Organizations are required by law to comply with a growing number of government and industry-specific regulations designed to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic data from information security breaches. Companies that do not fully comply and stay up-to-date with security regulations face serious consequences including heavy fines and legal action.

Qualys® helps organizations quickly comply with information security regulations by providing a practical, simple and economical way to:

• Audit the security of the network
• Quickly remediate "key" security vulnerabilities
• Document and demonstrate security to internal and external auditors

Qualys' on demand vulnerability management solutions enable organizations to comply with a wide array of government and industry regulations including:

	Healthcare - HIPAA regulates the security and privacy of health data, including patient records and all individually identifiable health information.
	Financial Institutions - GLBA requires IT controls to maintain the confidentiality and privacy of consumer financial information.
	Merchants - The Payment Card Industry, including American Express, Discover, JCB, MasterCard and Visa International mandate the protection of cardholder data residing with merchants, safe from hackers, viruses and other potential security risks.
	Public Companies - Sarbanes-Oxley requires effective controls and processes for validating the integrity of annual financial reports.
	Government - FISMA requires that federal agencies establish risk-based information security programs to secure federal information.
	California Commerce - CA 1798.82 mandates that organizations doing business in California report any cybersecurity breaches that may have comprised customer information.