Security News > 2021 > January > SolarWinds Taps Firm Started by Ex-CISA Chief Chris Krebs, Former Facebook CSO Alex Stamos
Following a significant security incident that sent shockwaves through the global cybersecurity community, SolarWinds has hired a newly formed cybersecurity consulting firm founded by Chris Krebs, former director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Alex Stamos, former security chief at Facebook and Yahoo.
Generically named the Krebs Stamos Group, its website currently shows limited information about the firm, saying its goal is to "Help organizations turn their greatest cybersecurity challenges into triumphs."
SolarWinds confirmed on Thursday that it has hired the company launched by Krebs and Stamos.
"We have brought in the expertise of Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos to assist in this review and provide best-in-class guidance on our journey to evolve into an industry leading secure software development company," SolarWinds said in a statement to the media.
In the meantime, the U.S. government and cybersecurity companies continue to investigate the SolarWinds breach.
While SolarWinds said that 18,000 customers may have used a compromised verison of its Orion product, the fallout is believed to have resulted in at least 250 private sector and government organizations being breached.