Matt Aldridge Principal Solutions Consultant Opentext Cybersecurity
IT OUTAGE
Matt Aldridge Principal Solutions Consultant Opentext Cybersecurity
“ The global IT outage crisis is a big wake-up call for the whole industry , including for vendors as well as for their customers and the consumers and beneficiaries of technical solutions worldwide .
“ The complexity of modern software solutions can be very easily underestimated , and cybersecurity solutions need to be particularly advanced , in order to detect , defend against , and stay ahead of the constantly evolving advanced threats which they face off against on a daily basis .
“ Despite comprehensive testing , there is always a chance that a bug may slip through and make it into production code . It appears that this has happened in this case , and any organisation that is using the affected software and which is not controlling the release of updates themselves could be exposed to this issue .
“ For any organisation that delivers critical services , it has always been vital to have plans in place to allow operations to continue in the face of an IT outage , however it is a sign of the times that IT systems have become so dependable that they are increasingly taken for granted , and effective plans are not in place to handle outages in these critical systems .”
76 August 2024