Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , CrowdStrike Outage Updates , Governance & Risk Management
ISMG Editors: CrowdStrike Competitors Analyze Outage, Impact
Also: UN Convention Against Cybercrime Efforts; Serving SMBs' Cybersecurity Needs
In the latest weekly update, Information Security Media Group editors detailed how CrowdStrike's competitors have been using its recent outage to highlight how their technology and business approaches differ; why security vendors are rushing to serve the unique cybersecurity needs of small and midsize organizations; and the status of the United Nations' efforts to develop a treaty designed to combat cybercrime.
See Also: Making Sense of FedRAMP and StateRAMP
The panelists - Mathew Schwartz, executive editor, DataBreachToday and Europe; Tom Field, senior vice president, editorial; Michael Novinson, managing editor, ISMG business; and Chris Riotta, managing editor, GovInfoSecurity, discussed:
- What the CEOs of Palo Alto Networks and SentinelOne have separately been saying - both on a business and technical front - about last month's global IT outage triggered by a faulty CrowdStrike update;
- How fresh cybersecurity solutions are being developed for the specific needs of small and midsize organizations, as detailed by Alberto Yépez, co-founder and managing director at Forgepoint Capital, in a recent interview;
- Why a coalition of technology organizations is urging United Nations members to reject a draft United Nations cybercrime treaty.
The ISMG Editors' Panel runs weekly. Don't miss our previous installments, including the Aug. 16 edition on the hacking of the U.S. election and the Aug. 23 edition on how the supply chain attack on SolarWinds is redefining cybersecurity disclosure obligations, especially for CISOs.
