If you are responsible for this the very least you can do is own up to it and apologize. Trying to assert that you were doing what you thought was right only p

If you are responsible for this the very least you can do is own up to it and apologize. Trying to assert that you were doing what you thought was right only presents the image that your company is run poorly. The correct thing to do is to admit that your best efforts were not aligned with best practices, and look into remediation. Not “well, we tried”