CrowdStrike Opponents Analyze Outage, Influence

In the latest weekly update, Information Security Media Group editors detailed how CrowdStrike’s competitors have been using its recent outage to highlight how their technology and business approaches differ; why security vendors are rushing to serve the unique cybersecurity needs of small and midsize organizations; and the status of the United Nations’ efforts to develop a treaty designed to combat cybercrime.

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The panelists – Mathew Schwartz, government editor, DataBreachToday and Europe; Tom Subject, senior vice chairman, editorial; Michael Novinson, managing editor, ISMG enterprise; and Chris Riotta, managing editor, GovInfoSecurity, mentioned:

• What the CEOs of Palo Alto Networks and SentinelOne have individually been saying – each on a enterprise and technical entrance – about final month’s international IT outage triggered by a faulty CrowdStrike update;




• How recent cybersecurity options are being developed for the particular wants of small and midsize organizations, as detailed by Alberto Yépez, co-founder and managing director at Forgepoint Capital, in a latest interview;




• Why a coalition of know-how organizations is urging United Nations members to reject a draft United Nations cybercrime treaty.

The ISMG Editors’ Panel runs weekly. Do not miss our earlier installments, together with the Aug. 16 version on the hacking of the U.S. election and the Aug. 23 version on how the availability chain assault on SolarWinds is redefining cybersecurity disclosure obligations, particularly for CISOs.