QualysGuard Voted Best Vulnerability Management Solution By Information Security Magazine and SearchSecurity.com Readers for Third Consecutive Year

Redwood City, Calif. - September 23, 2009 - Qualys, Inc., the leading provider of on demand IT security risk and compliance management solutions, today announced that for the third consecutive year, QualysGuard® was voted the 2009 Readers’ Choice Gold Award winner in the vulnerability management category by readers of Information Security™ Magazine and SearchSecurity.com™.

As noted in the September issue of Information Security Magazine, readers gave QualysGuard high marks across the board, particularly praising its ease of installation, the accuracy in which it identifies vulnerabilities, as well as the breadth of applications and devices covered.

This year’s Information Security and SearchSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards were determined by a record 1721 voters who evaluated 360 products in 17 product categories. Respondents were asked to rate each product based on criteria specific to each category and in every category respondents were asked to rate the product based on “Investment ROI.”

“The challenge we all face is the increased sophistication of the attacks coupled with accelerated adoption of new technology. It is only by working closely with our users and the security community that we can effectively tackle such a challenge,” said Philippe Courtot, CEO and chairman of Qualys. “We are deeply honored that QualysGuard has yet again received recognition from so many customers and we sincerely thank them for that and for helping us better answer their needs.”

Winners were based on the cumulative weighted responses for each product category criteria. Editors arrived at a product’s overall score by calculating the average score it received for each criterion, applying the weighted percentage and adding the adjusted scores. In each category, the highest overall score received the gold medal, the next highest earned the silver medal, and the third highest took the bronze medal.

To learn more about QualysGuard, please visit www.qualys.com.

About Information Security

Information Security is the enterprise security and risk managers’ leading source of critical, objective information on strategic and practical security issues. Information Security’s team of veteran security journalists and experts break down the security problems challenging enterprises and provide practical resolutions. Its in-depth, comprehensive reports and analyses provide security managers–department managers to CXOs – with the tools, knowledge and information they need to make informed decisions about how to safeguard their enterprises, comply with regulations and standards, and reduce risk. The publication’s analysis of technology and products provide a guide for budgeting and purchasing decisions and trends reports, case studies and industry-leading exposes offers security managers insight into how their peers are addressing and solving key security issues. Information Security is an indispensable guide for any security manager and executive charged with protecting information assets and reducing risk.

About SearchSecurity.com

More then 400,000 IT security pros turn to SearchSecurity.com for the information they require to keep their corporate data and assets secure. We’re the only online information resource that provides immediate access to breaking industry news, virus alerts, webcasts, white papers, security schools, a selection of highly focused security e-newsletters and more - all at no cost. Nowhere else will you find such a highly targeted combination of resources specifically dedicated to the success of today’s IT-security professional.

Headquartered in Needham, MA, SearchSecurity.com is part of the TechTarget® network (www.techtarget.com). TechTarget publishes integrated media that enable information-technology (IT) marketers to reach targeted communities of IT professionals and executives in all phases of the technology decision-making and purchase process.

About Qualys

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

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

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

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