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Avoid This Fatal IT Mistake – Learn from the Recent CrowdStrike Outage

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FRESNO, California – Cody Sarhan, Communications Specialist

On July 19th, the world witnessed an unprecedented global IT outage due to a faulty update from CrowdStrike, leading to system crashes and widespread downtime across various industries — requiring manual workarounds to resolve. Businesses, airports, hospitals broadcasters, and more worldwide grappled with the issue, with reports of systems stuck in boot loops and operations coming to a halt.

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At Xobee Networks, we prioritize rigorous reviews and only recommend high-quality software and services to our clients. We do not utilize or recommend CrowdStrike products, ensuring that your systems remain unaffected by this outage.

While out clients’ systems are secure from this specific incident, it is a crucial reminder to stay vigilant against other potential security threats. Cybercriminals often exploit moments of widespread disruption to target vulnerable systems. This situation created an opportunity for bad actors, as they know teams are under pressure. During such times, there’s a higher risk of techs forgetting their cybersecurity training, neglecting identity verification processes, and cutting corners.

Steps to Stay Safe

  • Enhanced Verification: Remind your teams to be extra vigilant in verifying identities and credentials, especially during times of high stress.
  • Review Processes: Reevaluate your identity verification processes to ensure there’s no gap. Enable multi-factor authentication, and update core system software to patch security holes.
  • Protect Data: Be extra critical of data security, avoiding plain text storage and implementing robust encryption. If you were affected by this outage, Xobee Networks stands ready to provide the support you need to better stay protected during outages and keep that competitive edge.

Contact one of our technicians today to learn more about our products and services, including IT consulting, cybersecurity, cloud hosting, virus/spam protection, web development, VoIP, and more.

Xobee Networks now has engineers servicing clients within Fresno, Clovis, Madera, San Jose, Sacramento, San Francisco & the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Las Vegas, Bakersfield, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Anaheim, Palm Springs, and more.

Cody Sarhan | Communications Specialist, Xobee Networks

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