Qualys Makes the San Francisco Business Times Fast 100 List

REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 31, 2011) - Qualys®, Inc., the leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) IT security risk and compliance management solutions, today announced it has been named for the second year in a row on the San Francisco Business Times "Fast 100 List," which recognizes independent and private companies with the most revenue growth over the past three years.

"The San Francisco Bay Area is an area known for innovation and growth, so it is an honor to be recognized for a second year on this prestigious list," said Philippe Courtot, chairman and CEO for Qualys. "We attribute our growth to the power of our SaaS model, which enables us to continuously innovate to deliver additional capabilities and new security services for our customers at a fraction of the cost of other solutions."

The San Francisco Business Times partners with PricewaterhouseCoopers on an annual basis to conduct research and produce the Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies List. The rankings appeared in the October 28, 2011 edition of the San Francisco Business Times and were announced at an awards reception on October 27 at the Hilton San Francisco.

The "Fast 100" award comes on the heels of a series of accolades for Qualys including most recently the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal "Fast Private 2011" list for the fourth consecutive year. In 2011, Qualys has also earned three SC Magazine Awards including the prestigious Best Security Company in the Excellence Awards category. Qualys was also named in the 2011 AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies List, and has been recognized by leading industry analysts for its market leadership.

About Qualys
Qualys, Inc. is the leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) IT security risk and compliance management solutions. Qualys solutions are deployed in a matter of hours anywhere in the world, providing customers an immediate and continuous view of their security and compliance postures.

The QualysGuard® service is used today by more than 5,000 organizations in 85 countries, including 50 of the Fortune 100, and performs more than 500 million IP audits per year. Qualys has the largest vulnerability management deployment in the world at a leading global company, and has been recognized by leading industry analysts for its market leadership. Qualys was recently named Best Security Company in the Excellence Awards category of the 2011 SC Awards U.S.

Qualys has established strategic agreements with leading managed service providers and consulting organizations including BT, Etisalat, Fujitsu, IBM, I(TS)2, LAC, NTT, Dell SecureWorks, Symantec, Tata Communications and TELUS. Qualys is a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).

For more information, please visit www.qualys.com.