Redwood City, Calif. - February 7, 2011 - Qualys®, Inc. the leading provider of on demand IT security risk and compliance management solutions, today announced that IDC ranked Qualys as the worldwide market revenue leader for Device Vulnerability Assessment (VA) for the second consecutive year. The IDC Worldwide Security and Vulnerability Management Market for 2010-2014 and 2009 Vendor Shares(Doc.# 225988, Dec. 2010) ranks Qualys with a 14.4 percent market share in 2009, up from 13.4 percent in 2008, underscoring the rapid adoption of the QualysGuard suite– delivering IT security and compliance solutions to customers all over the world.
Founded in 1999, Qualys pioneered the SaaS delivery model for IT security and compliance solutions. Qualys’ flagship product, QualysGuard, allows organizations to strengthen the security of their networks and conduct automated security audits to ensure compliance with policies and regulations. The QualysGuard® service is used today by more than 5,000 organizations in 85 countries, including 47 of the Fortune Global 100, and performs more than 500 million IP audits per year.