Without Backup Plans, Global IT Outages Will Happen Again
Experts warn that without contingency plans and redundancies, global IT outages like Friday’s will continue. A conflict between CrowdStrike’s update and Microsoft’s Windows OS caused widespread disruptions. The incident raises concerns about market concentration in the cybersecurity industry. New Delhi | July 21, 2024 08:53 IST A recent global IT outage, which disrupted services from airlines to healthcare, underscores the critical need for robust contingency plans and network redundancies. The outage, caused by a software conflict between an update from U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and Microsoft’s Windows operating system,…