Crowdstrike Outage Cybersecurity

Recently, a faulty update from CrowdStrike caused a worldwide technical outage. The outage mostly impacted Windows systems. CrowdStrike confirmed this was a technical issue and not a cybersecurity attack. However, we should be aware of how cybercriminals will use this outage to their advantage.

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YALE-MSS-12.2: Utilize a network firewall to allow the least amount of access possible

Standards Group:
YALE-MSS-12: Intrusion Detection

YALE-MSS-12.2: Utilize a network firewall to allow the least amount of access possible

Low Risk Endpoint Not Required Moderate Risk Endpoint Not Required High Risk Endpoint Not Required Low Risk Server Required Moderate Risk Server Required High Risk Server Required Low Risk Mobile Device Not Required Moderate Risk Mobile Device Not Required High Risk Mobile Device Not Required Low Risk Network Printer Not Required Moderate Risk Network Printer Not Required High Risk Network Printer Not Required

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This standard is met by being on the University network.

For this standard, a network firewall is defined as a network appliance that is distinct from the operating systems running the IT System (i.e. independent from the system itself).

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