Behind the scenes of the Solarwinds hack

Getting hit with a large-scale cyber attack is a nightmare scenario for many IT leaders. Repairing the damage caused by hackers once they’ve infiltrated your system can be both expensive and time-consuming, and the post-breach fallout can be extremely challenging to deal with.

But while the technical impact an attack like this can have is one thing, we often overlook the effect it has on the individuals who have to respond to it. Long nights, extreme pressure and high levels of stress are all hallmarks of real-world incident response, and for the teams mobilised to deal with a breach, the experience can often be traumatic.

This week, the IT Pro Podcast sits down with Solarwinds CISO Tim Brown and CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna to dig into one of the most serious and wide ranging attacks of the decade. We find out what it was actually like in the days and weeks following the attack on its Orion platform last year, and how the company’s incident response teams coped with one of the most severe security events in its history. We also discuss what it was like for Ramakrishna joining the company in the immediate wake of the incident, and how he rebuilt trust in Solarwinds’ partners and resiliency in its IT.

For more information on all of the issues we've spoken about this week, head over to https://bit.ly/ITPP-Solarwinds