"[SUNBURST] pushed us to think even more deeply about newer, emerging threats, resulting in Secure by Design, our pledge to set a new standard for trustworthy and secure software development across the industry."

#SudhakarRamakrishna, CEO, SolarWinds, 2025

This isn't an impressive or comforting as Ramakrishna seems to think. He's admitting their software wasn't secure by design from day 1. Nor in any of the years between 1999 and when they launched this #SecureByDesign reputation laundering.