SolarWinds, a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, announced that its SolarWinds Passportal solution has been named the winner of the "Password Management Solution of the Year" award from CyberSecurity Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that recognizes top companies, technologies, and products in the global information security market today.

SolarWinds Passportal provides simple yet security-focused password and documentation management tailored for the operations of a managed services provider (MSP). The cloud-based platform offers channel partners automated password protection while making storing, managing, and retrieving passwords and client knowledge quick and easy from virtually any connected device. SolarWinds Passportal helps protect businesses from data breaches, cybersecurity threats, and network vulnerabilities.

"SolarWinds Passportal is an industry-leading, SOC2-certified security software platform designed to help MSPs easily integrate password management and privileged client knowledge management as part of the tools they're already using," said Colin Knox, director of Product Strategy, SolarWinds. "This 2019 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award validates the success and innovation we are committed to delivering to our customers. Simply put, we believe security shouldn't be complex, and it shouldn't be out of reach. We're honored to have been recognized for our continued commitment to helping MSPs solve the security challenges they face every day."

The mission of the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work, and success in a range of information security categories, including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Email Security, and many more. This year's program attracted more than 3,500 nominations from over 15 different countries throughout the world.

"SolarWinds Passportal is an incredibly powerful new addition to SolarWinds' suite of IT solutions, and it successfully breaks through the crowded field of security solutions from various MSP and IT service providers," said James Johnson, managing director, CyberSecurity Breakthrough. "By satisfying a major market pain point and giving technicians quick and controlled access to privileged client credentials and information needed to manage client IT systems, SolarWinds Passportal is a standout platform in this year's CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program, and we are thrilled to recognize the company as a winner."

In 2019, Passportal was recognized as the "Most Valuable Software" at the MSP Innovation Awards in New York and "Most Innovative Solution" at ASCII in Texas. In 2018, it earned "Best Revenue Opportunity" at DattoCon in Texas, and "Best Password Management" at the eChannelNews & eCNTv Reseller Choice Awards in Toronto, Ontario.