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[–] [email protected] 74 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Additionally, organizations should approach CrowdStrike updates with caution

We would if we were able to control their "deployable content".

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I read on another thread that an admin was emulating a testing environment by blocking CrowdStrike IPs on their firewall for the whole network before each update, with the exception of a couple machines. It's stupid that he has to do this but hey, his network was unaffected

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Serious question, can you not? There isn't an option to...like...set a review system first?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For antivirus definitions? No, and you wouldn’t want to.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But it sounds like this added files / drivers or something, not just antivirus rules?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

We would if we were able to control their “deployable content”.

Minimum safe distance.