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CrowdStrike, and some other pieces of security software, run at a kernel level on Windows 11.

VBS enclaves, which Cable highlighted, does not require kernel access.

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Microsoft suggested several ways to protect Windows 11 PCs without giving kernel access to apps such as CrowdStrike.

What was the CrowdStrike outage?

The situation caused planes to be grounded, banks to be affected, and emergency services to go down.

Because of that fact, some called the incidnet the “Microsoft outage.”

Binary code displayed on a laptop screen and Guy Fawkes mask are seen in this illustration photo.

Microsoft released aCrowdStrike recovery tool, which has since been updated to support multiple recovery methods.

There’s a good chance that billions of people were affected by the outage, at least indirectly.

Businesses have also lost money due to services being down.

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