Danny Jenkins CEO & Co-Founder ThreatLocker
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Danny Jenkins CEO & Co-Founder ThreatLocker
“ Current IT infrastructure is overly reliant on just a few key vendors , so if one of those vendors releases a faulty update or even worse becomes the victim of a cybersecurity event , it could cascade into an event like this . This incident highlights the need for “ Update Channels ” – basically having a few machines in a company update before everyone else to test out new updates and mitigate the risk of a total outage .
“ This also reiterates the need for a robust cybersecurity strategy . This issue happened from a simple mistake – the damage could have been much greater if a malicious actor was behind the outage .
“ Cybercriminals never stop , even during an outage . This incident was perfect timing for cybercriminals – IT professionals may be extremely busy fixing the outage , leaving their guard down to other cybersecurity breaches . If a vulnerability is found within one system , this could be exploited and lead to several knock-on attacks .
“ A Zero Trust approach to your environment can help mitigate unforeseen issues and make the business more digitally resilient . Backup your current systems , have a disaster recovery plan , and test it ! Many companies have a disaster recovery plan that doesn ’ t work when they try to use it , businesses cannot take this risk .” technologymagazine . com 77