In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, incidents shouldn’t be seen as just setbacks—they’re learning opportunities. The recent CrowdStrike outage, where a flawed update disrupted millions of Windows systems, again served to highlight to the world the importance of putting comprehensive, robust and resilient cybersecurity measures in place…
Disruption. What disruption?
For Armor customers, the impact of the CrowdStrike incident was markedly different to that reported by most Windows users. Whilst many experienced extensive disruptions – some lasting days – as the diagram below shows, 100% of Armor Enterprise Cloud customers’ environments were completely remediated within two and a half hours of detection and even before the official CrowdStrike fix was released.
CrowdStrike: Armor Enterprise Cloud Customer Remediation Timeline
But How?
Resilient Solutions
Preventing severe business-impacting events can only be achieved through the implementation of highly resilient cybersecurity systems. Our solutions ensure holistic protection, incorporating security-first architecture and built-in recovery capabilities that are proven to work well before a disaster strikes.
Smart Design
In the case of Armor Enterprise Cloud, the cornerstone of the solution is Armor Agent for Servers, a strong server security capability that integrates Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), File Integrity Monitoring (FIM), vulnerability management, log management, monitoring, and system remediation actions. Backed with a 24/7 Security Operation Centre (SOC) that leverages industry leading Threat Intelligence, it ensures the most sensitive workloads are secured and resilient.
Armor Supervisor is another key component of Armor Agent for Servers which manages multiple sub-agents seamlessly, providing robust remediation capabilities backed by a world-class MDR service.
Not just offering protection, the comprehensive remediation capabilities of Armor Enterprise Cloud meant that our customers were able to recover rapidly from the CrowdStrike incident, ensuring operational continuity even in the face of these unexpected challenges.
Don’t Settle for Less
The CrowdStrike outage illustrates perfectly the necessity of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity solutions.
But when choosing a cybersecurity provider, don’t settle for just anything. When researching and ultimately evaluating vendors, consider:
- Flexibility:
Exclusivity with a single vendor may limit your ability to integrate with other tools or adapt to new technologies. Solutions like Armor Agent for Servers offer interoperability and adaptability to future changes, ensuring your organization remains agile. - Vendor Reliability:
Choose vendors with a proven track record in reliability and responsiveness. Look for providers who have hands on experience, excel in incident management and are committed to continuous improvement. - Comprehensive Offerings:
While a single vendor approach can simplify management, choose a vendor that provides management simplicity with a robust solution set. FIM, EDR, MDR, log management, vulnerability management, compliance, and strong Incident Response and Management capabilities should all be covered.
In short, choose Armor.
The Armor Commitment
The dynamic cybersecurity landscape demands vigilance and continuous improvement. Incidents like the CrowdStrike outage remind us of the critical importance of this and of having solid security-driven architecture and a proactive security approach.
At Armor, we remain committed to learning from these events, strengthening our defenses, and providing the highest level of security for our customers. Our supervised security approach, comprehensive testing protocols, and customer-centric solutions demonstrate our commitment to resilience and customer security outcomes.
As threats evolve, so do we. Ensuring our clients enjoy peace of mind in an increasingly complex digital world.