Chillisoft has partnered with Qualys and is now their sole New Zealand distributor! The agreement expands Chillisoft’s cybersecurity portfolio offerings, enhancing and extending its ability to effectively assess, oversee and address cyber risks throughout its New Zealand customers’ operations. This is particularly beneficial to its small and mid-market businesses, which not only face growing vulnerability to cyberattacks, but also heightened regulatory and compliance requirements.

“Qualys is an exciting addition to our portfolio of cybersecurity partners. We’re looking forward to supporting our customers and their cyber risk management strategies with Qualys’ unique solutions, especially as organisations strive to demonstrate positive and material impact from their cybersecurity programs amidst tightening budgets and the need for consolidated toolsets,” said Alex Teh, CEO, Chillisoft.

This new partnership with Chillisoft supports Qualys’ global strategy to drive growth through both Value Added Reseller (VAR) and Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) channel partners. This channel-first approach to the Australia and New Zealand region has already demonstrated significant early success with more than 50% year on year growth in both opportunities and revenue for Qualys.

Building on this momentum, Qualys has expanded its local team in the ANZ region, adding crucial roles in technology, sales and marketing to ensure a more effective on-ground presence in the ANZ region. Qualys’ Mike Simpson, based in Christchurch, will work closely with Chillisoft to address the needs of NZ customers, through its One Platform, One Agent, One View SaaS based, cloud native architecture.

“Chillisoft will provide an integral local extension of the Qualys team,” said Simon Ractliffe, Regional General Manager – ANZ for Qualys. “Their well-established presence, combined with highly competent and certified engineers, will greatly aid our mission to help organisations measure, manage and operationalise cyber risk across their IT, cybersecurity and business teams.”

Chillisoft will provide local-based expertise on Qualys solutions, which will include demos, certified engineers, and channel development.