FOSTER CITY, Calif., Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions,
today announced general availability of its groundbreaking global IT Asset Inventory (AI) Cloud App, which provides Security and
IT teams a single source of truth to analyze their complex and interconnected global IT environments, and collaborate on critical
security remediation efforts.
Digital Transformation creates complex IT infrastructure that challenges organizations to accurately assess their networks and
quickly remediate risk. Using a combination of Qualys sensors —Cloud Agents, scanners and passive network sensors— Qualys AI
collects and analyzes data about assets across hybrid environments, and delivers up-to-date, comprehensive and continuous
information about those assets and their security and compliance posture. Such capabilities allow Security and IT teams to
quickly identify critical or potential risks, such as end-of-life software, and work together to remediate them.
For example, a Fortune 50 retailer now gains full visibility into their global corporate data centers, multi-cloud environment
as well as stores and warehouses, providing them new insights into their complex global environment, and revealing hidden risk
from unknown devices or end-of-life technology.
"Qualys Asset Inventory delivered immediate value by providing insights and exponentially accelerating time-to-decision," said
Sunil Saale, Head of Cyber and Information Security, MinterEllison. "It gives us the ability to
see every asset on our network, and gives us high-fidelity, granular IT asset data that can be used across IT and security
initiatives, such as monitoring for any unapproved software and tracking end-of-life hardware and software that impact our
technology roadmaps."
"You simply cannot secure what you do not know, and our new groundbreaking global IT Asset Inventory cloud app provides a
single source of truth across on-premises infrastructure, endpoints, and clouds," said Philippe
Courtot, chairman and CEO, Qualys, Inc. "Since it is fully integrated with the Qualys Cloud Platform, you will know
instantly what assets connect to your network, and be able to assess their security and compliance posture in real-time, giving
you unprecedented and essential visibility."
Continuous Risk Assessment and Compliance Management
With increasing risks, regulations on security and privacy, and software licensing audits, the role of IT asset
management is neither optional nor the concern of IT teams alone. Industry regulations and standards such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR
and FedRAMP require organizations to continuously identify, track and secure assets storing sensitive data.
Qualys AI frees security and compliance teams from dependence on legacy inventory tools and helps these teams manage the risk
profile of their assets in real-time by:
- helping ensure no unauthorized assets are spun-up in production.
- detecting when applications outside their whitelist are running.
- alerting teams when vulnerable, end-of-life or unlicensed software is present.
A Single Source of Truth to Eliminate Blind Spots
Qualys AI continuously gathers asset telemetry to identify and categorize devices, hardware, and software. Both IT and
Security teams can then drill down into the resulting asset details and risk information to make informed business decisions.
Qualys AI also eliminates the need to manually integrate disparate systems or dispute the validity of data sets, allowing
teams to share a common source of truth, leading to better IT and security outcomes. Customers can update their CMDB with
detailed asset data to enable initiatives such as:
- IT cost reduction
- enterprise architecture
- cloud and data center migrations
- service management
The certified Qualys CMDB Sync App for ServiceNow supports 2-way synchronization of asset information.
Pricing and Availability
Qualys AI is generally available today starting at $15 per asset per year.
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About Qualys
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions with over 10,300
customers in more than 130 countries, including a majority of each of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps
organizations streamline and consolidate their security and compliance solutions in a single platform and build security into
digital transformation initiatives for greater agility, better business outcomes and substantial cost savings. The Qualys Cloud
Platform and its integrated Cloud Apps deliver businesses critical security intelligence continuously, enabling them to automate
the full spectrum of auditing, compliance and protection for IT systems and web applications on premises, on endpoints and
elastic clouds. Founded in 1999 as one of the first SaaS security companies, Qualys has established strategic partnerships with
leading managed service providers and consulting organizations including Accenture, BT, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Deutsche
Telekom, DXC Technologies, Fujitsu, HCL Technologies, IBM, Infosys, NTT, Optiv, SecureWorks, Tata Communications, Verizon and
Wipro. The company is also a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance. For more information, please visit https://www.qualys.com.
Qualys and the Qualys logo are proprietary trademarks of Qualys, Inc. All other products or names may be trademarks of their
respective companies.
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Qualys, Inc.
dconner@qualys.com
650-801-6196
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