August 2009 Archives

Modulo, a Brazilian company with international operations specializing in solutions for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), has partnered with Qualys to integrate Modulo Risk Manager with QualysGuard. The combined offering provides global companies with a comprehensive security risk and compliance management solution.

The Modulo Risk Manager software automatically receives vulnerabilities and misconfiguration data collected through QualysGuard scans. This data is aggregated in the Modulo Risk Manager allowing users to easily view the data, providing better tracking, risk assessment and compliance documentation.

Through the Qualys and Modulo integration, companies can:

• Identify and remediate identified vulnerabilities improving security and compliance posture
• Manage and reduce business risk automatically on business assets
• Automate collection of security and compliance data
• Document and create reports easily and automatically for laws, regulations and internal policies

"Through this partnership with Qualys, our customers will be able to expand their knowledge of vulnerability and compliance issues within their networks and use this information in their compliance reports," said Fernando Nery, co-founder of Modulo.

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The recognition also highlights Qualys as the 34th-fastest growing security company. With 169% percent sales growth over the last three years, Qualys continues to benefit from the increased adoption of its Security-as-a-Service model by large enterprises to SMBs worldwide.

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Qualys and Archer Technologies have partnered to make QualysGuard® vulnerability management and compliance data available to Archer's Fortune 1000 clients. The integration of QualysGuard with Archer's GRC platform--the Archer SmartSuite Framework--allows clients to automatically import comprehensive scan information from global assets into the Archer Threat Management solution.

Through of the Qualys and Archer integration, companies can:

• Report on vulnerabilities and mis-configurations identified on their assets in one single view.
• Assign ownership to issues, and track remediation efforts or accept the associated business risk.
• Deliver real-time risk information via Archer's robust reporting capabilities, allowing management to easily view the severity of vulnerabilities and the affected assets.

"Through our partnership with Qualys, Archer customers will be able to expand their view of vulnerability and compliance issues, making it possible to proactively address potential and existing organizational compromises and expedite compliance reporting," said Julian Waits, vice president of business development for Archer Technologies.

For more information on the QualysGuard integration package for the Archer SmartSuite Framework, visit:
https://exchange.archer-tech.com/offering/1951.aspx

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