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-12.3: Implement an Intrusion Detection and Prevention System

Standards Group:
YALE-MSS-12: Intrusion Detection

YALE-MSS-12.3: Implement an Intrusion Detection and Prevention System

Low Risk Endpoint Not Required Moderate Risk Endpoint Not Required High Risk Endpoint Not Required Low Risk Server Not 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 if your system is deployed on the University's network.

An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) monitors for and alerts on suspicious activity.

An Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) monitors a network for security threats or policy violations. When such activity is identified, the IPS will log and attempt to block the related traffic.