Qualys, Inc..
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Qualys, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions. The company's Qualys Cloud Platform and its integrated suite of applications help businesses automate the full spectrum of IT, security, and compliance solutions. Qualys' offerings include vulnerability management, detectio...Show More
Better Health for All
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Qualys' core cybersecurity solutions have a significant positive health impact by enabling healthcare organizations to protect patient data and maintain HIPAA compliance. Its services help prevent cyber attacks that could disrupt clinical processes, postpone therapies, divert emergency care, and affect patient safety.
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The company's products are cybersecurity software and do not have direct safety implications for physical or mental health, nor do they generate revenue from products with direct health impacts. Qualys' SaaS delivery model reduces management overhead and costs.
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The company provides comprehensive reports on vulnerabilities, including severity levels and impact on business,
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and offers easy-to-digest reports to boost engagement in security activities.
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Qualys' solutions are crucial for protecting Personal Health Information (PHI) and ensuring HIPAA compliance,
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with features like AES-256 encryption for data at rest and TLS 1.3 for data in transit.
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During a rapidly-spreading Internet threat, UCMC used Qualys to quickly detect and harden systems.
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The company's operations do not directly involve mental health initiatives or healthcare education.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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Qualys, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, not a financial institution that lends, insures, moves, or stores money.
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The company's core business does not involve offering consumer credit products, managing customer financial data, or engaging in activities related to financial inclusion, lending, or debt.
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Therefore, all KPIs related to fair money and economic opportunity, such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, inclusion initiatives, data accessibility (for financial data), fair lending compliance, wealth building outcomes, profit reinvestment in community finance, financial literacy initiatives, debt burden ratio, geographic inclusion (for financial services), and product simplicity (for financial products), are not applicable to its business model.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio for 2024 was 414:1, with the CEO's total compensation at $15,650,272 and the median employee pay at $37,775.
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The employee recommendation rate is 62%.
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No specific regulatory actions, violations, fines, or compliance issues are mentioned in the provided articles.
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No evidence available to assess Qualys, Inc. on Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.
Honest & Fair Business
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Qualys has a comprehensive Whistleblower Policy, communicated to all staff, allowing anonymous reporting via a hotline, email, or mail.
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The policy strictly prohibits retaliation against those who report in good faith, and the Audit and Risk Committee oversees these procedures.
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The company adopted a Compensation Recovery Policy in October 2023, designed to recover incentive-based compensation from Section 16 Officers in the event of an accounting restatement due to material noncompliance with financial reporting requirements.
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The company has not reported any financial restatements.
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Qualys' board of directors has 5 out of 6 members classified as independent under Nasdaq listing standards.
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The company has an internal Anticorruption Compliance Policy and Guidelines that provide detailed guidance on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act.
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Qualys' Information Security Management System (ISMS) is certified by third-party auditors according to ISO/IEC 27001 standards, and security procedures are subject to annual SSAE 18 SOC 2 audits by an internationally recognized accounting firm.
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Kind to Animals
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No evidence available to assess Qualys, Inc. on Kind to Animals.
No War, No Weapons
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No evidence available to assess Qualys, Inc. on No War, No Weapons.
Planet-Friendly Business
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Qualys reported total Scope 1 and Location-Based Scope 2 emissions of 6,710 tCO2e for FY2021.
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The company's Pune office is located in a LEED Gold-certified facility, but no percentage of total facilities certified is provided.
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Qualys has environmental, health, and safety systems, processes, and tools in place to meet or exceed governmental and industry requirements, with no major violations reported.
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The company has partially mapped its TCFD disclosures, but lacks scenario analysis.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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No evidence available to assess Qualys, Inc. on Respect for Cultures & Communities.
Safe & Smart Tech
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No specific, concrete data points relevant to any of the Safe & Smart Tech KPIs were found in the provided articles. All articles explicitly stated that no data was available for the assessed metrics.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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Qualys has implemented waste reduction initiatives, including daily measurement of wet and dry waste at its Pune office and repurposing some equipment in 2022.
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For hazardous waste, the company recycled 710 kg of e-waste from its Pune office in May 2020 through ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certified vendors.
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Waste audits for wet and dry waste are conducted daily at the Pune office.
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Qualys also extends its responsible business practices to vendor and supply chain management, requiring suppliers to follow high environmental standards like ISO 14001 and prohibiting conflict minerals.
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