CrowdStrike avoids customer exodus after triggering global IT outage

The cybersecurity vendor reported $33.9 million in expenses related to the July 19 incident, which caused the company to swing to a loss.

By Matt Kapko • Nov. 27, 2024

Black Friday 2024: Preparing your e-commerce platform for peak performance

Performance testing is crucial for eCommerce websites, especially as user expectations continue to rise.

By Aviv Zohari, Founding Engineer of Groundcover • Nov. 25, 2024

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Security strategies benefit from nimbleness as companies respond to high-profile vulnerabilities and support internal talent gaps.

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Microsoft unveils resiliency, security enhancements following July global IT outage

The updates are part of a larger effort at the company to overhaul its internal security culture.

By David Jones • Nov. 21, 2024

Easterly to step down from CISA director role on Inauguration Day

CISA confirmed that political appointees of the Biden administration will also depart the agency as the Trump administration takes over.

By David Jones • Nov. 18, 2024

Google Cloud to mandate MFA for all users in 2025

The policy change puts the three largest cloud providers — AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud — in position to have MFA mandates for some or all customers next year.

By Matt Kapko • Nov. 8, 2024

Tech executives reassess IT resilience in CrowdStrike outage aftermath

Nearly all organizations have known operational weaknesses that leave IT systems vulnerable to service interruptions, according to Cockroach Labs.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 7, 2024

FTC cloud market inquiry remains unresolved as US presidential race enters final stretch

An ongoing investigation into hyperscaler competition initiated last year by the Federal Trade Commission has largely been overshadowed by AI regulation concerns.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 4, 2024

5 highest-paying IT certifications in 2024

An AWS certification earned the top position as employers and employees seek out credentials that verify security, data and cloud skills.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 29, 2024

Microsoft CEO asked board to cut pay in connection with security overhaul

Despite the request, Satya Nadella's total compensation in fiscal year 2024 far exceeded 2023 thanks to Microsoft's stock market performance.

By David Jones • Oct. 25, 2024

Even small IT failures can cost millions, tech leaders say

Businesses lose up to $1.9 million per hour from high-impact events like the CrowdStrike outage, according to a New Relic survey.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 25, 2024

CISOs, C-suite remain at odds over corporate cyber resilience

More than a year after the SEC revamped cyber disclosure rules, security and IT executives still struggle to articulate enterprise risk strategies.

By David Jones • Oct. 8, 2024

5 cybersecurity best practices for small to midsize businesses

Discover the security vulnerabilities putting small to midsize businesses at risk.

Oct. 7, 2024

Banking tech alliance drafts enterprise AI adoption guidelines

The Fintech Open Source Foundation, which now includes Nvidia and Moody’s, outlined LLM risks and control measures to guide deployment in the industry.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 4, 2024

Phishing remains cloud intrusion tactic of choice for threat groups

The attack mode accounted for one-third of the cloud-related incidents IBM X-Force responded to across a two-year period.

By Matt Kapko • Oct. 2, 2024

CrowdStrike CEO pushes ‘resilient by design’ framework, promising changes

The cybersecurity vendor is embracing a new business framework after a defective software update led to one of the largest IT outages in history.

By Matt Kapko • Sept. 26, 2024

CrowdStrike’s mea culpa: 5 takeaways from the Capitol Hill testimony

CrowdStrike was quick to apologize after a faulty content update triggered a global IT network outage. An executive detailed internal changes designed to prevent it from happening again.

By Matt Kapko • Sept. 25, 2024

Microsoft names deputy CISOs, flushes dead accounts as part of internal security overhaul

The company released a progress report on efforts to revamp its internal security culture and governance.

By David Jones • Sept. 23, 2024

Generative AI raises security concerns among IT leaders

Executives worry their organization lacks the ability to protect applications and workloads, according to a Flexential survey.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Sept. 18, 2024

Microsoft, working with security partners, pledges better deployment, testing collaboration

Following a summit with U.S. and European partners, the company is working to build additional resiliency features to prevent a repeat of the historic global IT outage linked to CrowdStrike.

By David Jones • Sept. 13, 2024

Oracle leans on private cloud to fortify enterprise security, data sovereignty

“We expect that private clouds will greatly outnumber public clouds,” Oracle Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison said Monday.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 10, 2024

AT&T takes Broadcom to court over VMware support services dispute

The telecommunications company claims it is being bullied into “paying a king’s ransom” for software it does not want or need, according to the complaint.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 5, 2024

CrowdStrike takes a revenue hit as global IT outage reckoning lingers

Sales are taking longer to close and the cybersecurity vendor is offering discounts to stem potential customer losses.

By Matt Kapko • Aug. 29, 2024

After a wave of attacks, Snowflake insists security burden rests with customers

The cloud-based data warehouse vendor remains “slightly muted” about the attacks on its customers because Snowflake wasn’t breached, CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy said.

By Matt Kapko • Aug. 22, 2024

Palo Alto Networks CEO touts leads from CrowdStrike fallout

In the wake of the massive IT outage, some CrowdStrike customers have entered talks with Palo Alto Networks in search of a new provider.

By David Jones • Aug. 20, 2024

Companies aren’t as cyber resilient as they think

Most companies fall short on business continuity as malicious threat activity continues to rise, a Cohesity study found.

By David Jones • Aug. 19, 2024