A senior executive from CrowdStrike Holdings, Adam Meyers, is scheduled to testify before Congress regarding a significant IT outage the company experienced in July, which disrupted various global industries. The House Homeland Security Committee plans to hold the hearing on September 24 to delve into the incident, which was triggered by a flawed content update that affected air travel, banking, and more. Representative Mark Green stressed the necessity of understanding how the outage occurred and what preventive measures CrowdStrike is implementing to avoid future incidents. Following the event, CrowdStrike committed to extensive changes in its software update procedures to safeguard critical infrastructure against similar disruptions.
