'Hard to find a part of the economy that wouldn't be affected': What NZ bosses need to know about CrowdStrike outage

'Hard to find a part of the economy that wouldn't be affected': What NZ bosses need to know about CrowdStrike outage
CyberCX's Dan Richardson hopes a fix will come in hours, but thinks it could also have a "long tail". (Image: Supplied)
Dileepa Fonseka
Victoria Young
Read more: CrowdStrike boss updates on major cyber outage. Technology experts are advising chief executives and bosses to reach out to their IT teams, insurers and dust off business continuity plans as a global cyber outage impacts New Zealand. CyberCX executive director for strategy and risk Dan Richardson said you would struggle to find a business unaffected by the current outage and everyone needed to take notice.“It’ll be hard to find a part of the economy that wouldn’t be affected by this.”Richardson said...

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