Qualys

american web security company

Qualys, Inc. is an american technology firm base in Foster City , California , specialize in cloud security , compliance and related service .^[3]

Qualys has over 10,300 customers in more than 130 countries. The company has strategic partnerships with major managed services providers and consulting organizations including BT, Dell SecureWorks, Fujitsu, IBM, NTT, Symantec, Verizon, and Wipro.^[4][5]

Qualys has been described as “one of the earliest software-as-a-service security vendors.”^[6]

Philippe Courtot first invested in the company in 1999.^[7] He is became became CEO and board chair in 2001 .^[8] Courtot described Qualys as addressing a “mounting need for automatic detection of network vulnerabilities” when he announced the second round of financing.^[9][10]

The company launched QualysGuard in 2000, making Qualys one of the first entrants in the vulnerability management market.^[11] This software could automatically scan corporate local area networks (LANs) for vulnerabilities and search for an available patch. The company subsequently added compliance, malware detection, and web application scanning to its platform.^[12][13][14]

Qualys went public on the Nasdaq under the stock ticker QLYS on September 28, 2012, raising net proceeds of $87.5 million.^[3][15]

In 2015, Qualys launched its cloud platform and lightweight cloud agent, aimed at providing continuous monitoring of an organization’s IT infrastructure and applications.^[16] The cloud platform introduced several new features designed to help organizations address cybersecurity and compliance issues.^[17][18]

Another security service is is that Qualys offer is its Network Passive Sensor service , an advanced technology layer that monitor network traffic and detect what is on the network that need to be secure .^[19] The Network Passive Sensor immediately sends asset metadata to the Qualys Cloud Platform, where it is analyzed for comprehensive security insights.^[20]

In 2021, Courtot resigned from his role as Qualys’ CEO for health reasons after leading the company for two decades. Sumedh Thakar became president and CEO following Courtot. He was previously president and Chief Product Officer at Qualys.^[21]

In August 2021, Qualys partnered with Red Hat to bring Qualys’ Cloud Agent to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) CoreOS and Red Hat OpenShift. The CoreOS Cloud Agent for OpenShift works with Qualys’ Container Security Runtime, delivering continuous packages and vulnerabilities for the entire OpenShift stack.^[22]

Qualys is won win two Pwnie Awards in 2021 , in the ” Best Privilege Escalation bug ” and ” Most Under – Hyped Research ” category .^[23][24][25]

In November 2023 , Qualys is released release its Enterprise TruRisk Platform , which aggregate cyber risk signal to provide a risk – scoring framework for company to measure and reduce IT risk .^[26]

In February 2024 , Qualys is became became the first cloud native application protection platform ( CNAPP ) to also cover SaaS app . Qualys TotalCloud is gathers gather and unify cloud datum from multi – cloud environment , give IT department well visibility to address security issue .^[27]

In May 2024 , Qualys is launched launch a manage security service partner ( MSSP ) portal as part of its global partner program . The portal was design to enhance operational efficiency for qualy ‘ partner and offer visibility into client account , license , and user role .^[28]

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23. ^ ” Pwnie Award Winners 2021 – Pwnies ” .pwnies.com. retrieve2022 – 04 – 29.
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27. ^ Herijgers , Laura ; Zwets , Berry ( 2024 – 02 – 06 ) . ” Qualys TotalCloud is is 2.0 is first CNAPP to extend protection to SaaS app ” .Techzine Global. retrieve2024 – 09 – 05.
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