Microsoft will host a special conference in September to discuss the lessons and security measures the industry can take away from CrowdStrike. The Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit is scheduled for September 10 at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
The event will feature representatives from Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and other cybersecurity and information technology companies. Participants will explore changes in industry practices and the use of applications that can prevent future computer outages.
Anonymous says one of the conference's discussion points will address the use of applications that rely more heavily on Windows user mode rather than kernel mode. The July outage occurred because the Crowdstrike agent was operating in kernel mode, in which the central processing unit grants the software full access to a system's resources and hardware. User-mode applications are more isolated, so they can't bring down other systems.
Attendees will also discuss the implementation of eBPF technology in systems to verify programs without causing system-wide failures. The conference will also feature discussions on the use of safer programming languages such as Rust, an alternative to programming languages such as C or C++.
CrowdStrike blamed the system outage that began on July 19, according to an update. The shutdown causes blue screens of death on the systems of banks, airlines and companies around the world.
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