Infinite Vice President Kelsey Eidbo speaks with Cybersecurity Dive to examine CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz’s rapid public response to the unprecedented IT outage spurred by a software update shipped by his company.

“Nothing of this scale or magnitude has happened in recent memory, if ever…"

“Cybersecurity firms are typically not the story because they intentionally operate behind the scenes. The crisis at CrowdStrike this week was a wake-up call and will certainly go down as a cautionary tale for cyber firms, IT vendors, and all of us who rely on them to keep the world spinning.”

Read more of Kelsey's thoughts on how Kurtz taking responsibility “early, publicly, and proactively,” was as unexpected as the crisis itself, and why it might have actually saved the CrowdStrike brand, on Cybersecurity Dive here.