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SolarWinds has agreed to pay its top executive in charge during the entirety of the colossal Russian hacking campaign US$312,500 to help the company defend itself in investigations. The embattled infrastructure management firm disclosed Wednesday that it’s agreed to pay former CEO Kevin Thompson (pictured) $62,500 for each of the next five months as SolarWinds faces a likely wave of lawsuits and government probes into its conduct around the hack. Thompson led the firm from the time hackers established a presence in SolarWinds’ Orion software through when news of the attack went public. �...

SolarWinds Fights Back With Chris Krebs, Alex Stamos Hires ‘Armed with what we have learned of this attack, we are also reflecting on our own security practices and seeking opportunities to enhance our posture and policies. We have brought in the expertise of Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos to assist in this review,’ SolarWinds tells CRN. By Michael Novinson January 08, 2021, 07:30 AM EST SolarWinds has brought in two of the world’s most famous security minds to help the embattled vendor pick up the pieces after the colossal Russian hacking campaign. “Ar...

Get Permission Former CISA Director Christopher Krebs at the RSA 2020 conference in San Francisco. (Photo: Mathew J. Schwartz/ISMG) Embattled software firm SolarWinds is following an increasingly common move for organizations that suffer a serious security failure or data breach: Call in experienced, high-profile crisis experts to advise and help rebuild. Texas-based SolarWinds has hired Chris Krebs - the former U.S. government cybersecurity czar who was fired by President Donald Trump after he stated that the 2020 election was the most secure in history - to serve as an independent consulta...

App delivery networking firm wants to solve customers' 'biggest pain points' Matthew Hughes Fri 8 Jan 2021 // 20:42 UTC Share Copy Seattle-based application delivery networking biz F5 is planning to snaffle edge-as-a-service platform upstart Volterra for $500m. The purchase, which is subject to the usual regulatory checks, will see F5 pay $440m upfront, with a further $60m earmarked for deferred consideration and unvested stock compensation. Launched in 2019, Volterra's schtick is helping businesses manage applications that span both cloud and on-prem environments. Its...

SolarWinds has agreed to pay their top executive during the entirety of the colossal Russian hacking campaign $312,500 to help the company defend itself in investigations.