Powered by In a nutshell, SolarWinds Orion product provides centralized monitoring across an organization s entire IT stack. That means the attackers who were able to compromise this platform had an extremely high level of access to all of these client systems, David Kennedy, CEO of TrustedSec, recently told Fox News.
Largely considered a back office software company, according to Baird research analyst Rob Oliver, SolarWinds was founded in 1999 by former Walmart executive Donald Yonce and his brother, David. It has also been likened to a smaller Microsoft by some industry experts.
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According to the company s website, its first products, Trace Route and Ping Sweep, “arrived on the scene to help IT pros quell everyone’s world-ending fears just before the turn of the millennium and the Y2K computer bug.
U.N. Security Council to talk Western Sahara after Trump policy switch
Trump’s announcement last week was a departure from longstanding U.S. policy on Western Sahara. A closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation was requested by Germany, diplomats said. Updated: December 17, 2020 12:52:50 pm
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks next to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross during a news conference to announce the Trump administration s restoration of sanctions on Iran, at the U.S. State Department in Washington, U.S., September 21, 2020. Patrick Semansky/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
The U.N. Security Council is planning to discuss Western Sahara on Monday, diplomats said, after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed region in return for the kingdom normalizing ties with Israel.
Trump holds Cabinet meeting as term nears end Follow Us
Question of the Day By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
President Trump held what could be his final Cabinet meeting Wednesday morning at the White House, minus some high-profile members of his team.
With the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden 35 days away, Mr. Trump convened his top agency chiefs for the 25th time of his presidency. Former President Barack Obama held 19 Cabinet meetings in his first term, according to CBS News.
Among those missing from the meeting were Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was quarantined for exposure to COVID-19, and Attorney General William P. Barr, who has resigned effective Dec. 23.
The Federalists Publisher Ben Domenech reacts to President Trump challenging the 2020 election results.
With the victory of Joe Biden in the Electoral College on Monday, Donald Trump is clearly going to be a one-term president.
That’s actually more the norm than you might think. Only 15 of our 45 presidents served two full terms.
But that doesn t mean Donald Trump wasn’t a consequential president who changed and shaped the country in many surprising ways. Let’s look at five main areas where he had a real impact:
Economy
Until the arrival of COVID-19, Trump presided over a booming economy with record low unemployment, rising real-term incomes for the middle-class for the first time in over 20 years, and a booming stock market.