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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.

If you are still wondering about how the CrowdStrike snafu came about, we recently came across this YouTube explainer that explains it in a particularly clear way in 15 minutes. Well worth a watch.

https://youtu.be/wAzEJxOo1ts?si=D7rhd78JCIfX_aRV

And just in case any of you are wondering, none of our agents (ALM or Auditor) run in kernel mode.

CrowdStrike IT Outage Explained by a Windows Developer Dave explains the Crowdstrike IT outage, focusing in on its role as a kernel mode driver. For my book on the spectrum, see: https://amzn.to/3XLJ8kYGet the s...

The view from our office is changing. The old fine art department is well and truly on its way down now. Roll on the new European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting.

Thanks Gary. It has been great working with you, and we all hope that you and Barbara enjoy your retirement.

How our industry started. GCHQ have just released previously unseen images of, and documents about, Colossus, the world's first programmable computer used to crack ciphers during WW2.

Unseen images of code breaking computer that helped win WW2 Intelligence agency GCHQ say pictures of Colossus a reminder of the UK ingenuity that helped defeat Hi**er.

I want one. :-)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all

It is that time of year again. Booming sound systems and people on the lawn in front of our office means it is the University of Reading Faculty of Art graduation party.

Our new test SOC, with a selection of ALM-SIEM dashboards.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our friends.

Looks like we are getting new neighbours and a new view from our windows:

New home for ECMWF at the University - University of Reading Staff news: New home for ECMWF at the University

A recent post by Nick Connor made me realise there was a key member of staff who has never been celebrated on the these pages. He fulfills a vital role in collected the bottle tops off the office milk supply, so we remember to recycle them.