---
id: 7806
title: "CrowdStrike Global IT Outage: Time to Reflect on the Process for Security Vendor Updates?"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/security-industry-trends/crowdstrike-global-it-outage/"
published_at: "2024-07-19T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["incident-response", "crowdstrike", "change-management", "availability", "it-outage"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7806"
lang: en
---

# CrowdStrike Global IT Outage: Time to Reflect on the Process for Security Vendor Updates?

## Summary

A faulty CrowdStrike Falcon content update for Windows hosts triggered the largest IT outage in history. NetSPI CTO Tom Parker reflects on balancing update velocity, QA, and change management.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2024-07-19T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/security-industry-trends/crowdstrike-global-it-outage/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7806