Subj : Re: Cloudstrike/Windows BSOD, looks pretty serious
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : kirkspragg
Date : Fri Jul 19 2024 21:40:33

 pF>  IT tends to a herd mentality - infosec even more. Monocultures are bad.

Agree. There can be significant barriers RE trying a new vendor in large corporates especially when something security related has become embedded in your operations to the extend that cloudstrike did. Deals have been struck, long term purchasing agreements made, discounts have been obtained and moving to someone new would mean redoing all of that! Oh the horror!

Saw this in action where I work with the Lastpass debacle a wee while ago. Despite the fact that lastpass had been quite thoroughly pwned, and that peoples secrets (ok not everyone's secretes as far as we know but....) had been exposed as a result it took over 6 months for our corporate overlords to figure out what to do. Meanwhile sensible employees like myself moved to keepass2 & rotated their passwords. 

 pF>  I've had a couple of people ask why they can't use Macs at work.  :)

We have some team members using macs. When my windows laptop gives up the ghost, I may become one of them.

.... Old doctors never die, they just quit practicing

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