Kernel level access was discussed at the Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit, a meeting between Microsoft, government officials and cybersecurity companies on Sept. 10. It’s been nearly two ...

Microsoft Looks to Revamp Windows Access After CrowdStrike Outage The company is signaling it wants to clamp down on third-party access to the Windows kernel to prevent a repeat of last Friday's ...

Following the massive Windows outage in July caused by a defective CrowdStrike update, Microsoft is working on a way to allow security products to ‘run in user mode just as apps do,’ Microsoft’s David ...

The CrowdStrike incident that affected more than 8.5 million Windows PCs worldwide and forced users to face the “Blue Screen of Death,” made Microsoft sit down and revisit the resilience of its ...

CrowdStrike’s faulty update has kicked off questions about how to avoid a similar tech disaster. CrowdStrike’s faulty update has kicked off questions about how to avoid a similar tech disaster. is a ...

‘This incident shows clearly that Windows must prioritize change and innovation in the area of end-to-end resilience,’ a Microsoft executive says in a blog. Microsoft acknowledged that it must ...

John Cable writes for Microsoft’s IT blog: This incident shows clearly that Windows must prioritize change and innovation in the area of end-to-end resilience. These improvements must go hand in hand ...

Microsoft is stepping up its plans to make Windows more resilient to buggy software after a botched CrowdStrike update took down millions of PCs and servers in a global IT outage. The tech giant has ...

A hot potato: While still working with CrowdStrike to bring millions of botched PCs back online, Microsoft is also thinking about the future of Windows. The platform must evolve and innovate, ...

Last Friday, a major CrowdStrike outage impacted PCs running Microsoft Windows, causing worldwide issues affecting airlines, retailers, banks, hospitals, rail networks, and more. Computers were stuck ...