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How CrowdStrike Stopped Everything

bersecurity experts know the CIA Triad well: that’s the acronym for Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability, all of which are essential to data security. Organizations must keep data secret so not just anyone can see it; they must maintain its accuracy and reliability, and they must keep the information available to those who need it.

It reminded us how modern economies intertwine with these systems and how devastating it can be when they fail,” said Trevor Horwitz, chief information security officer and founder at TrustNet Inc., a provider of cybersecurity and compliance products and services. “The outage disrupted a diverse array of essential systems vital for the functioning of hospitals, airports, stock exchanges, airlines, financial institutions, and retail outlets,” said Bob Bruns, chief information security officer at Avanade, a global provider of IT consulting and services focused on the Microsoft platform. Said Jen Easterly, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ( CISA) in a personal LinkedIn article post, “Even in a world where we make major progress on Security-By-Design and Security-By-Demand, bad things will still happen.

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