Your security and privacy are our top priorities at SolarWinds.
Our security strategy covers all aspects of our business, including:
Secure Development Lifecycle
We follow a defined methodology to develop software designed to increase the resiliency and security of our products.
Security Statement
We strive to implement and maintain appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, security processes, procedures, and standards designed to protect the confidentiality and security of our customer data.
Vendor Data Protection Requirements
Third-party vendors are used to provide SolarWinds with various goods and services to help facilitate its business. Before entering any third-party relationships, we take deliberate steps to assess the risk related to the vendor relationship. We take care to understand the compliance, reputational, strategic, operational, and transactional risks relating to a particular vendor before entering into a contractual relationship.
Our privacy notice
We are committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to the SolarWinds website(s), individuals who register to use the products and services, individuals who register to attend our corporate or other events, and business partners.
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001 is a specification for an information security management system (ISMS), which is a framework for an organization's information risk management processes.
This certification covers the development, maintenance, and support of backup and recovery; monitoring, support of remote-control software; email security scanning; password and document management; and archiving and storing of customer data on cloud environments in the following locations:
To request a specific certification for an audit, please contact Security@solarwinds.com.
SOC 2
System and Organization Controls (SOC 2) is a regularly refreshed report that focuses on non-financial reporting controls as they relate to security, availability, and confidentiality of a cloud service.
We currently offer SOC 2/Type 1 reports for:
We currently offer SOC 2/Type 2 reports for:
To request a specific certification please contact Security@solarwinds.com.
Privacy Shield
We are members of the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework with respect to processing personal data on behalf of our customers established in the European Union and Switzerland.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other privacy regulations
We have made information security and data privacy foundational principles of everything we do, and we recognize the importance of passing regulations to advance information security and data privacy for citizens of the EU and elsewhere in the world. By designing products with privacy and security in mind, we are able to provide you with products that help you meet various aspects of these compliance regimes and to support you in creating a more secure environment.
Sarbanes-Oxley
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (commonly referred to as SOX) establishes a stricter protocol for internal controls that affect financial reporting and security within publicly traded companies. As SolarWinds is a publicly created company, it needs to comply with these regulations.
SolarWinds Federal Product Certifications
The Federal government is an important customer to SolarWinds, and we’re committed to meeting your product certification needs. You can learn more here:
Tim Brown
Vice President of Security
Tim Brown serves as Vice President of Security for SolarWinds, overseeing internal IT security, product security, and security strategy. Tim has over 20 years of experience developing and implementing security technology. As a former Dell Fellow and CTO, Tim deeply understands the challenges and aspirations of technology and security professionals. Tim also holds 18 issued patents on security-related topics.
Jason Bliss
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, General Counsel and
Secretary
Jason W. Bliss has served as our Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary since January 2020. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Bliss was an associate at DLA Piper LLP (US) specializing in mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions and technology licensing. Prior to DLA Piper, Mr. Bliss was a technology consultant with Accenture.
Brandon Shopp
Vice President, Product Strategy, Network Management
Brandon Shopp has a proven success record in product delivery and revenue growth—including software product, business model, mergers and acquisitions, and go-to-market strategies experience. He previously served as VP of product management for systems management and as senior director of product management for systems and application management. Prior to SolarWinds, Shopp was the Vice President of Product Management at AlienVault and the Senior Director of Products at Embarcadero Technologies.
Alex Quilter
Vice President, Product Management, Security, MSP
Alex Quilter is a vice president of product management for the SolarWinds MSP security portfolio. He brings nearly two decades of technical product management and engineering experience across security and cloud services to his current role. Prior to SolarWinds, Alex held multiple product management leadership roles, including director positions for Cisco and Qualys, as well as senior manager roles at nCircle Network Security and HP software.
Thomas LaRock
Head Geek, Security
Thomas LaRock has over 20 years of IT experience holding roles such as programmer, developer, analyst, and database administrator. He is a Microsoft Certified Master, VMware vExpert, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and a ten-time Microsoft Data Platform MVP. He also helped create what is now known as SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA). LaRock has served on the board of directors for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), and is an avid blogger, author, and technical reviewer for numerous books about SQL Server management.
Gill Langston
Head Security Nerd
Gill Langston is a security product management professional with a strong background in sales, technical, and marketing collaboration. Having worked directly with MSPs for most of his career, Gill Langston has a unique and in-depth skillset within the managed services and security space. Focused on taking MSPs to the next level when it comes to their security services, Gill is currently serving as the Head Security Nerd at SolarWinds MSP, in addition to his appointment as Technical Marketing Manager, Principal.