Recent Outages Reveal Crucial Vulnerability in Security Infrastructure – and the Need for More Comprehensive Solutions

Microsoft and CrowdStrike occupied headlines for weeks after complications following a software update and a DDoS attack that left customers vulnerable and unable to access their data. While the two events were unrelated, the rapid succession of one failure after another leaves a very wide base of customers wondering exactly how much is at stake, and what they can do proactively to protect themselves and their data.

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