UK public worried about over reliance on IT following CrowdStrike problems

Following the July 2024 CrowdStrike IT outages, over 78 percent of people in the UK now worry about the heavy reliance of global organizations on IT systems and software providers. A new survey of 2,000 UK adults by One Poll for Nineteen Group, organizers of the International Cyber Expo shows that 44 percent of respondents were in some way impacted by the outages. 18 percent were affected themselves and 26 percent knew someone who was. Additionally, the report shows 55 percent of people report not being personally affected but were still aware of the incident. This highlights the growing global… [Continue Reading]