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Tim Brown: SolarWinds CISO Reflects on Battling Nation-State Attackers – and the SEC

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Tim Brown: SolarWinds CISO Reflects on Battling Nation-State Attackers – and the SEC

Tim Brown

Frmr CISO, SolarWinds

Published May 11, 2026
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If you’re a CISO, you know the name. Tim Brown, CISO at SolarWinds during the infamous software supply chain attack in 2020. Tim led a grueling, high-speed recovery effort – and suffered a heart attack. Then, the SEC shocked CISOs by suing Tim personally (a first) for failures in security and disclosure,  claims dropped after two years. In this gripping episode of CISO Confidential with host Saket Modi, Tim speaks out in detail about the struggle to contain the incident and the legal aftermath.

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