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docs/risks/Dependency-Risks/Lock-In-Risk/Lock-In-Risk.md

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Softare libraries and products come and go. A choice that was popular when it was made may be superseded in the future by something better. (_cf._ [Market Risk](/tags/Market-Risk)). This may not be a problem until you try to renew a support contract, or try to do an operating system update. Although no-one can predict how long a technology will last, [The Lindy Effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect) suggests that _future life expectancy is proportional to current age_. So, you might expect a technology that has been around for ten years to be around for a further ten.
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Software libraries and products come and go. A choice that was popular when it was made may be superseded in the future by something better. (_cf._ [Market Risk](/tags/Market-Risk)). This may not be a problem until you try to renew a support contract, or try to do an operating system update. Although no-one can predict how long a technology will last, [The Lindy Effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect) suggests that _future life expectancy is proportional to current age_. So, you might expect a technology that has been around for ten years to be around for a further ten.
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**Threat**: Committing to new technologies when they have an unproven track record.
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docs/risks/Environmental-Risks/Environmental-Risks.md

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docs/risks/Environmental-Risks/Legal-Risk/Legal-Risk.md

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![Mitigating Feature Fit Risk Leads to Legal Risk](/img/generated/risks/posters/legal-risk.svg)
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But as the above diagram shows, mitigating these [Feature Fit Risks](/tags/Feature-Fit-Risk) naively exposes the firm to [Leagl Risks](/tags/Legal-Risk). For example:
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But as the above diagram shows, mitigating these [Feature Fit Risks](/tags/Feature-Fit-Risk) naively exposes the firm to [Legal Risks](/tags/Legal-Risk). For example:
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- One of the players uploads copyrighted media. They copyright holder may then file a [DCMA takedown notice](https://www.dmca.com/FAQ/What-is-a-DMCA-Takedown) to have it removed.
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- Content might be uploaded that breaks privacy laws, e.g [General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)](https://gdpr-info.eu).

docs/risks/Environmental-Risks/Security-Risk/Security-Risk.md

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CrowdStrike's Falcon tool is an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tool designed to detect attacks aimed at compromising staff's personal computers, such as [ransomware](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomware), [Advanced Persistent Threats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_persistent_threat) and [Zero-Day Exploits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_vulnerability). As more and more staff moved outside of corporate firewalls during the COVID-19 pandemic, tools like this were seen as more and more valuable.
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However, what clients of CrowdStrike were unware of was the company's extremely lax approach to quality assurance of its product - they pushed code out to computers around the world without any rigorous testing, which was a disaster waiting to happen. In July 2024 a CrowdStrike release caused widespread sytems crashes and a global IT outage as Windows PC's rebooted over and over again, unable to start properly.
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However, what clients of CrowdStrike were unware of was the company's extremely lax approach to quality assurance of its product - they pushed code out to computers around the world without any rigorous testing, which was a disaster waiting to happen. In July 2024 a CrowdStrike release caused widespread systems crashes and a global IT outage as Windows PC's rebooted over and over again, unable to start properly.
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It is estimated that [Fortune 500 companies suffered $5.4bn of losses](https://nypost.com/2024/07/24/business/microsoft-to-take-hit-as-fortune-500-suffers-5-4b-in-crowdstrike-losses-study) due to the outage.
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