Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced the appointment of Rahn Wakeley as Chief Technology Security Officer for Australia and New Zealand. In this newly created position, Rahn will focus on helping customers and partners in Australia and New Zealand leverage Qualys solutions for their digital transformations.
Before joining Qualys, Rahn was the head of Cybersecurity and Technology Risk for Great Southern Bank. Prior to this, he was Head of Cyber Information Security at TAL and spent 11 years at AMP.
“Rahn brings unique experience as a transformative security executive to our Australia and New Zealand team,” said Allan Peters, Chief Revenue Officer, Qualys. “He has years of CISO experience leading the design, build, delivery and operations of secure technology platforms with financial institutions and familiarity with Qualys’ solutions, the ideal background to add strategic and operating value with our customers.”
Commenting on his appointment, Rahn Wakeley said, “I’m looking forward to leveraging my experience running complex cybersecurity initiatives at large enterprises to help Qualys customers drive exceptional security outcomes.”
About Qualys
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions with over 19,000 active customers in more than 130 countries, including a majority of each of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and consolidate their security and compliance solutions in a single platform and build security into digital transformation initiatives for greater agility, better business outcomes, and substantial cost savings.
The Qualys Cloud Platform and its integrated Cloud Apps deliver businesses critical security intelligence continuously, enabling them to automate the full spectrum of auditing, compliance, and protection for IT systems and web applications across on premises, endpoints, cloud, containers, and mobile environments. Founded in 1999 as one of the first SaaS security companies, Qualys has established strategic partnerships with leading cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and the Google Cloud Platform, and managed service providers and consulting organizations including Accenture, BT, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Deutsche Telekom, DXC Technology, Fujitsu, HCL Technologies, IBM, Infosys, NTT, Optiv, SecureWorks, Tata Communications, Verizon and Wipro. The company is also a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance. For more information, please visit www.qualys.com.
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