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Technical Requirements include:
• FIPS compatibility
• DISA STIGs,
• National Institute of Standards and Technol-
ogy (NIST) compliance
• Common Criteria EAL 2 Certification
• Section 508 VPATs
SolarWinds has hundreds of built-in automated
compliance reports, which help meet major au-
diting authority requirements, including DISA
STIGs, NIST FISMA, and more; THWACK®,
SolarWinds’ online user community, provides a
number of out-of-the-box compliance report tem-
plates available to download for free that are de-
signed to help users prepare for an inspection.
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problems, and talk about what updates to prod-
ucts would specifically benefit them.
SolarWinds at a Glance
SolarWinds provides powerful and affordable IT
management software to customers worldwide
from Fortune 500 enterprises to small business-
es.
They focus exclusively on IT Pros and strive to
eliminate the complexity that they have been
forced to accept from traditional enterprise soft-
ware vendors.
SolarWinds determines its roadmap and updates
its product based on the needs and feedback of
the IT pro community.
Developed by network and systems engineers who know
what it takes to manage today’s dynamic IT environments,
SolarWinds has a deep connection to the IT community.
(Thwack is an online community of more than 130,000 IT pro-
fessionals and geeks alike, to ask questions, get answers,
and get a step ahead in your IT career by joining the thou-
sands of helpful conversations started by IT Pros, for IT Pros.
Courtesy of SolarWinds and YouTube)
Additionally, THWACK provides multiple forums
where IT pros can request and vote on new fea-
tures, thus directly influence product updates.
There is a specific space on THWACK where IT
pros working in government agencies can share
information, troubleshoot government-specific
SolarWinds delivers on this commitment with
unexpected simplicity through products that are
easy to find, buy, use and maintain while provid-
ing the power to address any IT management
problem on any scale.
Their solutions are rooted in our deep connec-
tion to our user base, which interacts in our on-
line community, thwack, to solve problems, share
technology and best practices, and directly par-
ticipate in our product development process.
SolarWinds software is built to scale, can sup-
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