On the heels of the concerning security incident experienced by FireEye [view related post], during the investigation of its own incident, FireEye discovered that multiple updates issued by SolarWinds, a cybersecurity firm that many governmental and private companies use to monitor networks, were “trojanized” and malware was inserted into the updates between March and

The SolarWinds cyber-attack is on everyone’s mind this week, given that most experts believe this cyber-attack will have broad impact across both the public and private sectors. For more details about the SolarWinds attack,  please read this. The sheer breadth of this attack led me to reflect on the role of cyber-liability insurance for