Enterprise risk management specialists Magix Integration (Magix) today announced a new partnership with Qualys, the leading provider of on-demand IT security, risk and compliance management solutions.
As a Qualys Value Added Service (VAS) reseller, Magix will offer the award-winning QualysGuard products along with Magix professional services to help customers of all sizes in South Africa meet their vulnerability management and policy compliance needs, while reducing costs and streamlining operations.
Delivered using an innovative software as a service (SaaS) approach, the QualysGuard IT Security and Compliance Suite automates the process of vulnerability management and policy compliance across the enterprise, providing vulnerability assessment reporting and remediation tracking for networks and applications according to business risk.
Policy compliance features allow security managers to audit, enforce and document compliance with internal security policies and external regulations. Magix, with its expertise and knowledge of local mid and enterprise risk markets, will help customers effectively deploy the QualysGuard solutions while providing value added services around patching and compliance, including PCI DSS.
“Qualys' unique and rapid delivery SaaS model provides clients with numerous benefits,” says Alan Rehbock, sales and marketing director at Magix Integration. “With the SaaS platform, there is nothing to install or manage, which means it offers a lower and predictable total cost of ownership; it requires no capital expenditure and no extra human resources or infrastructure. QualysGuard is able to seamlessly perform scans on geographically distributed and segmented networks, both at the perimeter and behind the firewall.”
“With the increased IT-based business threats that South African companies and organisations of all sizes, across all vertical markets, continue to face, we know that QualysGuard will up the ante in helping them manage their compliance, vulnerabilities and IT security risks,” said Rehbock. “The solution is perfect for businesses and organisations across various vertical markets. In South Africa, we have identified companies active in the financial services, insurance and retail industries, often driven by PCI Compliance, and main market sectors such as government departments and auditors as particularly suited for the solution.”
The QualysGuard KnowledgeBase is the largest and most up-to-date in the security industry. QualysGuard vulnerability and software updates are made in real-time and are immediately available to customers all over the world. The full QualysGuard includes vulnerability management, policy compliance, PCI DSS compliance, Web application scanning, and malware detection.
Magix will provide full training and backup to all clients using QualysGuard. Product support will be available through Qualys' global support infrastructure, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout the year, anywhere in the world.
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