Qualys Ranked as Worldwide Market Leader for Device Vulnerability Assessment in 2008.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- Qualys, Inc., the leading provider of on demand IT security risk and compliance management solutions, today announced that the company was ranked by IDC as the worldwide market leader for Device Vulnerability Assessment A Department of Defense, command, or unit-level evaluation (assessment) to determine the vulnerability of a terrorist attack against an installation, unit, exercise, port, ship, residence, facility, or other site. (VA) according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. IDC's Market Analysis report published today - Worldwide Security and Vulnerability Management Market for 2009-2013 and 2008 Vendor Shares(1). This market leadership highlights the accelerated adoption of Qualys' IT security and compliance solutions, delivered in the cloud Refers to the operation taking place within a network. See cloud. via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, by organizations and government agencies worldwide. "We are privileged and honored to be in this leadership position as it demonstrates the acceptance of Security-as-a-Service and the support of our customers over the past 10 years," said Philippe Courtot, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and chairman of Qualys. "Our customers have been instrumental in helping us bring IT security and compliance together in one suite and deliver it in the cloud." The 2008 Vendor Shares report from IDC ranks Qualys in the number one leadership spot for Worldwide Device Vulnerability Assessment with a market share of 13.4 percent. In the overall category of Vulnerability Assessment that includes both Device VA and Application VA, Qualys is ranked number two with 7.8 percent market share. Founded in 1999, Qualys pioneered the SaaS delivery model for IT security and compliance solutions. Qualys' flagship product, QualysGuard[R], allows organizations to strengthen the security of their networks and conduct automated security audits to ensure compliance with policies and regulations. The QualysGuard SaaS suite includes four solutions for vulnerability management, policy compliance, Payment Card Industry (PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). ) compliance and web application security assessments. QualysGuard is a widely deployed SaaS solution, servicing over 4,000 active subscribers worldwide, 40 of which are Fortune 100 companies, and over 240 of which are Forbes Global 1000 companies. Additionally, Qualys has one of the largest vulnerability management deployments in the world at a Fortune Global 50 company. About Qualys Qualys, Inc. is the leading provider of on demand IT security risk and compliance management solutions - delivered as a service. Qualys' Software-as-a-Service solutions are deployed in a matter of hours anywhere in the world, providing customers an immediate and continuous view of their security and compliance postures. The QualysGuard[R] service is used today by more than 4,000 organizations in 85 countries, including 40 of the Fortune Global 100 and performs more than 200 million IP audits per year. Qualys has the largest vulnerability management deployment in the world at a Fortune Global 50 company. Qualys has established strategic agreements with leading managed service providers and consulting organizations including BT, Etisalat, Fujitsu, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , I(TS)2, LAC, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform , SecureWorks, Symantec, Tata Communications and TELUS TELUS Telemetric Universal Sensor . For more information, please visit www.qualys.com. Qualys, the Qualys logo and QualysGuard are proprietary trademarks of Qualys, Inc. All other products or names may be trademarks of their respective companies. 1 IDC, Worldwide Security and Vulnerability Management 2009-2013 Forecast and 2008 Vendor Shares, Doc # 220283, October 2009 |
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