San Francisco-based Splunk has released version 2.0 of its Splunk App for Enterprise Security to reinforce its commitment to the security capabilities of the company’s flagship software for collecting, indexing and harnessing machine data. Tied closely to its Splunk App for Enterprise Security 2.0 release, the company released Splunk Enterprise 4.3 with a focus on ease of use, manageability and a new non-flash user interface aimed at enabling the use of mobile devices for viewing and managing the product. Finally, Splunk has been granted US Patent No. US 8,112,425 B2 – a timely award given Splunk’s pending IPO. This is Splunk’s second patent. In 2011, Splunk was issued a patent for organizing and understanding machine data through use of a ‘machine data web.’ The technology covered by these patents helps power Splunk Enterprise 4.3.

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After adding several new products and services to its growing security and compliance portfolio, Qualys let the cats out of the product roadmap bag at the annual RSA Security Conference in San Francisco. The vulnerability management company announced enhancements to its QualysGuard Cloud Platform, including the new QualysGuard Customizable Questionnaire service, WAF, Enterprise Edition of the QualysGuard Malware Detection Service, virtualized scanners, Dynamic Asset Tagging technology, and the Zero-Day Risk Analyzer that includes VeriSign’s iDefense zero-day vulnerabilities and global threats.

We suspect that the Customizable Questionnaire service and Dynamic Asset Tagging enhancement provide a glimpse into what a Qualys-backed IT GRC platform might look like should the company decide to move into that space – something we suspect will eventually happen as the company moves forward. The company’s investment in malware-related products shows that Qualys plans to diversify its portfolio and provide proactive products to address threats. It also doesn’t hurt that Qualys’ diversification strategy is allowing for tuck-in product and services sales to help bolster its bottom line by preventing additional dollars from going elsewhere.

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