Qualys Adds Localisation Capabilities for QualysGuard PCI Platform

Slough, UK – - 4 March 2009 - Qualys, the leading provider of on demand IT security risk and compliance management solutions, announced today that QualysGuard® PCI 3.1 is now supporting localised versions of the Self Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) in all languages provided by the PCI Council as well as localised vulnerability information is Japanese, Chinese and Korean. QualysGuard PCI, used by over 1,500 organisations worldwide, remains the industry’s most widely deployed on demand scanning application for on-going management of PCI compliance efforts.

This localisation enables merchants to manage the core elements of PCI compliance more in their native language. QualysGuard PCI 3.1 includes localisation for the following components:

• Vulnerability Knowledgebase: helps merchants understand the vulnerabilities in their native language and provide remediation steps to fix them – now available in Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
• Self Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ): helps merchants understand PCI requirements and fill out the SAQ in their native language – now available from the PCI Council in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Japanese.
• Online help – now available in Japanese.
• E-mail Communication of important alerts and registration process – now available in all languages.

The localised version for QualysGuard PCI is also available for Approved Scanning Vendors (ASVs) and Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs) with whom Qualys currently partners, enabling them to more effectively support local merchants. Currently, 68 percent of all PCI DSS ASVs and 49 percent of QSAs utilize QualysGuard to deliver PCI certification and automated Web application scanning to their global clients.

“Organisations who are required to meet PCI standards and manage their compliance needs extend well beyond the borders of English-speaking countries, and our goal is to provide all of our customers and partners with the tools necessary to more easily and effectively assist them with implementing PCI requirements,” said Philippe Courtot, Chairman and CEO of Qualys. “With the localisation support in QualysGuard PCI 3.1, we help customers, ASVs and QSAs tackle the challenges of PCI compliance in their native languages hence making it easier and less costly.”

About Qualys

Qualys, Inc. is the leading provider of on demand ITsecurity risk and compliance management solutions – delivered as a service.Qualys’ Software-as-a-Service solutions are deployed in a matter of hoursanywhere in the world, providing customers an immediate and continuous view oftheir security and compliance postures.

The QualysGuard® service is used today by more than 3,500 organizations in 85countries, including 40 of the Fortune Global 100 and performs more than 200million IP audits per year. Qualys has the largest vulnerability managementdeployment in the world at a Fortune Global 50 company.

Qualys has established strategic agreements with leading managed serviceproviders and consulting organizations including BT, Etisalat, Fujitsu, IBM,I(TS)2, LAC, SecureWorks, Symantec, Tata Communications, TELUS and VeriSign.For more information, please visit www.qualys.com.

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