The recent global IT outage that grounded planes and disrupted services has raised concerns among experts that many organizations are not prepared to implement contingency plans when IT systems fail. The outage was caused by a conflict between a CrowdStrike update and Microsoft’s Windows operating system.
Experts warn that until more contingencies are built into networks and organizations put better backup plans in place, such outages will happen again. The 2038 Problem, a time-based computer issue similar to the Millennium Bug, is looming on the horizon and could cause significant disruptions.
Former head of Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre, Ciaran Martin, emphasizes the need for organizations to ensure failsafes and redundancies in their IT systems to stay operational during outages. He notes that while the world is good at managing safety aspects of technology, it struggles with providing services.
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