Qualys Solutions Recognized for Exceptional Performance at SC Awards Europe 2025; Wins in Two Categories

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Qualys (NASDAQ: QLYS) has secured two major victories at the 2025 SC Awards Europe, demonstrating its dominance in cybersecurity solutions. The company's TotalCloud platform won Best Cloud Security Solution, while its Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR) solution earned Best Vulnerability Management Solution for the third consecutive year. The SC Awards judges praised VMDR as an affordable, holistic solution suitable for both SME and enterprise use cases, with customers reporting 20-30% ROI. TotalCloud was commended for its comprehensive protection and effective risk management across cloud environments. Customer testimonials from Amazon and UBS Financial highlighted significant improvements in security, asset management, and cloud configuration through these solutions. The recognition reinforces Qualys's position as a leader in cyber risk management, particularly in cloud and container environments.

Qualys TotalCloud wins Best Cloud Security Solution; Qualys VMDR awarded Best Vulnerability Management Solution for third consecutive year

FOSTER CITY, Calif., June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security, and compliance solutions, announced wins in two categories at the 2025 SC Awards Europe. Qualys TotalCloud received the top accolade in the Best Cloud Security Solution category, and for the third consecutive year, Qualys Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR) earned the Best Vulnerability Management Solution title.

The SC Awards Europe are the longest-running and most prestigious cybersecurity competition, celebrating the industry's top innovators, teams, and solutions. Organized by SC Media, a leading resource for cybersecurity professionals, the awards honor excellence across key areas like threat detection, cloud security, and leadership.

Cementing its leadership position by winning in the Best Vulnerability Management Solution category for the third consecutive year, the SC Awards judges noted Qualys VMDR was a "Strong application – an affordable, holistic solution that flexibly adapts to both SME and enterprise use cases." Qualys VMDR leverages TruRisk-based integrated risk prioritization to enable organizations to address the vulnerabilities that matter most to their business.

"We use Qualys VMDR for effective vulnerability management, benefiting from automated patching and compliance tracking," said Qualys customer, Vikram C., T&S Specialist at Amazon. "We have seen a significant ROI with Qualys… estimated to be around 20-30 percent. It has saved a lot of time and money by allowing us to mitigate issues without user interaction and preventing breaches."

Also recognized in the category of Best Cloud Security Solution, Qualys TotalCloud was described by the judging panel as "An impressive cloud security solution with comprehensive protection, clear cost efficiency, and effective risk management across diverse environments."

"Qualys TotalCloud provides a single, prioritized view of risk. We are using [CIS] standards to harden our clouds, such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. We are able to analyze the scans and identify which policies have failed and how we can remediate them. We can customize policies as per our organization's requirements. That is very helpful for us," said Qualys TotalCloud customer, Arshad N. R., Cyber Security Specialist at UBS Financial. "With the TruRisk Insights feature, security has significantly improved. In six months of using it, we see that everything is under control. We've solved many problems related to asset management, cloud configuration, and new asset identification. If an application team has onboarded any cloud asset, we can see that. We have that information now."

Qualys TotalCloud was also recently recognized as an Overall Leader in the 2025 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass report analyzing Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP).

"We're incredibly proud to be recognized in two categories at the prestigious SC Awards Europe 2025," said Shailesh Athalye, senior vice president of product management at Qualys. "Earning the award for Best Vulnerability Management Solution for the third consecutive year reaffirms that our customer-first approach is enabling organizations to assess, prioritize, and remediate their cyber risk instead of just scanning and detecting them."

"At the same time, being honored for Best Cloud Security Solution with Qualys TotalCloud highlights our broader commitment to comprehensive cyber risk management," said Athalye. "As threats continue to evolve in cloud and container environments, we remain dedicated to helping customers extend their risk management program from code to cloud."

Additional Resources 

• Read about Qualys TotalCloud's win and sign up for your free custom cloud security report
• Read about Qualys VMDR's win
• Learn more about the Qualys Risk Operations Center (ROC)
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About Qualys
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a leading provider of disruptive cloud-based security, compliance and IT solutions with more than 10,000 subscription customers worldwide, including a majority of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and automate their security and compliance solutions onto a single platform for greater agility, better business outcomes, and substantial cost savings.

The Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform leverages a single agent to continuously deliver critical security intelligence while enabling enterprises to automate the full spectrum of vulnerability detection, compliance, and protection for IT systems, workloads and web applications across on premises, endpoints, servers, public and private clouds, containers, and mobile devices. Founded in 1999 as one of the first SaaS security companies, Qualys has strategic partnerships and seamlessly integrates its vulnerability management capabilities into security offerings from cloud service providers, including Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services, the Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, along with a number of leading managed service providers and global consulting organizations. For more information, please visit http://www.qualys.com.

Qualys, Qualys VMDR^®, Qualys TruRisk 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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FAQ

What awards did Qualys (QLYS) win at the 2025 SC Awards Europe?

Qualys won two awards at the 2025 SC Awards Europe: Best Cloud Security Solution for Qualys TotalCloud and Best Vulnerability Management Solution for Qualys VMDR, with VMDR winning for the third consecutive year.

What ROI do customers report from using Qualys VMDR?

According to Amazon's T&S Specialist, customers report a 20-30% ROI from using Qualys VMDR, with significant time and money savings through automated patching and breach prevention.

What are the key features of Qualys TotalCloud according to customers?

According to UBS Financial, key features include single prioritized view of risk, cloud hardening across AWS/Google Cloud/Azure, customizable policies, asset management, and TruRisk Insights for improved security control.

How does Qualys VMDR prioritize vulnerabilities?

Qualys VMDR uses TruRisk-based integrated risk prioritization to help organizations identify and address the vulnerabilities that matter most to their business.