CrowdStrike VP to Testify on Global IT Outage

Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike's senior vice president for counter adversary operations, will testify before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on September 24 regarding the company's faulty software update that caused a global IT outage on July 19. The outage affected 8.5 million Microsoft Windows devices and disrupted critical sectors such as aviation, healthcare, and banking, leading to significant economic impacts including Delta Air Lines canceling 7,000 flights. The House committee, led by Rep. Mark Green, aims to understand the incident's details and CrowdStrike's mitigation efforts to prevent future disruptions. This hearing underscores the urgency of enhancing cyber hygiene and resiliency against increasing threats, even though the outage was not due to a cyberattack. The committee had initially requested CEO George Kurtz to testify, but Meyers will represent CrowdStrike at the hearing.