SolarWinds to Showcase Powerful, Affordable IT Management Software at TechNet Europe 2015

TechNet Europe 2015 is the first European Geoinformation Symposium and Exposition, which is jointly hosted by AFCEA Europe, the Bundeswehr Geoinformation Centre (BGIC) and the AFCEA Bonn Chapter.

"We’re looking forward to attending another European AFCEA event and engaging with military and government IT professionals to discuss their IT management needs regardless of organisation size or budget," said David Kimball, group vice president, federal and national government, SolarWinds. "Cybersecurity sources and obstacles to threat prevention are top of mind for our IT pros and we’re excited to be presenting on ‘How to fight cybersecurity threats on multiple fronts,’ and looking forward to addressing how insider threats bring a new set of challenges for IT pros."

Visit the SolarWinds Booth SolarWinds engineers and product experts will be available to offer demonstrations SolarWinds’ entire IT management portfolio and discuss how these tools can eliminate complexity in government IT infrastructure. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore all SolarWinds products, including:

• SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor – automated network performance monitoring and management
• SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager – network configuration and change management
• SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor – agentless application and server monitoring
• SolarWinds Log & Event Manager – powerful security information and event management (SIEM)
• SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer – database performance monitoring, analysis and tuning

Attend SolarWinds’ presentation on "How to fight cyber security threats on multiple fronts" Mav Turner, Director, IT Security Business, SolarWinds, will present best practices for monitoring and managing cybersecurity threats, both internal and external. Turner will discuss:

• A SolarWinds and Market Connections survey outlining the growing threat of careless and untrained insiders as the greatest source of cybersecurity threats
• The top cybersecurity threat sources, obstacles to threat prevention and necessary tools for threat prevention indicated in the survey
• What policies and procedures can be implemented to protect and educate government employees to help prevent security breaches
• The tools that can help gain visibility and awareness into the IT infrastructure in order detect insider security threats and prevent breaches before they happen

When: Wednesday, October 21 at 3:40 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. CEST Where: Main Conference Room (Level 0 – Berlin A-B)

SolarWinds Solutions for National Government

• SolarWinds software is available through numerous channel partners and systems integrators worldwide, as well as the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM), Crown Commercial Service (CCS), United Nations Atlas, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule, and Department of Defense ESI.
• Government certifications and approvals include: Army CoN, Air Force APL, Navy DADMS; and technical requirements include Common Criteria EAL 2 Certification, FIPS compatibility, DISA compliance, Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) compliance, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) compliance, Section 508 VPATs, in addition to the Good Practice Guide 13 (U.K.).
• SolarWinds offers hundreds of built-in automated compliance reports, which meet requirements of all major auditing authorities, including DISA, NIST, and more.
• SolarWinds’ thwack online user community provides a number of out-of-the-box compliance templates for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other standards.