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.

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

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.

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.

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

A new SolarWinds report shows that 75 percent of technology professionals from public sector organizations say they are not “completely confident” that they have the skills needed to oversee IT environments in the next three to five years.

A new SolarWinds report shows that more than 50 percent of information technology security professionals from federal civilian and defense agencies say foreign governments and careless insiders are the primary sources of IT security threats. SolarWinds said Wednesday research firm Market Connections was commissioned to poll 200 federal IT security personnel between December and January for its annual Federal Cybersecurity Survey and found that 51 percent of respondents say contractors pose greater security risks to agencies.
 

A new SolarWinds report shows that 75 percent of government information technology leaders say federal agencies have become more proactive than they were five years ago when it comes to IT security. SolarWinds said Tuesday it commissioned research firm Market Connections to poll 200 IT security professionals from federal civilian and defense agencies between …

Joe Kim, a senior vice president and global chief technology officer at SolarWinds, has said federal information technology managers should implement network monitoring tools to address challenges associated with the adoption of software-defined data centers. Kim wrote in a GCN article published Tuesday those SDDC-related challenges include the need to manage service-level …

A new SolarWinds report shows that 96 percent of public sector organizations have moved information technology systems and applications to the cloud in the past 12 months. SolarWinds said Wednesday it polled 75 IT leaders and practitioners from public sector institutions in the U.S. and Canada in December 2016 and found that …

Joe Kim, a senior vice president and global chief technology officer at SolarWinds, has said federal information technology professionals should work to protect agencies’ IT systems amid the increasing number of laptops, mobile phones and other devices used on government networks. Kim wrote in a GCN article published Friday that …

A report by SolarWinds indicates that a majority of government agencies have transitioned to hybrid information technology platforms from on-premise environments. Its annual IT Trends Report is based on a December 2015 survey of 116 IT practitioners and leaders from small, midsize and large public sector organizations in the U.S. and Canada, …

Federal information technology leaders can avoid the potential security risks of shadow IT activities within their agencies by implementing multiple strategies, Joel Dolisy, chief information officer and chief technology officer of SolarWinds, wrote in an opinion piece published Friday on GCN. Dolisy recommended that agency IT managers create a watch …

Joel Dolisy, chief information officer of SolarWinds, wrote in a guest piece published Wednesday on GCN that government agencies can minimize security risks in their information technology systems by managing IT network performance. He recommended that agencies standardize their computer networks to help IT personnel to avoid configuration errors and …

A SolarWinds study indicates that some federal information technology professionals have trouble managing security risks due to an increased adoption of mobile devices and shadow applications. SolarWinds said Tuesday it collaborated with Market Connections to poll 200 federal IT leaders regarding their concerns over mobile technology, shared services and shadow …