Awards and recognition.

Consistently recognized by leading technical publications and industry labs.

The VMDR platform provides the broadest deployment and architecture options of all the solutions surveyed. Qualys is a comprehensive CVM solution with broad deployment and architecture options. Its TruRisk scoring simplifies the understanding of vulnerabilities, and the solution offers powerful patching capabilities.

Chris Ray Analyst, GigaOm
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PeerSpot Best Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) Solutions 2025

Highest-rated vendor with a score of 8.9/10 among all vendors with atleast 30 reviews (as of May 2025)

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PeerSpot Best Vulnerability Management Solutions 2025

#1 Ranked Vendor on the market (as of May 2025)

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GigaOm Radar for Cloud Workload Security, 2025

Qualys recognized as a Leader and Outperformer

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KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Attack Surface Management 2025

Qualys recognized as the Top vendor on the ASM market (Overall Leader, Product Leader, Innovation Leader, Market Leader)

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GigaOm Radar for Attack Surface Management Solutions 2025

Qualys recognized as a Leader in the ASM market

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Forrester The Unified Vulnerability Management Solutions Landscape, Q1 2025

Qualys recognized as a large vendor in the report

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GigaOm Radar for Container Security 2025

Qualys recognized as a Leader and Outperformer in the Container Security market

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Qualys TotalCloud wins Best Cloud Security Solution at SC Awards Europe 2025

Qualys TotalCloud receives the top accolade in the Best Cloud Security Solution category

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Qualys Recognized As One of 20 Coolest Cloud Security Companies Of The CRN 2025 Cloud 100 (#13)

As part of CRN’s Cloud 100, Qualys was named as a top cloud security company to know about in 2025

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Info-Tech Research Report 2024

Powering Cybersecurity with Unparalleled Performance

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GigaOm Radar for Continuous Vulnerability Management 2024

Qualys is the only vendor to be recognized as a leader four years in a row

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2024 Pinnacle Awards Winner: Qualys’ Sumedh Thakar

Sumedh Thakar, president and CEO at Qualys, has won WashingtonExec’s Pinnacle Award for Cybersecurity Executive of the Year (Public Company).

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Qualys President & CEO, Sumedh Thakar Wins MeriTalk Cyber Defenders Award 2024

CEO Sumedh Thakar was named a winner of MeriTalk’s 2024 Cyber Defenders Awards for his contributions to public sector cybersecurity.

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GigaOm Radar for Application Security Testing 2024

Qualys recognized as a Market Leader in Application Security Testing two years in a row

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Qualys Wins Best Vulnerability Management Solution for Second Consecutive Year at SC Awards Europe 2024

Qualys Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR) recognized for exceptional performance in proactively monitoring and identifying vulnerabilities

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Qualys Recognized As One of 20 Coolest Cloud Security Companies Of The CRN 2024 Cloud 100 (#11)

As part of CRN’s Cloud 100, Qualys was named as a top cloud security company to know about in 2024

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Qualys Wins Best Vulnerability Management Solution in the SC Awards Europe 2023

Qualys Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR) recognized by SC Awards for driving exceptional results in reducing cyber risk

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Qualys Recognized As One of 20 Coolest Cloud Security Companies Of The CRN 2023 Cloud 100 (#14)

As part of CRN’s Cloud 100, Qualys was named as a top cloud security company to know about in 2023

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GigaOm Radar for Application Security Testing 2023

Qualys recognized as a Market Leader in Application Security Testing

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GigaOm Radar for Continuous Vulnerability Management 2023

Qualys is the only vendor recognized to be both a Leader and an Outperformer

G2 Leader Fall 2022

Customers Ranked Qualys #1 in Vulnerability Management (2022)

Through customer reviews that weighed satisfaction, experience, and market presence Qualys was ranked #1 in the G2 Risk-based Vulnerability Management. Grid Report (2022).

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Qualys Ranks #1 in Best Vulnerability Management Solution Category in the SC Awards 2022

SC Media has once again selected Qualys as the winner for the Best Vulnerability Management Solution category at the SC Awards 2022.

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Qualys named top leader in the GigaOm Radar for Continuous Vulnerability Management Q3 2022

GigaOm names Qualys leader of the pack with the recent introduction of VMDR 2.0, which boasts enhanced risk management capabilities.

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Qualys VMDR Wins Fortress Cyber Security Award for Threat Detection

Qualys VMDR continues to receive industry recognition with a win in the Fortress Cyber Security Awards for best Threat Detection

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Qualys Wins Two Pwnie Awards - Best Privileged Escalation Bug and Most Under-Hyped Research

The Qualys Research Team won two Pwnie Awards at Black Hat USA 2021: Best Privilege Escalation Bug for Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Sudo (Baron Samedit) and Most Under-Hyped Research for the series of 21Nails vulnerabilities in Exim mail server.

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Qualys Wins Best Vulnerability Management Solution

SC Media has selected Qualys as the winner for Best Vulnerability Management Solution in its 2020 Trust Awards.

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Qualys Selected as Finalist in 2020 SC Trust Awards

SC Media selects Qualys as a finalist for Best Vulnerability Management Solution in its 2020 Trust Awards.

Computing Security Excellence Awards 2019

Enterprise TruRisk Platform Wins Computing’s Enterprise Security Award

Computing recognizes the Enterprise TruRisk Platform and its associated apps as the winner of its Enterprise Security Award, for simplifying IT security operations and lowering the cost of compliance by delivering critical security intelligence on demand.

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Qualys Receives 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice Award for Vulnerability Assessment

The Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice award recognizes Qualys Vulnerability Management as one of the best Vulnerability Assessment software offerings of 2019, as reviewed by customers.

Cyber Security CDM Leader 2017

Qualys Honored by Cyber Defense Magazine as a 2017 Cyber Security Leader

Qualys delivers one of the most robust and cost-effective vulnerability management and compliance solutions available on the marketplace today,” said Gary S. Miliefsky, Executive Producer, Cyber Defense Magazine.

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Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Qualys with 2017 Global Vulnerability Management Market Leadership Award

Recognition highlights Qualys’ unique growth strategy, product quality, customer ownership experience, and technology leverage as areas of excellence

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Qualys Takes No. 1 Position in Worldwide Vulnerability Assessment Market

Leading industry analyst firm reports Qualys’ growth outpaced industry average

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SANS BEST OF 2016, 2015, 2014

WINNER – Application Security
HONORABLE MENTION - Vulnerability Assessment

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Qualys Wins Best Regulatory Compliance Solution at the 2015 U.S. SC Magazine Awards

Qualys Policy Compliance Recognized as Industry Leading Solution

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Frost & Sullivan Honors Qualys with 2014 Company of the Year Award

Company Recognized for Product Excellence, Continued Innovation, and Unique Cloud-Based Approach to Delivering Customers Continuous Security Solutions on a Global Scale

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SC Magazine Honors Qualys as Winner of Best Risk/Policy Management Solution Category

Qualys Also Recognized as One of the Best Security Companies at SC Magazine Awards Europe 2014

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Qualys Wins Best Security Company at the 2014 SC Magazine Awards

Company Garners Prestigious Award for Second Time

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