In this episode, Josh and Tom welcome back David Stevenson, the Cyber Security Lead at Empyrean, to discuss the recent major cybersecurity incident triggered by a CrowdStrike software update which resulted in widespread system outages around the world.
So what can we learn from this, and how to ensure business continuity? Fortunately there are alternatives to Cloudstrike available. However there is no escaping the importance of understanding vendor procedures, establishing strong incident response plans, and taking into account multi-vendor approaches for managing risks.