ROC vs. CTEM: How a Risk Operations Center Evolves Beyond Continuous Threat Exposure Management in 2026

Key Takeaways: The Essentials of ROC vs. CTEM What is a ROC? A risk operations center ROC is a centralized command hub that unifies cyber risk management across security, IT, and compliance. It uses agentic AI to provide a real-time view of business risk, prioritize what matters, and then automat...

Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026 Signal the Maturation of Risk-First Security Models

Key Takeaways Cyber risk management gets operationalized in 2026. Leading organizations move beyond visibility and frameworks to govern risk through prioritization, simulation, and deliberate action. Attack-path modeling matures into execution. Static views give way to dynamic, decision-driving...

Get Executives on board with managing Cyber Risk

Learn how the 2025 Trend Micro Defenders Survey Report helps paint a clear picture of how security teams are looking to work with executive leaders to manage cyber risk...

Cyber Risk Management: Defenders Tell It Like It Is

Based on more than 3,000 responses from cybersecurity professionals in nearly 90 countries, our Trend Micro Defenders Survey Report 2025 shines a bright light on the current state of cyber risk management. From the impact of cloud and AI on IT environments to top technical and human challenges,...

From Vision to Value: Gartner® Identifies Qualys as 2025 Magic Quadrant™ Leader in Exposure Assessment Platforms

Why Was Qualys Named a Leader in Exposure Assessment Platforms? We're proud to share that Qualys has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Exposure Assessment Platforms. We believe this recognition reflects our forward-thinking vision and the proven value of the Qualys...

Shaping the Future of Cyber Risk Management: QSC Evolves to ROCon

Over the last year, I’ve had the privilege of meeting with thousands of CIOs, CISOs, and security leaders across the globe. What I hear repeatedly is clear: managing cyber risk is more complex than ever, driven by the evolving digital, threat, and regulatory landscape. The number of vulnerabiliti...

Three Critical Facts About Cyber Risk Management

For CISOs responsible for cyber risk management, these three insights will help build a strong and reliable foundation for your proactive security strategy...

Unpacking Qualys Agentic AI: Technical Insights into Its Architecture and Capabilities

Agentic AI revolutionizes how enterprise organizations leverage artificial intelligence by introducing systems designed to function as autonomous agents capable of planning, decision-making, and executing complex workflows with minimal human oversight. Unlike traditional AI, which often performs...

The State of Cyber Risk 2025: Business Context Needed

The cyber risk conversation is changing. Momentum is growing for formal cyber risk programs. However, despite rising investments, evolving frameworks, and more vocal boardroom interest, new data reveals that most organizations remain immature in their risk management programs, and cyber risk is...

Co-Evolutionary Dynamics of Attack and Defence in Cybersecurity

In the evolving digital landscape, it is crucial to study the dynamics of cyberattacks and defences. This study uses an Evolutionary Game Theory EGT framework to investigate the evolutionary dynamics of attacks and defences in cyberspace. We develop a two-population asymmetric game between attack...

Why CTEM is the Winning Bet for CISOs in 2025

Continuous Threat Exposure Management CTEM has moved from concept to cornerstone, solidifying its role as a strategic enabler for CISOs. No longer a theoretical framework, CTEM now anchors today's cybersecurity programs by continuously aligning security efforts with real-world risk. At the heart ...

Powering the Future of Cyber Risk Management: Welcoming Our First mROC Alliance Members

Organizations today face a growing challenge: fragmented security tools, a flood of risk findings, and limited visibility across environments. But perhaps the biggest challenge of them all is the disconnect between cybersecurity efforts and the business value at risk. Without the ability to...

The Efficiency Imperative: How Federal Agencies Can Streamline Cybersecurity Operations

With increasing scrutiny on government spending, federal agencies face mounting pressure to optimize IT budgets while fortifying cybersecurity defenses. However, the unchecked proliferation of security tools has led to inefficiencies, reduced visibility, and increasing total cost of ownership. A...

Qualys Unveils mROC: The Industry’s First Managed Risk Operation Center To Help Partners Scale Risk Management Services

The launch of Enterprise TruRisk Management ETM, the world’s first Risk Operations Center ROC in the cloud, in October 2024 has met with an overwhelmingly positive reception from customers. They see the potential of a unified approach to managing cyber risk. We recognize that setting up and...

Unlock the Boardroom with Cyber Risk: How the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk™ Platform Empowers CISOs

The Changing Landscape for CISOs " If you can't measure it, you can't manage it." - Peter Drucker This timeless adage by Drucker resonates deeply in today's digital era, where managing cyber risks has become a business-critical priority. According to a recent survey from Splunk, Today, nearly 50%...

CISA: U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Risk Management

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Mind the Gap: How Surface Command Tackles Asset Visibility in Attack Surface Management

“Only 17% of organizations can clearly identify and inventory a majority 95% or more of their assets.” - Gartner Imagine the scenario: your organization has been exposed to a new zero-day vulnerability. You are responsible for Threat & Vulnerability Management TVM, you have asked your IT departme...

What goes into testing a ship?

TL;DR Testing a ship involves identifying and mitigating cybersecurity risks using the "Identify, Prevent, Detect, Respond, Recover" framework. Guidelines include MSC.42898, BIMCO, IACS UR E26/E27, and ISO standards. New builds and existing vessels require proper documentation and network securit...

How to Get Going with CTEM When You Don't Know Where to Start

Continuous Threat Exposure Management CTEM is a strategic framework that helps organizations continuously assess and manage cyber risk. It breaks down the complex task of managing security threats into five distinct stages: Scoping, Discovery, Prioritization, Validation, and Mobilization. Each of...

New CISA Plan Aligns Federal Agencies in Cyber Defense

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA released the Federal Civilian Executive Branch FCEB Operational Cybersecurity Alignment FOCAL Plan. Developed in collaboration with FCEB agencies, this plan provides standard, essential components of enterprise operational...