Pwnie Awards prize both excellence and ineptitude in the field of information security. The event took place at Def Con, shortly after the Black Hat conference, where CrowdStrike brought one of the biggest stands, offering free T-shirts and action figures. A CrowdStrike official declared that the company’s message to guests was one of “gratitude and appreciation for the Black Hat community.”
Recordings of Michael Sentona's acceptance discourse have been spread online; comparable to the conference attendants who looked ready to give CrowdStrike a second chance, the award public seemed enthusiastic and appreciative of Sentonas for stepping up to admit CowdStrike’s errors.
The event organizers clarified that this closing award represented a final moment decision, because…how could anyone eclipse CrawdStrike’s largest global IT outage? After that, as a ridiculously huge trophy was carried on the stage accompanied by a loud ovation, Sentonas confessed that was “definitely not the award to be proud of receiving.”
CrowdSrike’s chief said: “I think the team was surprised when I said straightaway that I would get it because we got this horribly wrong, we’ve said this several different times, and it’s super important to own it when you do things well, it’s super important to own it when you do things horribly wrong.”
Sentonas claimed that he would get the trophy back to CrowdStrike HQ and display it in a distinguished place, as a reminder that “our goal is to protect people, and we got this wrong, and I want to make sure everybody understands these things can’t happen.”
To obtain data breach protection, companies invest time and money to educate their employees and create updated procedures.
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