Secureworks Fills Australian Mid-Market Demand for Simplified Cyber Security Solutions

This interview with Secureworks CEO Wendy Thomas covers the company’s Taegis XDR strategy and growth in Australia’s mid-market, the platform-versus-best-of-breed tooling debate, and the role of government–industry collaboration in disrupting cybercrime (e.g., LockBit). It highlights increasing AI-enabled social engineering (phishing and deepfakes), the need for resilience and supplier risk management in light of the CrowdStrike outage, and practical defense priorities like MFA and user awareness, particularly amid concerns over nation-state activity in the region.