Crowdstrike debacle for Microsoft Windows Update

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The recent CrowdStrike software update caused a significant outage affecting approximately 8.5 million Windows devices, resulting in a "Blue Screen of Death" and boot loops. The incident stemmed from a bug in CrowdStrike's Content Validator, which allowed problematic data to pass through its quality control checks. As a result, Fortune 500 companies are projected to incur over $5 billion in losses. CrowdStrike has committed to enhancing its testing protocols and implementing a staggered update approach to prevent future occurrences.

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  • Familiarity with Windows operating system architecture, specifically kernel mode and user mode
  • Knowledge of software testing methodologies, including validation and quality control
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I'd add it's about Darwinism as it applies to software and IT. You need a diverse competitive industry that is pushing for a better product. And thus, providing checks and pressures on monopolistic players. You need a village of smart people/companies engaged, competing in a free market, which will create the redundancy and competition that ends up creating a robust and competitive front, to that product landscape. It's all about competition, a free market, and battling the compliancy that comes with being comfortable and monopolistic in any industry. Competition and a fair, unbiased, ruthless, landscape that is always checking itself which predicates compelling and exceptional outcomes.
 

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