PYMNTS.com September 29, 2024

The information security chief for SolarWinds says the world needs tough cybersecurity laws.

Tim Brown made this case in an interview Sunday (Sept. 29) with the Financial Times (FT), his first since a federal court dismissed much of a federal lawsuit against him.

Brown was the first chief information security officer to fight efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hold him personally liable for a large-scale Russian cyberattack. The suit accused Brown and the company of misleading investors by not sharing “known risks” and inaccurately representing the firm’s security measures.

Now, the FT said, Brown is warning that the world’s cyber regulations are still “in flux,” which “absolutely adds stress across the globe” on people in his...

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