🎙️ The CISO Signal | S1E2 — The SolarWinds Hack: How 18,000 Orgs Were Compromised

One trusted software update. Thousands of victims. A breach that changed the cybersecurity landscape forever.

In this episode, we investigate the SolarWinds supply chain attack, a nation-state cyber operation that exposed the deep fragility of the modern software ecosystem. What made this breach so dangerous wasn’t just how many organizations were compromised; it was how long the attackers went undetected and how deeply they infiltrated the systems we rely on most.

🧠 Jeremy Ladner with Guest Co-Host: Alberto Deto Hassan
Veteran CISO and former head of Israel’s National CERT, Alberto, joins Jeremy Ladner to analyze the SolarWinds hack from both strategic and technical perspectives with lessons every CISO and security leader needs to hear.

🔍 In This Episode:

• How Russian APT actors compromised 18,000+ organizations using a poisoned software update
• Why perimeter-based security models failed
• How this attack ignited the Zero Trust movement
• What today’s CISOs must do to secure their software supply chain
• Real-world advice from one of the world’s leading cybersecurity experts

👂 Who Should Listen:

• CISOs, security architects, and incident responders
• Cyber threat intelligence and red team professionals
• Fans of true cybercrime and nation-state breach stories
• Anyone who wants to understand how trust was exploited and how to defend against it

The CISO Signal is a cinematic, story-driven podcast that turns major breaches into case studies for security leaders — blending narrative storytelling with expert CISO insight.

🔐 For CISOs. By CISOs. But, made to thrill fans of true crime, cyber warfare, and the breach stories that shaped our world.

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