Last night the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a rare Emergency Directive 21-01, in response to a KNOWN COMPROMISE involving SolarWinds Orion products.
This was only the fifth Emergency Directive issued by CISA under the authorities granted by Congress in the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
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(exechange) — Austin, Texas, December 9, 2020 — Kevin Thompson, chief executive of SolarWinds, leaves. As announced by SolarWinds Corp. in a news release and in a regulatory filing published on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, Kevin B. Thompson leaves his post as chief executive officer of the provider of IT management software after almost 11 years in the role, effective December 31, 2020.
Kevin Thompson’s duties as CEO will be taken over by Sudhakar Ramakrishna, most recently Chief Executive Officer of Pulse Secure, LLC.