SolarWinds 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
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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.
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