December 2009 Archives

The greater Los Angeles metropolitan area has noticed and rewarded First Federal by helping it grow to the fourth largest Los Angeles-based financial institution, with thirty-nine branches and assets exceeding $6 billion.

To ensure that its systems are both secure from breaches and always available to its customers, the bank's IT and security team relies on QualysGuard.

"QualysGuard is accurate and easy-to-use," says Brian Rodeck, vice president, technical services manager at First Fed. "We wanted to have as current and as accurate a view of the status of our systems as possible, and that requires automated assessments and an up-to-date database."

"QualysGuard's reports help us to focus on the areas we need to. For instance, we can generate reports that give business managers the information they need to know, or we can create reports that will help us to focus on any critical, pressing vulnerabilities. It helps us know what matters right now," says Thomas Tse, network security officer at First Fed. "When QualysGuard finds a vulnerability, it doesn't just kick out an alert that states 'you have this vulnerability' -- it details how that vulnerability can be secured."

Click here to read more about how First Federal assesses its vulnerabilities with QualysGuard.

Since 1997, online payroll and HR services provider Paylocity has delivered innovative payroll services and human resource software to employees and businesses throughout the country. Paylocity now serves nearly 5,000 clients and maintains an enviable 97 percent client retention rate.

Previously, to keep systems secure, Palyocity relied on a number of manual vulnerability scanners. But, as the number of systems and the complexity of applications grew, those scanners could not keep pace.

"They required a lot of updating and maintenance. And there were too many false positives for us to deal with," recalls Edward Fortune, director of information technology at Paylocity. "I read about Qualys in an article that listed the top 10 vulnerability assessment tools, and QualysGuard was high on the list." After conducting the first assessment, Fortune was impressed. "I was simply amazed by how many items QualysGuard was able to accurately identify," he says.

"The information QualysGuard provides is something that normally would take me an entire day, or even a week, depending on how many vulnerabilities we're managing, if I were to research all of that manually," he says. "Now, it's done in hours. And I understand everything: the problem, the potential exposure, and all of the available fixes. This is a significant amount of time savings, month after month, especially when you consider the amount of effort it takes to manually identify vulnerabilities and research the potential impact of vulnerabilities on your system. It's just tremendous."

Click here to read more about how Paylocity efficiently and effectively maintains the security of their systems.

On Dec. 22, The White House announced President Obama's new White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, Howard Schmidt. Along with his distinguished career, Howard chaired our CSO Advisory Board to offer enterprise insight on security needs and strategic direction in the further development of Qualys' IT security and compliance management SaaS solutions.



"We sincerely congratulate Howard on his appointment as the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator," said Philippe Courtot, Chairman and CEO of Qualys. "Needless to say, this is a very important post that we all have been awaiting, and Howard with his distinguished career record that spans over forty years of experience in government, business and law enforcement brings a unique and deep experience to this post and all the issues it encompasses."

In the Readers Trust Awards, which honors best-in-class security  products and services, Qualys is nominated for:

•  Best Vulnerability Management Solution for QualysGuard

In the Excellence Awards, which honors companies with superior security  products, Qualys is also nominated for:

•  Best Security Company
•  Best Regulatory Compliance Solution for QualysGuard PCI
  

The IDC Market Analysis and 2008 Vendor Shares Report for vulnerability management ranked Qualys as the worldwide market leader in device vulenrabilty assessment.

Click here to read the full report.