Qualys: July 2008 Archives

eWeek has posted the latest markeshare predications from Gartner. Findings point to SaaS marketshare which is expected to grow in several security segments over the next five years, notably in areas such as remote vulnerability assessment, which the firm predicted will jump from 10 percent to 30 percent by 2013.

"Messaging security is the big area now," said John Pescatore, an analyst with Gartner. "I think Web security -- both protecting Web servers, and also protecting users and browsers -- will grow fast. Vulnerability assessment has already started to grow as a service, so has DDoS prevention."

Vulnerability assessments provided by vendors such as Qualys are a good fit as a cloud-based service, as they can be done efficiently from the cloud and typically don't require any deep knowledge of business-specific aspects, like what an application actually does, Pescatore contended.

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Location: Caesars Palace - Absolut Suite, Roman Tower #1361
When: Tuesday, August 5th (7-11pm)
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Qualys is inviting its customers & partners attending Black Hat 2008 to mix and mingle in the intriguingly hip setting of the infamous Absolut® Suite at Caesars Palace for a night of drinks and entertainment.

RSVP on-line to gain access to this illustrious occasion and register to WIN a Wii or a bottle of Absolut flavor. Click here to learn about the famous Absolut suite. 
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Qualys® Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in QualysGuard® to protect organizations against the 4 new vulnerabilities present in Microsoft Windows. Yesterday's Microsoft Patch Tuesday marks a first - a synchronized industry wide effort for the patching of a common vulnerability. Customers can immediately audit their networks for these and other recent vulnerabilities by accessing their QualysGuard subscription.

Microsoft released in July, 4 security patches to fix newly discovered flaws in Microsoft Windows. The Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities, including:

- DNS Could Allow Spoofing
- Microsoft Windows Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Microsoft Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege
- Microsoft SQL Server Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
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Coming Soon -- the next update on Qualys® Vulnerability R&D Lab takes place August 12th.