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Microsoft’s Largest Breach: 1,000 Spies vs. 500 Experts (ft. Eric Doerr)
What happens when 1,000 nation-state spies spend a year hiding inside the world's most secure networks?
In this episode of Cyber Confessions, Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) sits down with Eric Doerr, the man who led Microsoft’s response to the infamous SolarWinds attack.
Eric pulls back the curtain on the "2-to-1" battle to save global infrastructure, the 25-day sprint that ruined Christmas for 500 experts, and the extreme paranoia required to manage a crisis where you can't even trust your own boss.
Inside this Episode:
The 2-to-1 Battle: Why it took 500 Microsoft experts to fight off 1,000 specialized attackers.
The Identity Test: Why Eric made Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella verify his identity before joining the crisis call.
The 18,000-Target Trap: How a single software update compromised 9 federal agencies
The Golden Rules: The personal security habits a top-tier CPO actually uses to stay safe.
Guest Bio:Eric Doerr is the Chief Product Officer at Tenable. He previously led security for Google Cloud and spent 20 years at Microsoft, where he ran the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)
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What happens when 1,000 nation-state spies spend a year hiding inside the world's most secure networks?
In this episode of Cyber Confessions, Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) sits down with Eric Doerr, the man who led Microsoft’s response to the infamous SolarWinds attack.
Eric pulls back the curtain on the "2-to-1" battle to save global infrastructure, the 25-day sprint that ruined Christmas for 500 experts, and the extreme paranoia required to manage a crisis where you can't even trust your own boss.
Inside this Episode:
The 2-to-1 Battle: Why it took 500 Microsoft experts to fight off 1,000 specialized attackers.
The Identity Test: Why Eric made Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella verify his identity before joining the crisis call.
The 18,000-Target Trap: How a single software update compromised 9 federal agencies
The Golden Rules: The personal security habits a top-tier CPO actually uses to stay safe.
Guest Bio:Eric Doerr is the Chief Product Officer at Tenable. He previously led security for Google Cloud and spent 20 years at Microsoft, where he ran the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)
Follow us for more Cyber Confessions!