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Media InformationArchived Press ReleasesInternet Society Announces $100,000 Grant from QualysQualys Joins Industry Leaders as Platinum SponsorWASHINGTON, DC - January 7, 2003 - The Internet Society (ISOC) today announced the receipt of a generous donation of $100,000 from Qualys™, Inc., the leader in automated vulnerability assessment. With this donation, Qualys becomes a Platinum sponsor of ISOC. The funds from the donation will be used to support and enhance the Society's educational activities, particularly those focused on securing the Internet's infrastructure to grow its commercial, social and educational value across the globe. "Qualys' grant will allow us to broaden our education and training efforts, which are fundamental to our mission of expanding the use of the Internet globally," explained Lynn St. Amour, ISOC President and CEO. "Over the past nine years, thousands of professionals have been trained through our Network Training Workshops for Countries in the Early Stages of Internetworking. Our graduates have performed a vital role in setting up the Internet connections and networks in virtually every country that has connected to the Internet." The Internet Society is an open membership organization with over 10,000 individual and more than 150 organization members throughout the world that make up a veritable "Who's Who" of the Internet community. It provides leadership in addressing issues that confront the future of the Internet, and is the organization home for the groups responsible for Internet infrastructure standards, including the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). The Internet Society also organizes the well-respected INET conference and numerous other workshops and forums throughout the year. Qualys joins a number of industry-leading companies and innovators as a sponsor of ISOC, including Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Cisco and others. The company brings to the Society a dedicated focus on Internet security. Today, Qualys enables more than 750 customers to automatically audit their Internet-connected networks for security vulnerabilities. Qualys' fully automated infrastructure provides an ongoing picture of network exposures to help administrators detect, prioritize and resolve vulnerabilities before they are exploited by intruders. According to Qualys Chairman and CEO Philippe Courtot, who also serves on the ISOC Board of Trustees, "The decision to fund ISOC's education and training programs complements our goal to secure the Internet, from the protocol level to the application. It has become so apparent in recent years that advanced security, such as new generation Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), Internet Security (IPsec) and more, will be critical to the growth and development of the Internet. We are pleased to participate in this effort with ISOC to help continue its current education programs." IPv6 Forum President Latif Ladid, who is also an ISOC Trustee and Chairman of ISOC's Fundraising Task Force, explained that this grant will allow ISOC to meet key outreach objectives. "The Internet Society is aggressively developing new education programs to specifically address IPv6 and IPsec for worldwide dissemination of vendor independent knowledge. Qualys has championed this large-scale initiative." For additional information on ISOC's educational programs go to www.isoc.org/educpillar/. Contact Julie Williams, ISOC Megan Lamb, Qualys About QualysQualys, Inc., the leader in automated vulnerability assessment enables security providers, security professionals, and corporate customers to automatically audit enterprise networks for security vulnerabilities. Qualys' Web-based service delivers automated, scalable, and cost-effective security auditing and risk assessment of global networks. Founded in 1999 by a team of Internet security experts, Qualys is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with offices in France, Germany and the U.K. More than 750 customers rely upon QualysGuard for their network security, including ABN-AMRO, Adobe Systems, Agilent Technologies, Apple Computer, AXA, Bank of the West, BlueCross BlueShield, Cartier, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Credit Lyonnais, Hewlett Packard, L'Oreal, Siebel Systems, Thompson Financial, and TIAA-Cref. Qualys has more than 300 channel partners worldwide including BT Ignite, Cable & Wireless, Deloitte & Touche, Fujitsu, VeriSign and others. For more information about Qualys, please visit http://www.qualys.com.About ISOCThe Internet Society is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1991 to provide leadership in the management of Internet related standards, educational, and policy development issues. It has offices in Washington, DC and Geneva, Switzerland. Through its current initiatives in support of education and training, Internet standards and protocol, and public policy, ISOC has played a critical role in ensuring that the Internet has developed in a stable and open manner. It is the organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) and other Internet-related bodies.For over 10 years ISOC has run international network training programs for developing countries which have played a vital role in setting up the Internet connections and networks in virtually every country that has connected to the Internet during this time, while at the same time working to protect the Internet's stability. ISOC is taking the next step in this evolution with the recent announcement of its intent to bid for the .ORG registry based on the belief that a thriving noncommercial presence is a key element in developing a strong social and technical infrastructure in all nations. For additional information see http://www.isoc.org. |
