Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace Joins Qualys` Board of Directors

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Qualys, Inc., the leading provider of on demand IT security risk and compliance
management solutions, announced that retired four-star General Peter Pace, USMC
has joined the Qualys Board of Directors. With four decades of distinguished
Marine Corps service, most recently as the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff of the U.S. Military, General Pace brings expertise and interest in
cybersecurity and geopolitical issues to help guide Qualys expansion within
state and government agencies.

"Qualys, who pioneered the Software-as-a-Service(SaaS) model for IT security and
compliance, has demonstrated significant traction and industry leadership.
Qualys continues to help organizations and government agencies address the
significant security challenges we are facing," said General Pace.
"Cybersecurity threats have become a national priority and I look forward to
working with the Qualys team to provide strategic guidance around the issues
that affect IT security and foreign and domestic governance."

The Qualys Board of Directors is led by Qualys Chairman and CEO Philippe Courtot
and includes: Donald R. Dixon, Managing Director, Trident Capital; Sandra
England Bergeron, Chairman of the Board, TraceSecurity, Inc.; Yves Sisteron,
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, GRP Partners; and Alex Pinchev, Executive Vice
President and President Global Sales, Services, and Field Marketing, Red Hat.

"We are honored to have General Pace join the Qualys Board of Directors and look
forward to working with him," said Philippe Courtot, Chairman and CEO of Qualys.
"His long and highly-regarded service history and global perspective will help
us better understand and address security requirements in state and government
agencies."

About General Peter Pace

General Peter Pace, USMC (Ret.) served as the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, the most senior position in the United States Armed Forces, from
October 2005 to October 2007. In his capacity as chairman, he served as advisor
to the President, Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council and the
Homeland Security Council. Pace served as the Vice Chairman from 2001 to 2005.
He is the first Marine to have served as either Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. During his tenure as chairman, Pace was responsible for
providing military advice on U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. In June
2008, General Pace was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation`s
highest civilian award. The President of the United States recognized General
Pace for his selfless service and visionary leadership as one of our nation`s
most respected and admired military officers. Pace is a graduate of the U.S.
Naval Academy and holds a master`s degree in business administration from George
Washington University. He received his commission in the Marine Corps in June
1967.

About Qualys

Qualys, Inc. is the leading provider of on demand IT security risk and
compliance management solutions - delivered as a service. Qualys`
Software-as-a-Service 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 3,500 organizations in 85
countries, including 40 of the Fortune Global 100 and performs more than 200
million IP audits per year. Qualys has the largest vulnerability management
deployment in the world at a Fortune Global 50 company.

Qualys has established strategic agreements with leading managed service
providers and consulting organizations including BT, Etisalat, Fujitsu, IBM,
I(TS)2, LAC, NTT, SecureWorks, Symantec, Tata Communications, TELUS and
VeriSign. For more information, please visit www.qualys.com.

Qualys, the Qualys logo and QualysGuard are proprietary trademarks of Qualys,
Inc. All other products or names may be trademarks of their respective
companies.

Schwartz Communications
Jason Morris or Jen Spark, 415-512-0770
qualys@schwartz-pr.com

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