It is 2025, and ransomware is still making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Last year alone, several large-scale incidents showed just how creative attackers can get. The one that sticks with me involved a regional cloud provider in Europe.
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Solving the Toughest Problems in Federal Hybrid IT
When people talk about hybrid IT, they often mean flexible office setups. However, in the public sector, hybrid means a lot more.
Security Apathy Is Real – Here Are 5 Ways Agencies Can Combat It
A new study—the SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2021—suggests, although tech pros are confident with their work from home and remote work policies, agencies are at a critical inflection point as this…
Lesley Carhart on Cybersecurity, IT Careers, and Service In and Out of the Military — SolarWinds TechPod 048
Lesley Carhart is recognized as one of the leading voices in digital forensics and cybersecurity. But her career began – and is still firmly rooted – with her service in the Guard and Reserves. She…
Secure by Design | The CISO Perspective — SolarWinds TechPod 044
CDW Technology Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer Ruben Chacon, SolarWinds® CISO and VP, Security Tim Brown, and SolarWinds Head Geek™ Thomas LaRock talk about what CISO need to know to face…
Secure by Design | Securing the Supply Chain — SolarWinds TechPod 039
The recent SUNBURST cyberattack reveals new threats to the supply chains fueling today’s businesses. SolarWinds and FireEye have raised the alarm for leaders everywhere to reexamine their security, to prepare…
Secure by Design | Securing the Software Development Build — SolarWinds TechPod 038
The recent SUNBURST cyberattack on the SolarWinds software build environment is a concerning new reality for the software industry, representing the increasingly sophisticated actions by outside nation-states on the supply…
Secure by Design | Helping Our Customers Get Back to Business — SolarWinds TechPod 037
Organizations were stopped in their tracks when the cyberattack occurred. When you’re focused on taking the right actions to protect your environment, your users, and your entire enterprise, solid counsel…
Secure by Design | Our Plan for a Safer SolarWinds and Customer Community — SolarWinds TechPod 036
Companies must change the way they operate to combat increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks across ever-expanding attack surfaces. What we learn from one attack can help us protect against the next. Because…
Finding Zen – How IT Ops and IT Security Can Work Together
IT Ops and security teams don’t always have a perfect relationship. While IT Ops teams are focused on making work and communication seamless and accessible (and therefore want everything to…