#it-outages

#it-outages

Windows outages cause widespread disruptions in various industries globally.

A faulty update by CrowdStrike caused massive IT infrastructure outages worldwide, affecting millions of devices and critical services.

Technical analysis by Microsoft confirmed the root cause as a memory safety issue in the CSagent driver used by CrowdStrike.

Both CrowdStrike and Microsoft are working to understand and resolve the issue after the significant technology outage.

The CrowdStrike-Windows incident revealed vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure security, emphasizing the need for improved resilience among security vendors.

Executives overwhelmingly expect major IT outages as organizations focus more on security over resilience and preparedness, creating significant vulnerabilities.

The CrowdStrike outage has exposed gaps in IT resilience, prompting organizations to reconsider their disaster recovery and incident response strategies.

Organizations significantly overestimate their data resilience capabilities, with only 10% truly performing above average.

Lloyds is experiencing significant online service outages, preventing customers from viewing their transactions.

The bank's IT team is addressing the issues after various customer complaints.

Outages may be linked to external IT management contracts with companies like Microsoft and IBM.