Acclaimed Industry Experts to Discuss Latest High Profile Attacks, and the Security Challenges and Opportunities in the Era of Cloud Computing
Redwood City, CA - September 26, 2011 - Redwood City, Calif. – Sept.26, 2011 – Qualys®, Inc., the leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) IT security risk and compliance management solutions, today announced the program for its ninth annual users conference, Qualys Security Conference (QSC) 2011. Held at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco on September 29th-30th, the conference will provide a forum for customers and industry experts to share best practices work with Qualys engineers to build the next generation of security services in the cloud, in order to combat advanced threats and effectively manage compliance.
**Title:** | Keynote: Cloud Computing – Challenges and Opportunities for Security |
**Speaker:** | John Pescatore, VP & Distinguished Analyst, Gartner |
**Date:** | Thursday, September 29, 12:45 p.m. |
**Title:** | Panel Discussion: Advanced Persistent Threats and How to Combat Them |
**Moderator:** | Brian Krebs, Award-winning Journalist |
**Panelists:** | Andy Bonillo, Principal, Investigative Response, Verizon Rich Mogull, Analyst & CEO, Securosis Gunter Ollmann, CTO, Damballa Wolfgang Kandek, CTO, Qualys |
**Date:** | Thursday, September 29, 1:30 p.m. |
**Title:** | Keynote: The Seven Dirty Words of Cloud |
**Speaker:** | Chris Hoff, Founding Member, Cloud Security Alliance |
**Date:** | Thursday, September 29, 3:15 p.m. |
**Title:** | Keynote: SSL and The Future of Authenticity |
**Speaker:** | Moxie Marlinspike, CTO, Whisper Systems |
**Date:** | Thursday, September 29, 4:00 p.m. |
**Title:** | The Adobe Secure Product Lifecycle: Gaining Acceptance for a New (and Necessary) Approach to Software Development |
**Speaker:** | Brad Arkin, Senior Director, Product Security and Privacy, Adobe Systems |
**Date:** | Friday, September 30, 11:45 a.m. |
For more information or to register for QSC 2011, please visit: https://www.qualys.com/company/events/tradeshows/qsc11/san_francisco/
Qualys, Inc. is the leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) IT security risk and compliance management solutions. Qualys 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 5,000 organizations in 85countries, including 45 of the Fortune 100, and performs more than 500 millionIP audits per year. Qualys has the largest vulnerability management deploymentin the world at a leading global company, and has been recognized by leadingindustry analysts for its market leadership. Qualys was recently named BestSecurity Company in the Excellence Awards category of the 2011 SC Awards U.S.
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. Qualys is a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).
For more information, please visit www.qualys.com.
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