Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, announced that Gerhard Eschelbeck, a renowned cybersecurity expert, has joined the Qualys Advisory Board. It is a leadership team of cybersecurity luminaries and specialists from Fortune companies who analyze global infrastructure protection challenges and priorities and provide strategic input into Qualys' product development.
“The comprehensive and extensible cloud platform allows Qualys to help companies rationalize their current security infrastructure, protecting their entire digital transformation journey,” he said Eschelbeck. “I am thrilled to join this initiative as Qualys makes the innovative app available to the community as a free service. Global IT Asset Discovery and Inventory. We will all be able to regain the visibility we have lost due to the continued fragmentation of IT, the rapid growth of IoT and the move to the cloud. The global inventory of IT resources is one of the main challenges that companies must be able to face and is fundamental for security".
“I am happy to welcome Gerhard back to Qualys as a member of our Advisory Board,” he emphasized Philippe Courtot, President and CEO of Qualys. “Gerhard is one of the most important CISOs in the sector and knows perfectly what elements are essential today to protect a modern
to digital enterprise. His training and consolidated experiences will help further enrich our Qualys Cloud Platform."
Eschelbeck, a former vice president of security and privacy engineering at Google, brought innovative and successful companies to market and helped develop high-performing multinational teams in the United States, Europe and Asia. Recognized for his expertise in network and systems security, Eschelbeck has conferred before the U.S. Congress and is a frequent speaker at major industry conferences. Eschelbeck is a respected author, best known for publishing “Vulnerability Laws.” He is one of the inventors of the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vulnerability assessment system and holds numerous patents in the field of network security management.
Eschelbeck sits on the board of Onapsis, is a member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank and is an advisor for technology and digital solutions for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Previously, Eschelbeck served as CTO at Sophos, Webroot and Qualys. He holds a doctorate and master's degree in computer science from the University of Linz, Austria.
