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Media Pulse: Keep Calm and Carry On; Fastly and Similar Outages Illustrate a Business Resilience Opportunity
Jun 10, 2021 | 3 min
Summary
The recent Fastly outage and others like it provides evidence of increased media visibility related to third-party risks; however, it also presents an opportunity for Australian organisations to adopt adaptive business resilience in place of legacy continuity planning.
Event Facts
On 9th June 2021, the global content delivery network Fastly suffered a configuration issue that impacted global networks, including those in Australia. The problem affected the digital presence of many Australian media outlets, retailers, government agencies, and the private sector. As a result, services were either entirely unavailable or slowed to a crawl.
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