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Microsoft to host security summit after CrowdStrike disaster
Redmond wants to improve the resilience of Windows to buggy software.
The tech giant has in the past month intensified talks with partners about adapting the security procedures around its operating system to better withstand the kind of software error that crashed 8.5 million Windows devices on July 19. Last month’s outages—which are estimated to have caused billions of dollars in damages after grounding thousands of flights and disrupting hospital appointments worldwide—heightened scrutiny from regulators and business leaders over the extent of access that third-party software vendors have to the core, or kernel, of Windows operating systems. Nevertheless, while it might boost a system’s resilience, blocking kernel access could also bring “real trade-offs” for the compatibility with other software that had made Windows so popular among business customers, Forrester analyst Allie Mellen said.
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