S2:E3 Contractor Botch: Defiling the FAA
Episode 3 of the When Bits Hit the Fan: The Tech Podcast for the Rest of Us podcast, hosted by Centre Technologies, titled "S2:E3 Contractor Botch: Defiling the FAA" was published on January 27, 2023 and runs 12 minutes.
January 27, 2023 ·12m · When Bits Hit the Fan: The Tech Podcast for the Rest of Us
Summary
Finally we have an update on the FAA's outage that occurred on Jan. 11. A contractor somehow "deleted files while working to correct synchronization between the live primary database and a backup database" (FAA NOTAM Statement). Hosts James Shuler and Taylor Littlejohn assess the situation and beg to ask the question: how on earth does this happen and what can we do to prevent it?
Episode Description
Finally we have an update on the FAA's outage that occurred on Jan. 11. A contractor somehow "deleted files while working to correct synchronization between the live primary database and a backup database" (FAA NOTAM Statement). Hosts James Shuler and Taylor Littlejohn assess the situation and beg to ask the question: how on earth does this happen and what can we do to prevent it?