2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards
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GSN <strong>2014</strong> <strong>Digital</strong> <strong>Yearbook</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Homeland</strong> <strong>Security</strong> <strong>Awards</strong> Recipients<br />
Vendors <strong>of</strong> IT <strong>Security</strong> Products and Solutions<br />
Solar Winds –<br />
<strong>2014</strong> Winner<br />
<strong>Awards</strong> Category:<br />
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Best Continuous Monitoring Solution<br />
Name <strong>of</strong> Nominated Product, Service,<br />
or Program:<br />
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SolarWinds User Device Tracker<br />
Reason this entry deserves to win:<br />
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SolarWinds User Device Tracker (UDT) delivers automated<br />
user and device tracking with powerful switch<br />
port management capabilities empowering federal IT<br />
Pros with strong continuous monitoring capabilities and<br />
visibility into who or what is connected to their network.<br />
Highlights include:<br />
• Automatically discovers, maps and monitors switches,<br />
ports and network devices<br />
• Quickly finds devices and retrievers user name, port<br />
details, connection history and more<br />
• Enables searching on IP address, user name, hostname<br />
or MAC address to track endpoints<br />
• Allows whitelisting and watch lists with automatic<br />
alerts and click-<strong>of</strong>-a-button port shutdown<br />
• Provides detailed switch port usage data, capacity<br />
analysis and built-in reporting<br />
With the ever-increasing use <strong>of</strong> personal devices and<br />
applications, SolarWinds UDT provides federal IT Pros<br />
with peace <strong>of</strong> mind about the security <strong>of</strong> their network<br />
and the devices on it by continuously monitoring who<br />
and what connects to their network. Additionally,<br />
SolarWinds UDT can track down lost or rogue devices<br />
with a simple search <strong>of</strong> a user name, IP address, hostname<br />
or MAC address ensuring that all devices that can<br />
connect to federal networks stay in the right hands.<br />
SolarWinds UDT also features alerting that signifies<br />
unauthorized network access<br />
and provides the ability to<br />
quickly shut down switch<br />
ports to secure access to sensitive<br />
information. Updates<br />
to SolarWinds UDT coincide<br />
with the latest issues being<br />
tackled by IT Pros such as<br />
BYOD. In the latest update<br />
to scalability and additional<br />
support and optimization for<br />
varying devices and vendors<br />
was a priority. And, by work-<br />
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