Rapid Response: SolarWinds: Urgent lessons from a cyberattack, w/ CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna
Masters of Scale
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🗓️ 7 October 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Last year, SolarWinds became the subject of a massive and sophisticated cyberattack, potentially affecting thousands of organizations. CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna, who joined the company soon after the breach was discovered, speaks with host Bob Safian about how he and the company responded, and how other companies should approach the ever-looming threat of cyber-risk. "There is no such thing as 'I won't be breached because I'm too secure or too smart,’ says Ramakrishna. “You could be breached. And when it happens, be humble. Learn from it, adapt, and act with a sense of urgency."
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| 0:00.0 | Hey listeners, it's Alex Morris, a star writer here at Massive Scale. |
| 0:04.1 | Every week on Massive Scale Rapid Response, you hear real insights from business leaders, |
| 0:09.5 | and many of you have said that these episodes help you make more informed decisions in fast |
| 0:13.9 | changing situations. |
| 0:15.6 | So we want to tell you about another fantastic business podcast that can help you stay |
| 0:20.4 | in the know. |
| 0:21.4 | It's called Business Daily from the BBC, and it's all about the daily drama of money and |
| 0:26.3 | work. |
| 0:27.3 | From the environment to the world economy, you'll hear all about the rapidly evolving |
| 0:31.5 | world of business on a global scale. |
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| 0:41.6 | Again, that's Business Daily from the BBC. |
| 0:46.5 | We wear the victims of one of the most sophisticated attacks which has been attributed to a nation |
| 0:53.2 | state. |
| 0:54.8 | And every one of these attacks, you can always learn something that had you done those things |
| 1:01.0 | could have either disoaded somebody or prevented. |
| 1:06.6 | Every enterprise must look out and protect its infrastructure, its data sources, and do |
| 1:13.7 | the very best to train its users to protect its assets. |
| 1:18.8 | At the same time, it is very difficult for any one company, no matter how many resources |
| 1:23.3 | we have or how large we are, to be fully protected. |
| 1:27.9 | Now that we have been thrust into this spotlight, we have to galvanize the industry and speak |
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