Cybersecurity

SolarWinds Adviser Warned of Lax Security Years Before Hack

  • Cybersecurity researchers also cite several security lapses
  • Texas company’s software targeted by suspected Russian hackers
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A former security adviser at the IT monitoring and network management company SolarWinds Corp. said he warned management of cybersecurity risks and laid out a plan to improve it that was ultimately ignored.

In a 23-page PowerPoint presentation reviewed by Bloomberg News, Ian Thornton-Trump recommended to company executives in 2017 that SolarWinds appoint a senior director of cybersecurity, and said he told them that “the survival of the company depends on an internal commitment to security.”