SolarWinds Security Chief Wants More Clarity for Cyber Execs

Tim Brown of SolarWinds Corp. has advice for corporate security chiefs whose companies have been hacked: Be prepared for your job to change after a cyber incident.

That’s what happened to Brown, SolarWinds’ chief information security officer, after his company in 2020 disclosed it had suffered a far-reaching hack. He was pulled from his day-to-day duties of implementing cyber programs and took on a new outward-facing role focused on strategy and how to move forward.

That continues today.

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