Jeff Stewart, field chief technology officer and vice president at SolarWinds, said there are five best practices organizations can implement to protect their infrastructure from cyberattacks and one of those practices is developing a playbook of response strategies and tactics. “Your playbook should include detailed instructions on how to handle a cybersecurity incident, from start to finish, and who's responsible for what,” Stewart wrote in a Jan. 31 blog post published on the Carahsoft website.

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A new SolarWinds survey has found that 60 percent of public sector information technology decision-makers said they consider foreign governments as the top source of security threats to their organizations, while 58 percent and 52 percent of respondents cited untrained insiders and the general hacking community as primary threat sources, respectively. The software company said […] More

A new SolarWinds report indicates that three-quarters of government information technology professionals surveyed within the U.S. and Canada are looking to adopt hybrid IT strategies over the next three years. The software company said Tuesday that the SolarWinds IT Trends Report’s public sector segment covered responses from 79 North America-based tech specialists and aimed to determine how their departments […] More

Austin-based software vendor SolarWinds has purchased information technology monitoring and analytics services provider Monalytic, an acquisition that comes after 10-plus years of partnership between the two companies. SolarWinds said Wednesday it aims to support protected, modernized IT environments for federal clients at any time and adds 16 professionals through the deal. “In supporting our federal customers […] More

A new SolarWinds survey has found that 56 percent of public sector information technology decision-makers said they consider the general hacking community as the top security threat in their organizations, while 52 percent of respondents pointed to careless insiders as primary threats. Market Connections, a research firm commissioned to conduct the survey, polled 400 IT […] More

A new SolarWinds report shows that 72 percent of public sector technology professionals said they believe their organizations are prepared to mitigate and manage enterprise information technology risks. SolarWinds said Wednesday it surveyed 91 technology practitioners and senior executives from public sector organizations in the U.S. and Canada between March and April for this year’s […] More

SolarWinds is spending as much as $25 million to implement security measures and to cover fees associated with a large-scale hack that compromised government and enterprise customers of the software provider's Orion network monitoring technology, CRN reported Thursday.

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Sudhakar Ramakrishna, president and CEO of SolarWinds, wrote in a blog post published Thursday that in light of the cyber attack, the software company will implement measures centered around three key areas: further securing its internal environment, improving product development environment and ensuring the integrity and security of the products it delivers.

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SolarWinds has integrated a policy compliance engine into a technology offering designed to help organizations identify changes to application, server and database configurations.

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A new SolarWinds report shows that 52 percent of information technology security professionals from public sector organizations say they consider untrained and careless insiders as the top threat to their agencies.

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Mav Turner, vice president of product management at SolarWinds, wrote in a GCN opinion piece published Friday that managing hyperconverged infrastructure requires skilled manpower and continuous monitoring in order for government agencies to reap the benefits of HCI technology.

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Information technology firm SolarWinds has achieved Department of Defense approval for the company’s suite of network management tools.

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