If You Haven't Heard: There's a Major CrowdStrike Outage That May Affect Your Business.
Overnight, CrowdStrike suffered a significant outage that affected businesses worldwide, causing disruptions and technical issues for many users.The global IT outage caused disruptions affecting airports, hospitals and businesses worldwide. Even if your organization doesn’t directly utilize CrowdStrike’s services, you could still experience indirect effects.
What is CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity company that helps protect businesses and organizations from online threats. Their services include threat intelligence, endpoint protection, and expert advice to help organizations strengthen their overall cybersecurity. They use technology to prevent cyber attacks, detect any suspicious activity, and respond effectively to minimize damage if a threat does get through.
Understanding the CrowdStrike Outage
The root cause of the outage was a faulty update. Overnight, CrowdStrike pushed out an update to their application and businesses all over the world began to experience issues. The outage crippled thousands of Microsoft Windows computer systems with many Microsoft users around the world facing an error screen known as the “blue screen of death.” They quickly got to work trying to remediate the problem and pushed out patches to correct it. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said in a statement on X that “The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.”
How the Outage Affects Your Applications
If your business does not use CrowdStrike, the outage should have minimal to no direct impact on operations. However, there could be some indirect effects. The ripple effect of this outage could still touch the digital tools and applications you depend on daily. For example, if your Third-Party Vendor uses Crowd Strike your application might experience slower response times, connection errors, or even temporary outages.
What should you expect
Be aware today that this is causing issues for organizations everywhere. Let your IT team know if you are experiencing issues. They can develop a work around for you while the issue persists. Once the outage is resolved, conduct a thorough assessment to ensure no security breaches occurred during the downtime. This could involve additional resources and time to verify the integrity of their systems and data.
What is IT Enabled doing
In the wake of the CrowdStrike outage, we are actively stepping up to ensure that our partners remain resilient. Our team is tracking developments and working through issues related to the outage as they arise. So far this morning, we have helped our customers find work arounds for issues they are experiencing related to the problem. If your organization is experiencing issues, contact us. You can call or text 936-225-3329, chat with us online at www.itenabled.com. We will help you determine if they are CrowdStrike related or not, and provide you with the most current updates, insights, and actionable advice.