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caused millions of Windows-based machines to crash, Microsoft has published its analysis of the outage. As part of this, Microsoft has explained howfor products such as CrowdStrike is important and outlined how it will protect millions of Windows machines in the future.
Kernel drivers also improve performance, which is why they are often used by security vendors. For example, analysis or data collection for high throughput network activity may benefit from a kernel driver, Microsoft points out. Microsoft says it has invested in moving complex Windows core services from kernel to user mode, such as font file parsing from kernel to user mode. Taking this into account, it says it is “possible today for security tools to balance security and reliability.”In the wake of the CrowdStrike incident there was “a mad rush by some experts to blame Microsoft,” says cybersecurity consultant Daniel Card.
Kernel level access is required for most security based tooling to be able to perform the functions they are required to do. This is why it’s so important to make sure that you evaluate vendors appropriately, says Sean Wright, head of application security at Featurespace. “There has been a large focus on this software with this level of access and the reality is, this is not unique to Windows. Linux has similar level of access for drivers as well.
Enabling zero trust approaches such as high integrity attestation which “provides a method to determine the security state of the machine based on the health of Windows native security features.”
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