What I learn from this week's emerging technology class - week twelve

Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to get to the end of our journey. And this week, we talked about IT security.


I have another class about IT security this semester, so I have the content for this week I am familiar with. Here's the funny thing: last week, the most extensive IT security incident of the year just happened!


I know you already know what I will talk about, CloudStrike!



On Friday, a buggy update from U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused the world's largest-ever IT outage. Over 8.5 million Windows devices went down, showing the dreaded blue screen. This crash affected many industries, from airlines to retailers, leading to chaos.


CrowdStrike provides online security solutions with software that digs deep into a computer's operating system to find threats. This time, however, the update's bug triggered Windows' blue screen protection.


This incident shows us that IT problems can be very unpredictable. Do we really need everything in our lives connected to the Internet? What if the next crash disrupts our lives even more?


Let's consider how dependent we are on technology and whether it's worth the risk.


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