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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-14.2: Identify the system's primary security contact

Standards Group:
YALE-MSS-14: Security Incident Reporting

YALE-MSS-14.2: Identify the system's primary security contact

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The primary security contact is a Yale-affiliated person who can help coordinate a response to a security-related event. Even if a vendor provides a security contact, someone at Yale must be identified. A good option for primary security contact is a Yale employee who provides IT support for the system.