RSAC 2021: What Will SolarWinds' CEO Reveal?

RSAC 2021: What Will SolarWinds' CEO Reveal?
In a keynote conversation with Forrester analyst Laura Koetzle, Sudhakar Ramakrishna will get candid about the historic breach.

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Since the news broke in December, the name SolarWinds has become both a buzzword and cautionary tale everyone in the security industry continues to talk about it. It is to 2021 what Equifax was to 2017. So it's no surprise that a keynote discussion that places SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna in the hot seat is one of the most highly anticipated items on this week's RSA Conference 2021 agenda.


In what is promised to be a candid discussion between Forrester analyst Laura Koetzle and Ramakrishna, the session, titled "SolarWinds: What Really Happened?," will offer a view of the attack's details: the what, how, and who of what went down – and what industry professionals might learn from the breach.


Dark Reading spoke to Koetzle in advance about what she's anticipating to come out of the session and her view of the headline-making attack.


Dark Reading: Sudhakar Ramakrishna will be speaking with you about the results of a long investigation, his perspective around the attack, and specific learnings from the incident. For starters, what are you hoping attendees will gain from the session? Koetzle: When RSA Conference asked me to interview Sudhakar for the keynote session, I agreed quite quickly. And then the next day I realized that much would depend on how candid Sudhakar was willing to be – and how open his legal and communications team were willing to let him be. Happily, Sudhakar and his team wanted to be as transparent as possible about the inc ..

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