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Gerhard Eschelbeck, Qualys
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Protecting a single network against hackers isn't an
easy task for a network administrator. Protecting 600
networks, though, is a snap for Gerhard Eschelbeck.
Thanks to a Web-based network assessment service
designed by the CTO and vice president of
engineering at Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Qualys,
more than 600 companies are automatically alerted
to vulnerabilities detected in their networks. The
service leverages a database of 2,000 known
vulnerabilities that Qualys has identified and
catalogued. Once these vulnerabilities are
recognized, Qualys provides links to verified fixes.
Recently, Eschelbeck led the development of an
appliance that scans as many as 5,000 live IP
addresses a day within the firewall. "There is a significant change happening
on the time-scale from when high-risk vulnerabilities become known to the
time when [they are] being actively exploited," he says.
Eschelbeck sees Web Services as an important technology going forward. In
other words -- more vulnerabilities will arrive, making it even more difficult for
administrators to protect its network. "The Internet will continue to dominate
the computing trend," explains Eschelbeck. "One of the significant upcoming
technologies are Web Services, as they will take the Internet from its current
documentcentric view to a servicecentric model, where businesses and
organizations will gain significantly from the economy of scale."
-- S.T.S.
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