Cloud security experts: Use multi-factor authentication, you dummies

If you’re not using multi-factor authentication as a company or as a consumer, you really need to start. So say the cloud security geniuses at CloudBeat 2012.

Are you scared yet? Why cloud security keeps these 7 execs up at night

Once upon a time, you knew who to fire when a hack took down your servers: The "little weenies" running around in the basement of your company, as AlienVault's Russell Spitler put it. But that's all changing.

Cloud security company Qualys up 18 percent on IPO after the markets close

Cloud Security company Qualys is up 18 percent in after hours trading. The company debuted on the NASDAQ today, with a slow start ending in an 11 percent climb.

Cloud security company Qualys to IPO at $12 a share tomorrow

You can expect to see another security company on the market tomorrow. Cloud security company Qualys will debut on the NASDAQ Friday under the ticket symbol QYLS.

Cloud security company Zscaler opens its doors to investors, gets $38M

The saying "Trying to catch a cloud and pin it down" is how many people feel about cloud security. But Zscaler believes it can actually do the job, and so does its first investor, Lightspeed Ventures, which just pumped $38 million into the company.

Security company Qualys files to go public

Cloud security company Qualys just filed for an initial public offering, making it the latest security company to jump into the public market.

Qualys helps enterprise IT departments remain compliant with any policies or regulations associated with their industries, and …

Qualys CEO creates security non-profit to fix the Internet

Philippe Courtot, chief executive of compliance software maker Qualys, launched the Trustworthy Internet Movement last night, pledging $500,000 of his own funds to integrate security into the product-making process.

“Just the very fact that I could get the domain name …

Photos show the cultural difference between Black Hat and Defcon hacker events

Thousands of security professionals, hackers, federal agents and media descended on Las Vegas this week to attend the Black Hat and Defcon conferences. The two conferences exhibit the extremes of hacker and security culture, with federal agents and major corporations …

Qualys makes major push for cloud security at Black Hat

Phillipe Courtot, chief executive of Qualys, has been singing the praises of cloud-based security for more than a decade. Now the topic is fashionable and generating a $65 million a year for his company, and Qualys announced some upgrades to …