{"id":20381,"date":"2020-12-14T09:36:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/?p=20381"},"modified":"2020-12-14T09:36:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:36:46","slug":"room-alert-security-solarwinds-orion-cisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/20381\/room-alert-security-solarwinds-orion-cisa\/","title":{"rendered":"Room Alert Monitoring And Security With SolarWinds Orion Products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Late Sunday December 13, 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive<\/a> recommending that all organizations currently using SolarWinds Orion products thoroughly review their networks to see if they have been compromised, as well as recommending the powering down of all SolarWinds Orion products immediately.<\/p>\n

Many Room Alert users around the world rely on third party SNMP monitoring platforms such as SolarWinds Orion to monitor their Room Alert monitors and sensors. Under the current directive from CISA, powering down SolarWinds Orion may negatively impact the ability for organizations to monitor their network and devices to prevent data loss and unexpected IT downtime.<\/p>\n

Room Alert users do have other options available to monitor their installed Room Alert hardware and receive alerts should there be any potential environmental issues detected that could cause unexpected downtime to their network or facilities. We are recommending that any Room Alert customers that currently use SolarWinds Orion products immediately investigate the following options for Room Alert monitoring, alerting, graphing, and reporting:<\/p>\n