Outage Sparks Activity

We learn lessons every time there is a catastrophe or potential catastrophe like this. I say that we learn them, but I mean that we could learn them if we would pay attention, reflect, consider, plan, execute, and anticipate.

Lessons we would all acknowledge, but we cannot say we have learned until we implement strategies are:

1. We are vulnerable and getting more vulnerable daily because we are growing more dependent upon technology.

2. We have sources and resources for protection. They cost time and money, but they can help eliminate, ameliorate, or minimize great loss.

3. The old Cold War notion of the domino effect applies to our digital world and networks today. When one sector goes down, all are potentially effected.

4. The suffering that is possible when the network crashes does not simply plague the powerful; it touches the most vulnerable. It is human suffering.

5. The time to plan for crisis is when we are not in a crisis.

6. Those who are prepared, recover more quickly.

7. Not just big companies, but small businesses and individuals need backup plans for storage and for operations.

What am I missing?

If you say "nothing," we are all at risk, but cause there is always something we are missing.

That reality keeps us on our toes.

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Outage Sparks Activity

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Businesses scramble after IT outage

By Riva Gold, Editor at LinkedIn News

Airlines, banks, broadcasters and other businesses are counting the cost of a major tech outage that upended services globally and laid bare the vulnerabilities of infrastructure around the world. The crisis — which affected Microsoft Windows devices and was attributed to a software update at cybersecurity company CrowdStrike — was still impacting air travel, deliveries, and a range of other consumer, medical and commercial services over the weekend. CrowdStrike released a fix on Friday and systems are in the process of being restored globally.

• LinkedIn parent Microsoft issued an explainer and workaround on Friday, while CEO Satya Nadella wrote on LinkedIn that the company is "working closely with CrowdStrike and across the industry" to provide guidance and support.
• Microsoft said on Saturday that about 8.5 million devices — fewer than 1% of all Windows machines globally — were affected by the outage.
• Jen Easterly, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, wrote in a LinkedIn post on Saturday that CrowdStrike's defective update was a "serious mistake." She noted that U.S. infrastructure is vulnerable to "a fragile software ecosystem that has historically deprioritized security in favor of features and speed to market."