The CrowdStrike outage – assessing the fallout for the insurance market
After a poorly-executed update to cyber security firm CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor software caused millions of Windows devices to go offline, Tim Johnson, partner at Browne Jacobson, assesses the lasting impact and implications for cyber insurers as the global tech infrastructure makes its slow recovery.
On 19 July, IT systems across the world were impacted by the CrowdStrike outage following the release of what should have been a routine sensor configuration update to its cloud-based cyber security
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