Recovery Diva

JULY 30, 2024

From the Congressional Research Service: Federal Assistance for Wildfire Response and Recovery.

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LogisManager

JULY 30, 2024

8.5 Million Crashes Later: Why CrowdStrike’s Blunder Is Your Risk Management Wake-Up Call Last Updated: July 30, 2024 On July 19, 2024, the world got a brutal wake-up call. CrowdStrike , an American cybersecurity company, pushed out a faulty update to its Falcon Sensor software, causing approximately 8.5 million Microsoft Windows systems to crash.

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BryghtPath

JULY 30, 2024

The upcoming United States elections pose significant operational risks, necessitating proactive measures for organizations to mitigate potential impacts and ensure resilience. The upcoming 2024 presidential election has the potential to introduce a variety of uncommon yet severe and significant challenges. These include potential issues such as voter manipulation and physical violence, which have prompted authorities … The post Intelligence Briefing: Threats and Risks Associated with the

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IT Governance BC

JULY 30, 2024

Mitigating supply chain risk After widespread coverage, the CrowdStrike outage from 19 July 2024 hardly needs an introduction. But as a reminder, here are some key facts about the CrowdStrike incident: CrowdStrike is a publicly listed security company, which provides security software to – among many other large organisations – Microsoft. The primary incident was a breach of integrity and availability , not confidentiality.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 30, 2024

Outgunned by Russia in electronic warfare, Kyiv should consider going further than it already has with more cost-effective communication solutions. Sometimes vintage systems and techniques can provide militaries with simpler and cheaper alternatives to keep critical lines of communication open.

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Acronis

JULY 30, 2024

In the newly released Acronis Cyberthreats Report, H1 2024, we explore new ransomware groups, changes in ransomware patterns, emerging attacks on collaboration apps and developments in AI threats.

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PagerDuty

JULY 30, 2024

As organizations increasingly rely on complex digital infrastructure, they must be ready to move rapidly when major incidents occur. The recent global outage has shown just how fragile IT systems can be. With mounting pressure to deliver seamless customer experiences, GenAI and automation present an opportunity to manage risk more effectively, by ensuring responders have the right information to restore services quickly.

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Zerto

JULY 30, 2024

If you are reading this, you probably know what happened, but just in case you don’t, let me put it simply: CrowdStrike issues a software update which caused certain Windows machines to experience a blue screen of death (BSOD) and fail to boot. This caused a major outage in many sectors, including transportation, and CrowdStrike customers scrambled to roll back their systems or implement a workaround to restore systems to working order.

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