Microsoft is planning a meeting next month with cybersecurity companies that operate at the core of its Windows systems to discuss ways in which they can keep last month’s worldwide computer crash from happening again.
Cyber companies — including CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., the firm that rolled out a faulty content update last month that led to widespread outages of Windows systems globally — will meet with Microsoft on Sept. 10 at its headquarters in suburban Seattle, the tech giant said.
The CrowdStrike crash, which paralyzed businesses and markets for hours in July, has touched off a fierce debate over whether cyber firms should be allowed to operate at the so-called kernel of Microsoft’s Windows systems at all by highlighting the risks associated with that type of core-level access.
Since then, CrowdStrike has announced wide-ranging changes to how it tests and deploys content updates. CrowdStrike is expected to attend the summit, and government representatives will also be invited, according to Microsoft.
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