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SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted for Federal Government v2024.2 Receives Common Criteria EAL 2+, FIPS 140-2 Certifications, and Is Approved for Use Within the DoD

By: via Business Wire

SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management software, today announced the SolarWinds® Observability Self-Hosted for Federal Government v2024.2 platform has been approved for procurement and deployment on the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) network after successfully completing the Department of Defense Information Network Approved Product List (DoDIN APL) evaluation process. The DoDIN APL represents a list of secure and trusted products available for the Department of Defense (DoD) to purchase that have gone through comprehensive U.S. and international security testing standards. To achieve this milestone, the SolarWinds platform underwent months of rigorous testing and evaluation by third-party assessment organizations and U.S. and international certification bodies to complete the Common Criteria to Evaluation Assurance Level 2 certification process augmented with ALC_FLR.2 (CC EAL 2+) and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 before beginning the 39-step DoDIN APL process.

“In an increasingly interconnected world, the security of our digital ecosystem is a team sport, and we all play a key role in fortifying our nation’s cybersecurity posture,” said Travis Galloway, SolarWinds Head of Government Affairs. “SolarWinds is committed to providing our warfighters with secure and innovative observability solutions to optimize the performance and increase the resiliency of their networks when it matters most.”

“The Common Criteria certification, FIPS 140-2, and the DoDIN APL is another example of the SolarWinds commitment to developing the most capable and secure observability tools to place in the hands of our nation’s cyber defenders,” Galloway continued.

SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted, built from the Orion® modules and powered by AIOps, is designed to help organizations of any scale optimize performance, ensure availability, and accelerate remediation across hybrid IT environments, all from behind the firewall to help meet your security and compliance needs.

The SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted for Federal Government 2024.2 platform includes:

  • Network Performance Monitor
  • Log Analyzer
  • Server & Application Manager
  • IP Address Manager
  • User Device Tracking
  • VoIP & Network Quality Manager
  • Network Configuration Manager
  • NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
  • Virtualization Monitor
  • Server Configuration Monitor
  • Storage Resource Monitor
  • Web Performance Monitor

The SolarWinds Self-Hosted Observability 2024.2 platform is listed under Tracking Number (TN) 2334801 as an Element Management System (EMS). Both Interoperability (IO) certification and Cybersecurity (CS) testing were completed at the Telecommunications Systems Security Assessment Program.

SolarWinds Solutions for Government

  • Pricing for SolarWinds software is available on the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule and other contract vehicles.
  • U.S. Government certifications and approvals include Common Criteria, DoDIN APL, Army CoN, and Navy DADMS. Technical Requirements include FIPS compatibility, DISA STIGs, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST®).
  • SolarWinds also has hundreds of built-in automated compliance reports, which meet the requirements of major auditing authorities, including DISA STIG, FISMA, NIST, and more.
  • The SolarWinds THWACK® online user community provides a number of out-of-the-box compliance report templates, available to download for free, designed to help users prepare for an inspection. THWACK also provides information on Smart Card and Common Access Card (CAC) product support.

For more product and GSA pricing information and for a fully functional free trial of all the above products, visit the SolarWinds Government Solutions page.

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About SolarWinds

SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) is a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management software built to enable customers to accelerate their digital transformation. Our solutions provide organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or complexity—with a comprehensive and unified view of today’s modern, distributed, and hybrid network environments. We continuously engage with IT service and operations professionals, DevOps and SecOps professionals, and database administrators (DBAs) to understand the challenges they face in maintaining high-performing and highly available hybrid IT infrastructures, applications, and environments. The insights we gain from them, in places like our THWACK community, allow us to address customers’ needs now and in the future. Our focus on the user and our commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT management have established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in solutions for observability, IT service management, application performance, and database management. Learn more today at www.solarwinds.com.

The SolarWinds, SolarWinds & Design, Orion, and THWACK trademarks are the exclusive property of SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC or its affiliates, are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. All other SolarWinds trademarks, service marks, and logos may be common law marks or are registered or pending registration. All other trademarks mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and are trademarks of (and may be registered trademarks of) their respective companies.

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