Qualys Newsletter April 2004

Upcoming Event

2004 Qualys User Conference, June 17 - 18

Customers and Partners are invited to the Four Seasons Hotel for our 3rd annual security conference. The theme of this years event is "Empowering Security. Enabling Commerce." In addition to networking with peers, attendees will hear from industry leaders on the latest security trends, learn about new QualysGuard features and provide input directly to the Qualys team on future enhancements.

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Customer Spotlight

ICI: Enforcing Security SLAs of Outsources

International chemicals firm utilizes QualysGuard to get a centralized view of their network security with a focus on ensuring safety of both internal and outsourced infrastructure -- enforcing security service level agreements of outsourcers.

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In Case You Missed It

Qualys Nominated as SC Awards Finalist

Thanks to your votes, QualysGuard was named as a finalist for three prestigious awards from SC Magazine, including Best Security Solution for 2004. The other award nominations include: Best Network Security Solution and Best Security Service.

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RSA Security Conference and InfoSec World Expo Recap

Missed the RSA Security Conference? You can view a quick, 4 minute highlight reel of CTO, Gerhard Eschelbeck's presentation on "The Laws of Vulnerabilities" along with the security panel featuring executives from Google, Safeway, Oracle, and the Thomson Corporation.

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Missed the InfoSec World Expo in Orlando? The Yankee Group developed a series of best practices derived from Qualys' Laws of Vulnerabilities research and identified weekly auditing of critical assets as a top security priority.

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Product Training

Weekly Online Training Sessions Now Available

Whether you're just getting started with QualysGuard or you're an experienced user trying to refine your security reports, Qualys offers complimentary weekly training sessions.

> Register for a Session Today

Quick Tips

Identify Rogue Systems With Network Discovery

Maintaining an inventory of network assets and quickly identifying rogue devices is all part of the "MAP" functionality in QualysGuard. This tip guides you through the basics of rogue system discovery.

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Trusted Scanning For Windows Systems

Detect vulnerabilities that would otherwise go undetected by using trusted scanning of your windows systems. With trusted scanning, QualysGuard users can easily detect installed service packs, hot fixes, and security upgrades on each host, confirming whether possible threats have been properly patched.

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Trends & Statistics

Qualys Real-time Top 10 Critical Vulnerability Index (RV10)

The following is a listing of the Top 10 most critical vulnerabilities facing all hosts connected to the Internet. The RV10 is a dynamic list of the 10 highest-risk security vulnerabilities and is updated automatically and continuously by Qualys. Information is based on millions of scans from a statistically representative sample of thousands of networks.

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QualysGuard Audit Counter

Updated daily, Qualys' vulnerability KnowledgeBase is the largest and most accurate in the security industry. At the rate threats emerge, Qualys adds an average of 25 vulnerabilities each week. As of 4/1/04 the QualysGuard service accurately detects 3,356 unique vulnerabilities.

> Current Audit Counter Totals