Securing the Enterprise with Arc

Abstract

The impact of enterprise security failures is increasing as tolerance for missteps decreases. Countless breaches of consumer data have often been met with token fines and pats on the head to injured users in the form of a year or two of credit monitoring, a tepid remedy that in no way resolves the situation for those whose identity was actually misused. As failures begin to impact national security and the internal workings of large corporations though, the reaction is becoming more proportionate. The now famous SolarWinds failure to protect corporate and government consumers of its security tools is resulting in lawsuits. A November 2021 suit filed against SolarWinds board by two pension funds accuses SolarWinds of failures that are patently ridiculous for a company purporting to provide IT security, such as using “solarwinds123” as a network password.