistance, and we will persist in monitoring the situation and sharing updates from our research team in this blog.
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