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Stuart

In an unexpected turn of events, a sensible take on #Crowdstrike from the Orange Site.

Source: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Screenshot of a Hacker News comment. Text follows:

So CrowdStrike is deployed as third party software into the critical path of mission critical systems and then left to update itself. It's easy to blame CrowdStrike but that seems too easy on both the orgs that do this but also the upstream forces that compel them to do it.
My org which does mission critical healthcare just deployed ZScaler on every computer which is now in the critical path of every computer starting up and then in the critical path of every network connection the computer makes. The risk of ZScaler being a central point of failure is not considered. But - the risk of failing the compliance checkbox it satisfies is paramount.
All over the place I'm seeing checkbox compliance being prioritised above actual real risks from how the compliance is implemented. Orgs are doing this because they are more scared of failing an audit than they are of the consequences failure of the underlying systems the audits are supposed to be protecting. So we need to hold regulatory bodies accountable as well - when they frame regulation such that organisations are cornered into this they get to be part of the culpability here too.
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georgebaily

@calamari we need better checkboxes for auditing how good the audit checkboxes are

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@calamari
I Like this, but it's not nearly unkind enough to folks who just do not engage brain at work, at all.

Compliance is meant to be a tool, to expose businesses to robust thinking around problems. IMO anyone, who knowingly does check-box compliance, (we'll just buy in / defer compliance) for any reason, should be shown the door.

David Fleetwood - RG Admin

@calamari At Amazon in 2019 I argued against the Falcon sensor on the hosts I was responsible for. I agreed their service was good, but the lack of transparency, control and even ability to test changes made it a no go for me. I asked why we weren't either building our own solution or just buying them.

I was overruled and I'm sure those systems, if they still exist, had a fun past few days.

Again, I like CS, but major tech companies are not short on resources or expertise.

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