Teaser - Tim Brown - SolarWinds CISO

In this teaser episode Dr Earl Crane talks to Tim Brown, CISO of SolarWinds about the recent Sunburst malware intrusion and the security-by-design philosophy.

SolarWinds, shot to national prominence due to the Sunburst malware intrusion. It resulted in a coordinated whole of government response to this significant cybersecurity incident.

As stated by CISA, an advanced persistent threat actor was responsible for compromising the SolarWinds Orion supply chain as well as widespread abuse of commonly used authentication mechanisms. Throughout the attack, the Sunburst intruders maintained significantly high levels of operational security to avoid discovery. The Sunburst malware landed in its prospective targets and waited patiently for two weeks before initiating any activity.

Now imagine being the cybersecurity leader at the organization identified by name in this intrusion that affected thousands of customers. That was the situation Tim found himself in, in late 2020. He joins me here today to share his experience and wisdom in dealing with one of the most significant cybersecurity incidents in recent memory.