Qualys Wins SC Magazine Award 2010 for Best Vulnerability Management

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. - March 4, 2010 - Qualys®, Inc., the leading provider of on demand IT security risk and compliance management solutions, today announced that QualysGuard Vulnerability Management (VM) has been awarded the SC Magazine’s 2010 Reader Trust Award as the company with the Best Vulnerability Management Solution in the industry. The award was announced at the SC Awards Gala, held in conjunction with the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco on March 2, 2010.

“It is an honor to be acknowledged by SC Magazine readers for the fourth year in a row. It’s by working closely with our customers and with the industry that we can make our network secure,” said Philippe Courtot, Qualys chairman and CEO. “As personal and corporate data is moving fast into the cloud, we are now all facing a greater challenge. To succeed in making the cloud secure, it will require an unprecedented collaboration between vendors, practitioners and law enforcement globally.”

The annual SC Awards highlight and showcase the best solutions, services and professionals while recognizing achievement and technical excellence in the information security industry. As the industry’s preeminent awards program, the annual SC Awards has acclaimed security’s key contributors and outstanding products for more than a decade. Individuals, brands and solutions recognized in the program address not only the security challenges prominent today, but also the emerging threat landscape of tomorrow. For more information and a detailed list of categories and winners, please visit www.scmagazineus.com/awards.

“Winning a Reader Trust Award is proof of Qualys’ continued efforts to address the IT security issues that are top of mind for industry professionals,” said Illena Armstrong, editor in chief, SC Magazine. “I offer my sincere congratulations to Qualys for the recognition of Best Vulnerability Management Solution.”

About SC Magazine

SC Magazine provides IT security professionals with in-depth and unbiased information through timely news, comprehensive analysis, cutting-edge features, contributions from thought-leaders and the best, most extensive collection of product reviews in the business. By offering a consolidated view of IT security through independent product tests and well-researched editorial content that provides the contextual backdrop for how these IT security tools will address larger demands put on businesses today, SC Magazine enables IT security pros to make the right security decisions for their companies. Besides the monthly print magazine and daily website, the brand’s portfolio includes the SC Awards, SC Directory, SC Magazine Newswire, SC World Congress and SC Congree Canada.

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About Qualys

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

The QualysGuard® service is used today by more than 4,000 organizations in 85countries, including 42 of the Fortune Global 100 and performs more than 250million 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, NTT, SecureWorks, Symantec, Tata Communications and TELUS.

For more information, please visit www.qualys.com.

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