When I attended the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) annual conference in September, the SolarWinds cyberattack was the elephant in almost every room.
At one point, a presenter said matter-of-factly that Solarwinds was “the one we all knew about” and denied a further analysis of the headline-making cyber incident, because it crossed into mainstream knowledge. It was understood the attack left many in cybersecurity with a looming feeling of dread, exhaustion, and burnout, and a sense of urgency around ramping up defenses.
