Date: August 28, 2024
Time: 8:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM EDT | 7:00 PM IST
Topic: Reassessing Incident Response Strategies in Light of CrowdStrike Challenges
Abstract: The CrowdStrike event in July 2024 resulted in service disruptions globally across many industries, including nearly 60% of the Fortune 500 companies and more than half of the Fortune 1000. Non-CrowdStrike users who relied on providers for critical business processes also suffered gaps in service delivery.
A central tenant in incident response is learning lessons from an incident. This session will focus on areas that an organization may consider improving its incident response process, including:
Key takeaways:
- Infrastructure considerations to reduce the probability of a similar occurrence,
- The importance of a solid and well-tested business continuity program to include dependencies and
- How an organization defines an incident and other governance considerations can have significant regulatory and other business repercussions.
Speaker:
Greg Schaffer , Principal, vCISO Services, LLC
Bio: With over 34 years of experience in information technology and security, Greg is a seasoned information security executive proficient in the information security program and project management, information security risk assessment and mitigation, vendor risk management, policy, and standards creation and implementation, and disaster recovery and business continuity. He is the founding principal of vCISO Services, LLC, an information security consulting firm providing small and midsized businesses with strategic information security expertise. He hosts The Virtual CISO Moment podcast and is the author of the bestselling book Information Security for Small and Midsized Businesses. He is also a contributor to NowMedia’s Be Productive television show and has spoken at numerous conferences over 20-plus years.
*Examples, analysis, views and opinion shared by the speakers are personal and not endorsed by EC-Council or their respective employer(s)