Not to ride on the wave of the "Hey, if you were using us this wouldn't happen",because that's just jinxing yourself to be the next vendor that does this, but... While reviewing your DR & BCP plans( Yes, you ARE going to do that, right....right?!?), consider this. Review the actual critical applications that your business needs. Are those applications browser-based already? Do those applications have browser-based versions? IF there are any that are not browser-based, can they run in the cloud-based Windows 365 desktop? Would such a list indicate, you don't actually need to be running the Windows OS on your desktops/laptops/endpoints at all. You could, as I do, run a #chromebook, which has a very low attack surface by comparison to other OS's ( No, it doesn't have NO attack surface, nothing really does, it's just very very small and limited ). There are also a number of other benefits, such as upfront and ongoing cost, RoI of the assets and so on. And yes, this current #crowdstrike situation would not impact you at all, or would at best be a redeploy of a previous image of those Windows 365 in the cloud desktops, hindsight is a wonderful thing not a 'look at how knowledgable I am, I'm an expert' thing....though today's socks do match)
It appears that today is one of those days when everyone is obliged to comment on the latest outage caused by the latest vendor to drop systems 'world-wide' to appear to be an expert and knowledgeable about the industry. So here's my 2c to ride along with the masses about #crowdstrike I run a #Chromebook, I am currently making a coffee, and wondering why all these organisations don't test every update and patch in a test bed before they deploy them 'fleet-wide'. I am also realising my socks don't match...
