SolarWinds this week announced that its vice president of security Tim Brown has taken on the additional title of CISO, as part of the companyâs ongoing efforts to institute a secure-by-design posture. (“SolarWinds letters” by sfoskett at is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
SolarWinds this week announced that its vice president of security Tim Brown has taken on the additional title of chief information security officer, as part of the companyâs ongoing efforts to institute a secure-by-design posture following the devastating supply chain attack on its Orion IT administration software.
Experts say that hiring a CISO from within under these circumstances can be beneficial to meeting a companyâs aggressive security improvement strategy because the executive is already familiar with the inner workings of the business and the incident that took place. However, whatâs not entirely clear from this proclamation is how much more of a palpable impact Brown will have beyond what he was already doing in his previous role.