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Microsoft to host CrowdStrike and others to discuss Windows security changes


Microsoft’s Windows security summit kicks off next month.

That enabled the faulty update to cause a Blue Screen of Death at startup on affected machines last month, thanks to CrowdStrike’s special driver that allows it to run at a lower level than most apps so it can detect threats across a Windows system. “Our discussions will focus on improving security and safe deployment practices, designing systems for resiliency and working together as a thriving community of partners to best serve customers now, and in the future.” The summit will include technical sessions to discuss safe deployment practices, improvements to the Windows platform and API sets, and using more memory-safe programming languages like Rust.

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