Qualys Launches Next-Generation Security-as-a-Service Platform

Here’s a cloud dispatch from the RSA Conference this week: Qualys has launched a next-generation security-as-a-service platform, bringing compliance and threat defense QualysGuard solutions to cloud service providers. Partners and customers get an enhanced UI on top of a better backend and an injection of open source technology tying together their complete security solutions, the company claims.

Qualys is promoting the new interface as “Web 2.0,” which just means that it’s Java-backed and prettier to look at. More meaningfully, the press release contains details like the new Qualys cloud platform uses Terracotta for web-scale application clustering and SOAP and REST-based APIs for high-volume app integration.

Here’s the list of the benefits of the new Qualys platform, taken directly from that same press release:

The new platform and the benefits therein are now available in Qualys cloud offerings Malware Detection 1.0 and SECURE Seal 1.0, with further availability coming soon.

There’s a lot more cloud buzz being generated at RSA – that’s not even all Qualys announced. Expect a roundup from TalkinCloud soon.

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