And I did want to pick this up from The Verge. Microsoft is advocating for changes to Windows following a CrowdStrike outage that affected 8.5 million PCs due to a faulty update. The company is considering restricting third-party access to the Windows kernel to enhance system resilience and security. John Cable from Microsoft emphasizes the need for collaboration with security partners and mentions new security features that do not rely on kernel access. This incident may reignite discussions about kernel access policies. However, Microsoft faces regulatory issues dating back to proposed changes to Windows Vista in 2006, which were met with pushback from cybersecurity vendors and EU regulators.
Why do we care?
A lesson we hope comes from incidents like Crowdstrike is that software quality matters. Building up system resilience is important, and technology should advance and change. We’ll see!