In this episode, GRIP’s commissioning editor Jean Hurley spoke with Alice Wallbank of Shoosmiths to discuss cyber security in the context of major global incidents, including the CrowdStrike outage and the infamous Ashley Madison affair. As a privacy and data specialist, together with six year’s experience as legal counsel for the cyber and intelligence business of a defense technology company, Alice brings a unique and insightful take on global security events.
We spoke about:
- CrowdStrike as a provider of cybersecurity software and systems.
- How dependent are companies on CrowdStrike and similar cybersecurity firms
- What caused the “blue screen of death” and where the actions taken by CrowdStrike in step with normal practices?
- The prevalence of malicious cyberattacks and recent examples. See JCNSS report A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK national security.
- Whether CrowdStrike was in breach of any global regulation. (See EU GDPR Article 32)
- Examples of notable outages in 2024.
- The Ashley Madison data breach and whether it can happen again in 2024. (See Could the Ashley Madison data breach happen today?
- How many other large tech companies could disrupt our way of life.
- How firms and individuals may be able to get redress for losses due to a cyber incident.
- How resilient the digital world is.
- Government oversight and regulation.
- Looking to the future, will we become more resilient as cybersecurity improves?
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
