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Qualys, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryCyberSecurity Company Network Security
IT Security
Information Security
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Founders
Headquarters
Foster City, California
,
U.S.
Area served
Global
Key people
Sumedh Thakar (president and CEO)[1]
Services
RevenueIncrease US$489.7 million (2022)[2]
Increase US$130.5 million (2022)[2]
Increase US$108 million (2022)[2]
Total assetsDecrease US$700.9 million (2022)[2]
Total equityDecrease US$289.1 million (2022)[2]
Number of employees
Increase 2,143[2]
Websitequalys.com

Qualys, Inc. is an American technology firm based in Foster City, California, specializing in cloud security, compliance and related services.[3]

Qualys has over 10,300 customers in more than 130 countries, including a majority of the Forbes Global 100.[4][better source needed] The company has strategic partnerships with major managed services providers and consulting organizations including BT, Dell SecureWorks, Fujitsu, IBM, NTT, Symantec, Verizon, and Wipro.[5][better source needed]

History

Qualys has been described as "one of the earliest software-as-a-service security vendors."[6]

Philippe Courtot first invested in the company in 1999. He became CEO and board chair in 2001. In the announcement of the second round of financing, Courtot described Qualys as addressing a "mounting need for automatic detection of network vulnerabilities."[7][8]

The company launched QualysGuard in 2000, making Qualys one of the first entrants in the vulnerability management market.[9] This software could automatically scan corporate local area networks (LANs) for vulnerabilities and search for an available patch. The company subsequently added compliance, malware detection, and web application scanning to its platform.[10][11]

Qualys went public on the Nasdaq under the stock ticker QLYS on September 28, 2012, raising net proceeds of $87.5 million.[3][12]

Qualys then launched its Cloud Platform and lightweight cloud agent to continuously assess the security and compliance of organizations' global IT infrastructure and applications. The new Cloud Platform helped organizations assess and address the security and compliance of their IT assets in real-time, whether on-premises, cloud-based or mobile.[13][14][15]

Qualys won two Pwnie Awards in 2021, in the categories of "Best Privilege Escalation Bug" and "Most Under-Hyped Research".[16][17][18]

References

  1. ^ Singh, Meghavi. "Qualys Board Names Sumedh Thakar as CEO". Yahoo Finance. Yahoo. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Qualys, Inc. 2022 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 23 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b Kelly, Meghan (September 28, 2012). "Cloud security company Qualys up 18 percent on IPO after the markets close". VentureBeat. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Customer stories". Qualys, Inc. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ^ Find a Partner | Qualys, Inc
  6. ^ Rosenbaum, David (September 2011). "Cloud control: you want your cloud provider to share security risk. Your provider wants to limit its liability. The result is a negotiation. Here's what CFOs should know to gain the upper hand". CFO. Vol. 27, no. 7.
  7. ^ "Qualys, Inc. Secures $20M in Second Round Financing" (Press release). PR Newswire. April 10, 2001.
  8. ^ "Using your browser for security". Network World. IDG Communications, Inc. April 28, 2003.
  9. ^ "Cloud Security Vendor Qualys Ready for IPO". Sramana Mitra. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  10. ^ Courtney, Marin (30 September 2002). "Tool scours networks for threats". Network Week.
  11. ^ Ewalt, David M. (26 May 2003). "Free Network Check". Information Week.
  12. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (28 September 2012). "Cloud Security Firm Qualys' IPO Opens At $12/Share, Raising $71.8M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  13. ^ Jackson, Joab (23 April 2015). "Qualys Devises a Virtual Patch to Protect Against Vulnerabilities". Computerworld. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  14. ^ Kovacs, Eduard (21 April 2015). "Qualys Web Application Firewall 2.0 Brings Virtual Patching, Event Response". Security Week. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  15. ^ Barker, Ian (2015-04-21). "Cloud Agent Brings Enterprises Greater Security and Asset Control". BetaNews. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Pwnie Award Winners 2021 – Pwnies". pwnies.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  17. ^ "Heap-based buffer overflow in Sudo! – Pwnies". pwnies.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  18. ^ "21 Nails – Pwnies". pwnies.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.

External links

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