Microsoft to make Windows more resilient following 2024 IT outage

Microsoft to make Windows more resilient following 2024 IT outage

The company has been working with security partners to make sure future software updates don’t lead to operational disruptions for customers.

Microsoft Unveils Windows Resiliency Initiative for IT Strength

In a landscape where cyber threats loom larger than ever, Microsoft has unveiled a bold strategy to fortify enterprise systems with its newly announced Windows Resiliency Initiative. Detailed in a recent company announcement on the Windows Experience Blog, this initiative positions resilience not as a mere afterthought but as a core pillar of system design, security, and management. With organizations increasingly vulnerable to disruptions—wheth…

CrowdStrike Will Take Hit From Outage But ‘Limit’ Longer-Term Damage: Analyst

Morgan Stanley analysts have checked with CrowdStrike partners and are now ‘slightly more’ confident in the cybersecurity vendor’s recovery after a historic outage.

Microsoft wants to avoid another disastrous CrowdStrike PR abomination and here's how it wants to do it

(Image credit: Future) Microsoft and partners have a new Windows resilience strategy for enterprisesWRI shifts antivirus tools outside kernel for better reliability and recoveryCrowdStrike and Bitdefender praise Microsoft’s new approach to security collaborationMicrosoft wants to avoid a repeat of the backlash that followed the 2024 CrowdStrike-related outage, and it’s launching a new framework to do so.With its new Windows Resiliency Initiativ…

Microsoft To Make Windows More Resilient Following 2024 IT Outage - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

Microsoft plans to roll out key platform upgrades in July in an effort to build greater operational resilience into the Windows platform, following the 2024 global IT outage linked to a faulty software update from CrowdStrike. The changes — including quick machine recovery and other features letting Microsoft 365 users continue accessing the cloud in a protected environment — are part of a Windows overhaul that Microsoft announced in November to…