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SolarWinds CISO says security execs are ‘nervous’ about individual liability for data breaches 

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Feed Name: CyberScoop

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2025-02-28

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: djohnson

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The article discusses the SolarWinds Orion supply-chain breach attributed to Russia’s SVR and the resulting legal and regulatory consequences for SolarWinds and its former CISO, Tim Brown; it highlights how lawsuits and SEC action have increased CISO concern about individual liability, altered how security leaders communicate about incidents, and created uncertainty that can distract from incident response and remediation.

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