February 2010 Archives

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Qualys has earned the highest rating - "strong positive" - in Gartner's MarketScope for Vulnerability Assessment (VA).


Click here to read the full report.

As we get ready for RSA Conference 2010, we'd like to see your best security tips on twitter. Include #rsac and #qualys in your tweet, and make sure you are following Qualys on Twitter so we can find your tweets. Check Qualys on Twitter daily to find out if you've won. We'll be giving away an iPod shuffle each day, and next week at RSA, we will announce the winners of two iPod nanos. Stop by our booth at RSA to collect your prize, or let us know where we can mail it. We'll also post your tips to this blog after the conference.

Results of the Contest
Congratulations to the three winners of the Qualys Security Tips Twitter contest: @TriumphCISO, @davidmostardi, and @danielkennedy74!  We hope you each are enjoying your iPod Shuffle.
 
There's lots of good tips compressed into 140 characters each. See the best security tips from the contest.
Today Qualys announced the first certified cloud-based computing solution for FDCC compliance. The new QualysGuard FDCC module, validated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as conforming to the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) and its component standards, provides a centralized, integrated solution leveraging the QualysGuard Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) architecture helping federal agencies validate the configuration of their desktops according to FDCC regulations.

Click here to view the news release.
Qualys Chairman and CEO Philippe Courtot and Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek have been named 2010 CRN Security Superstars. The comprehensive list created by Everything Channel editorial includes the leading thinkers, researchers and executives in the information security industry.

Click here to view the news release.
Qualys has been named a finalist in SC Magazine Europe Awards in the following categories: Best Enterprise Security Solution, Best SME Security Solution, Information Security Vendor of the Year and CEO of the Year.

"It is an honour to be acknowledged by SC Magazine readers and the judging panel in four categories this year. It's by working closely with our customers and with the industry that we can make our network secure," said Philippe Courtot, Qualys chairman and CEO.

Click here to read the news release.

BT's SecureThinking: SecureCompliance blog features a new article from Qualys VP of Product Marketing Terry Ramos titled "PCI Compliance is Still a Myriad of Tough Choices on the 'Journey' Towards Compliance." The article discusses how organizations that process, store or transmit credit card data must employ a continuous process to achieve and maintain PCI compliance.

Click here to read the story. Terry Ramos is also the co-author of "PCI Compliance for Dummies."
By Alessandro Perilli, CISSP, Founder and Chief Editor, virtualization.info
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Virtualization and Security Expert Alessandro Perilli discusses the future of cloud computing and its security implications.

The data centers of tomorrow will be computing clouds - massive aggregations of resources that are served inside geographically dispersed computers. As customers put their data into these clouds, they don't have to buy the software to manipulate and process their data anymore. They just pay for the time the cloud is used to perform a certain task with their data.
But who will secure these clouds? This piece will discuss the future of computing and its impact on security.

Click here to read the full article.

ChannelWeb presented its list of the top 20 coolest cloud security vendors helping to foster the SaaS phenomenon and drive it forward in 2010. Qualys made the list for offering a full range of on-demand services and serving thousands of customers around the globe with its QualysGuard Service.

Click here to view the slide show.

Jeanne Friedman, editor-in-chief for the RSA conference web site, interviews Philippe Courtot, chairman and chief executive officer for Qualys, about the security implications of cloud computing. Click here to listen to the exclusive preview of Courtot's keynote for RSA 2010: The Future of Cloud Computing: Our Destiny is in the Clouds.