SolarWinds announced multiple products are now certified under the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation (ISO/IEC 15408), an internationally recognized standard for computer security achieved through independent laboratory testing and evaluation.

“At SolarWinds, we make every effort to ensure our software is powerful, effective and safe,” said Chris LaPoint, VP Product Management, SolarWinds. “This Common Criteria certification attests that SolarWinds solutions adhere to the necessarily high performance standards for government deployment and are validated to help IT Pros accomplish their missions.”

Common Criteria provides a broad range of evaluation criteria for commercial and nationally sensitive government-use IT security products. Federal IT users needing to run applications in National Security Systems (NSS) environments can look to Common Criteria-certified software for numerous compliant software solutions.

The SolarWinds Orion Suite, comprising the below solutions, is now certified under Common Criteria lab EAL 2 evaluation, empowering government IT pros to implement and use the software safely on Federal networks:

- Network Performance Monitor 10.6 – Management and monitoring of dynamic network performance

- Server & Application Monitor 6.0 – Server, application and OS monitoring

- Network Configuration Manager 7.2 – Network configuration and compliance management

- Network Traffic Analyzer 3.11 – Flow-based network traffic analysis

- IP Address Manager 4.0 – IP address and DHCP/DNS management and monitoring

- User Device Tracker 3.0.1 – Device and switch port monitoring and mapping

- VoIP & Network Quality Manager 4.1 – VoIP and WAN performance monitoring

- Web Performance Monitor 2.0.1 – Website and web application monitoring

- Enterprise Operations Console 1.4.1 – Unified management for distributed enterprise networks

- Failover Engine 6.7.0 – SolarWinds platform server monitoring

SolarWinds Log & Event Manager 5.7, which provides log collection, analysis and real-time correlation, is also Common Criteria certified under EAL 2+ lab testing.

Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA)-Canada, a Common Criteria Testing Laboratory (CCTL) accredited by the Standards Council of Canada and approved by Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE), has evaluated the SolarWinds software to determine it meets all of the requirements of this security certification. EWA-Canada is recognized for its extensive experience with Common Criteria evaluations, enabling companies to manage the process and ensure their products meet important certification requirements.

“EWA-Canada is pleased to verify SolarWinds’ solutions as Common Criteria-certified,” stated Erin Connor, Director of the EWA-Canada CCTL. “During the rigorous evaluation process, SolarWinds solutions demonstrated their sophistication and high standards of quality and security. This independent certification reflects SolarWinds' commitment to providing high-quality solutions to support the mission-critical demands of IT professionals in the Federal Government and elsewhere and proves that the products meet global security standards for deployment in government.”

SolarWinds software is available on the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule, Department of Defense ESI, and other contract vehicles.

U.S. Government certifications and approvals include Army CoN, Air Force APL, Navy DADMS; and Technical Requirements include FIPS compatibility, DISA STIGs, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) compliance.

SolarWinds also has hundreds of built-in automated compliance reports, which meet requirements of all major auditing authorities, including DISA STIG, FISMA, NIST, and more. SolarWinds’ thwack online user community provides a number of out-of-the-box compliance report templates available to download for free that are designed to help users prepare for an inspection. thwack also provides information on Smart Card and Common Access Card (CAC) product support.