Microsoft received backlash when it tried to secure Windows on its own from the security vendors.
When Windows was all stuck due to the sudden IT outage every individual looked down on Microsoft for its untrustiness which led to a global tech disaster. While it has become clear that an update to an anti-virus program ‘Falcon Sensor’ by CrowdStrike was responsible for the massive worldwide outage, people have been wondering how such a defective update was allowed and if it may happen ever again. Just as the proverb prevention is better than cure, tech giants are running behind measures to stop the occurrence rather than resolving it later.
Some say that this has been done as a cakewalk and that the windows could disable buggy drivers. This will allow the system to identify the bug leaving it in the reboot or recovery mode. The company should have added technical advancements preventing it from a complete halt to the current status mode or after multiple reboot jinx.
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Major tech businesses and online dealings have been affected by the historic ‘tech outage’ alarming dealers, investors and entrepreneurs to always keep a solution aside when something unexpected happens as the incident teaches the importance of keeping vital technological infrastructure handy or aside.
In 2006, Microsoft attempted to implement PatchGuard in Windows which would forbid the entry of third parties accessing the kernel. Due to the opposition from anti-virus companies, a case has been filed to the court and the company took a withdrawal from the plan giving access to the security vendors in its kernel.
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Microsoft received backlash when it tried to secure Windows on its own from the security vendors. The company is on the fence that the pressure primates the digital world to confront such blue screen malfunctions to happen again. Leaving it to Microsoft, the company should answer the question or it has to improvise a better option for coping with the security vendors’ policies that will save the digital world from such sudden system crashes.
