TechValidate Research on SolarWinds


SolarWinds Case Study

Large Enterprise Professional Services Company Reduces Security Incidents and Saves 20+ Hours Per Week

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise professional services company is based on an October 2020 survey of SolarWinds customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We have resolved issues faster and managed to track and compile information.”

“Very easy, especially compared to some of the more complex tools.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select SolarWinds:

  • Rates their skill level in identifying risk, protecting data and assets, reporting on compliance, and responding to security incidents a 4, prior to using SolarWinds security products.

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of SolarWinds that the surveyed company uses:

  • The SolarWinds® security products their organization currently uses:
    • Server Configuration Monitor
    • Network Configuration Manager

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with SolarWinds:

  • Rates their skill level in identifying risk, protecting data and assets, reporting on compliance, and responding to security incidents a 5 – security expert, after utilizing SolarWinds security products.
  • Saves 11 – 20 hours per week protecting data and assets and responding to security incidents with SolarWinds.
  • Saves 21 – 30 hours per week reporting on compliance with security policies, including reports for specific regulations (HIPAA, PCI, etc.) with SolarWinds.
  • Reduced security incidences by 11 – 20% annually following the deployment of SolarWinds.
  • Reduced mean time to resolution by 11 – 20% annually following their deployment of SolarWinds.
  • Implemented SolarWinds within 1 – 2 weeks.




About This Data

This data was sourced directly from verified users of SolarWinds by TechValidate.

TechValidate verifies the identity and organizational affiliation of all participants that contribute to published research data. When research participants so desire, we also guarantee their anonymity so that they may share information honestly and freely.


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