Can SolarWinds survive? For breached companies it's a long, painful road to restoring trust | SC Media

Can SolarWinds survive? For breached companies it's a long, painful road to restoring trust | SC Media

In several important ways, the SolarWinds hack is unique: few companies have the same level of software dominance at the highest levels of government and industry or merit the kind of targeting from a state sponsored APT group.


In a broader sense, they’re facing a similar reality that many other companies find themselves in following a bad breach: scrambling to determine the full scope of their security failures while facing increased costs from insurers, heightened scrutiny from government regulators and a loss of trust from their customers and other stakeholders.


We know breaches can devastate a business financially and taint their brand in the eyes of the public, but a survey of 1,000 Americans from cybersecurity firm Varonis earlier this year sheds additional light on how the public perceives a company following a data breach. That perception can depend on a number of factors, including what they sell. Retail st ..

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