SolarWinds and the SEC.

Published: June 3, 2024, 6 a.m.

Rick Howard, N2K\u2019s CSO and The CyberWire\u2019s Chief Analyst and Senior Fellow, presents the argument for why the SEC was misguided when it charged the SolarWinds CISO, Tim Brown, with fraud the after the Russian SVR compromised the SolarWinds flagship product, Orion. Our guests are, Steve Winterfeld, Akamai\u2019s Advisory CISO, and Ted Wagner, SAP National Security Services CISO.\nReferences:\nAndrew Goldstein, Josef Ansorge, Matt Nguyen, Robert Deniston, 2024. Fatal Flaws in SEC\u2019s Amended Complaint Against SolarWinds [Analysis]. Crime & Corruption. \nAnna-Louise Jackson, 2023. Earnings Reports: What Do Quarterly Earnings Tell You? [Explainer]. Forbes.\nBrian Koppelman, David Levien, Andrew Ross Sorkin, 2016 - 2023. Billions [TV Show]. IMDb.\nDan Goodin, 2024. Financial institutions have 30 days to disclose breaches under new rules [News]. Ars Technica.\nDavid Katz, 021. Corporate Governance Update: \u201cMateriality\u201d in America and Abroad [Essay]. The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance. \nJessica Corso, 2024. SEC Zeroes In On SolarWinds Exec In Revised Complaint [Analysis]. Law360.\nJohnathan Rudy, 2024. SEC files Amended complaint against SolarWinds and CISO [Civil Action]. LinkedIn.\nJoseph Menn, 2023. Former Uber security chief Sullivan avoids prison in data breach case [WWW DocumentNews]. The Washington Post.\nKim Zetter, 2014. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World\u2019s First Digital Weapon [Book]. Goodreads.\nKim Zetter, 2023. SEC Targets SolarWinds\u2019 CISO for Rare Legal Action Over Russian Hack [WWW Document]. ZERO DAY. \nKim Zetter, 2023. SolarWinds: The Untold Story of the Boldest Supply-Chain Hack [Essay]. WIRED. \nRick Howard, 2022. Cyber sand table series: OPM [Podcast]. The CyberWire - CSO Perspectives Podcast.\nRick Howard, 2023. Cybersecurity First Principles: A Reboot of Strategy and Tactics [Book]. Goodreads.\nPam Baker, 2021. The SolarWinds hack timeline: Who knew what, and when? [Timeline]. CSO Online.\nStaff, 2009. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Topic 105) [Standard]. PWC. \nStaff. 30 October 2023. SEC Charges SolarWinds and Chief Information Security Officer with Fraud, Internal Control Failures [Website]. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision.\nStaff, 31 October 2023. Securities and Exchange Commission v. SolarWinds Corporation and Timothy G. Brown, No. 23-civ-9518 (SDNY) [Case]. The Securities and Exchange Commission. \nStaff, 29 March 2024. Cooley, Cybersecurity Leaders File Brief Opposing SEC\u2019s SolarWinds Cyberattack Case [Press Release]. Cooley.\nStephanie Pell, Jennifer Lee , Shoba\xa0Pillay, Jen Patja Howell, 2024. The SEC SolarWinds Enforcement Action [Podcast]. The Lawfare Podcast.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices