(Reuters) -Microsoft mentioned on Friday it might maintain a summit in September on bettering cybersecurity programs, after a defective replace from CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:) triggered a worldwide IT outage final month.

The convention marks the primary large step by Microsoft (NASDAQ:) to deal with the problems that affected almost 8.5 million Home windows gadgets on July 19, disrupting operations throughout industries starting from main airways to banks and healthcare.

The occasion will likely be held on Sept. 10 on the firm’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft will invite authorities representatives to the gathering, it mentioned.

“The CrowdStrike outage in July presents important lessons for us to apply as an ecosystem,” Microsoft mentioned.

The outage raised issues that many organizations should not effectively ready to implement contingency plans when a single level of failure resembling an IT system, or a bit of software program inside it, goes down.

“We look forward to bringing our perspective to the discussions with Microsoft and industry and government stakeholders on the need for a more resilient ecosystem,” a CrowdStrike spokesperson mentioned when contacted for a remark.