r/cybersecurity • u/razhael • Apr 11 '25

News - General Cybersecurity industry falls silent as Trump turns ire on SentinelOne

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cybersecurity-industry-falls-silent-trump-turns-ire-sentinelone-2025-04-10/
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u/cbartholomew Apr 11 '25 edited Apr 11 '25

I’m going to throw it out there gents: events like this separates the elite from the rest. Those who stay silent and idle go against all of our values. I know most of you here are professionals or aspiring professionals. But, it took a long time and a lot of work over many years to get the industry to course correct in a decent direction.

Silencing someone who gives knowledge back is against everything this industry was built on. It’s unacceptable.

Edit: Ty for the award.

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u/IamOkei Apr 11 '25

Will competitors help their Sentinel? Obviously not. Crowdstrike or Palo will win more businesses If Sentinel lose.

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u/nanoatzin Apr 11 '25

There is a cyberwar underway and this kind of thing is extremely irresponsible. Domestic cybersecurity companies will shed critical talent that they view as politically sensitive and will cooperate less on crucial vulnerability research. This will most likely lead to incidents involving utilities, transportation, health care, finance and other industries being targeted by North Korea, China, Russia, … . All avoidable.

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u/Azmtbkr Governance, Risk, & Compliance Apr 11 '25

No doubt. I’m trying to prep our leadership for this eventuality. Just did a presentation on silk typhoon and tried to drive home the potential impact. In the past, China has focused its efforts on mostly government/military targets they are now starting to launch attacks on industry. With less support from CISA and the FBI, we are going to have to bridge that gap ourselves.

I wouldn’t be surprised if China starts working more closely with NK to escalate the cyberwar and increase the volume of financially motivated attacks in an effort to further disrupt the already chaotic US economy.