Global Outage Alert: Windows BSOD Crisis Following CrowdStrike Update – Recovery Steps & Qualys Assurance

Qualys reports on the global July 19, 2024 CrowdStrike Falcon sensor issue that triggered Windows BSODs, providing step-by-step recovery guidance for on-prem PCs and cloud environments (AWS and Azure), noting CrowdStrike’s rollback, and confirming no impact to Qualys platforms or customers; the advisory also recommends using Qualys CSAM to identify affected assets and describes Qualys’ release, testing, and agent version control practices to minimize operational risk.