SolarWinds is a widely used IT infrastructure management vendor known for network, systems, and application monitoring (the Orion platform), IT service management, and database performance tools. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, SolarWinds trades on the NYSE under the ticker SWI. The company is also widely known for the 2020 SUNBURST supply-chain attack, in which attackers compromised its Orion software update mechanism to breach numerous government and enterprise customers — an incident that significantly shaped its subsequent security posture and reputation.