6 Best Exposure Management Cybersecurity Platforms

How do you know if your security controls will actually stop an attack? You can have the best firewalls and endpoint protection on the market, but misconfigurations or undiscovered assets can render them useless. This is the fundamental question that traditional vulnerability management can't...

Building the Future of Cloud Security: Rapid7 Recognized in Cloud Native Application Protection, Q1 2026

We are excited to share Rapid7’s recognition in The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Native Application Protection Solutions CNAPP , Q1 2026 1. We see this acknowledgment as a milestone that highlights our strategic evolution and continued drive to help security teams shift from reactive defense to...

The End of the Road for Cisco Kenna: Take a Measured Path into Exposure Management

Cisco’s announcement that it will sunset Cisco Vulnerability Management Kenna marks a clear inflection point for many security teams. With end-of-sale and end-of-life timelines now defined, and no replacement offering on the roadmap, Kenna customers face an unavoidable decision window. Beyond the...

Cyber Risk Prioritization: A Practical Guide

For years, security teams have relied on static scores like CVSS to guide their patching efforts. While helpful, these scores only tell part of the story. They show a vulnerability's potential severity but lack the real-world context of what attackers are actually doing right now. A theoretical...

The 7 Best Continuous Threat Exposure Management Tools

If your security team is drowning in a sea of "critical" alerts from your vulnerability scanner, you know the feeling of being busy without being effective. You spend all your time triaging and patching, but you never feel like you're actually ahead of the attackers. This is the core problem that...

Automation Is Redefining Pentest Delivery

Pentesting remains one of the most effective ways to identify real-world security weaknesses before adversaries do. But as the threat landscape has evolved, the way we deliver pentest results hasn't kept pace. Most organizations still rely on traditional reporting methods—static PDFs, emailed...

Qualys has introduced Agentic AI, a solution for autonomous cyber risk management

Qualys hasintroducedAgentic AI, a solution for autonomous cyber risk management. As part of this solution, Qualys provides ready-to-use Cyber Risk Agents that operate autonomously and act as an additional skilled digital workforce. Agentic AI not only detects issues and provides analytics but als...

From Vulnerability Scanning to Risk Management: The Complete VMDR Advantage

What if your vulnerability management tool did more than just scan and instead helped you take control of cyber risks across your business? CISA defines “vulnerability management” as the process by which organizations identify, analyze, and manage vulnerabilities in a critical service’s operating...

Modernizing Vulnerability Management: The Move Toward Exposure Management

Managing vulnerabilities in the constantly evolving technological landscape is a difficult task. Although vulnerabilities emerge regularly, not all vulnerabilities present the same level of risk. Traditional metrics such as CVSS score or the number of vulnerabilities are insufficient for effectiv...

Modernizing Vulnerability Management: The Move Toward Exposure Management

Managing vulnerabilities in the constantly evolving technological landscape is a difficult task. Although vulnerabilities emerge regularly, not all vulnerabilities present the same level of risk. Traditional metrics such as CVSS score or the number of vulnerabilities are insufficient for effectiv...

Qualys VMDR & Jira Integration Now Available

The increasing number of vulnerabilities poses a significant challenge for most organizations trying to effectively manage and mitigate Cyber risks. According to NVD, the number of vulnerabilities in 2022 increased by approximately 25% as compared to 2021. As we are in start of March the...

Qualys VMDR Recognized as Best VM Solution by SC Awards 2022 & Leader by GigaOm

Qualys VMDR has been recognized for its commanding industry leadership by both the 2022 SC Awards and analyst firm GigaOm. SC Magazine has chosen Qualys VMDR as the winner of the Best Vulnerability Management Solution category in its SC Awards 2022. The SC Awards honors the best solutions in...

InsightVM: Analytics-driven Vulnerability Management, All The Way To The End(point)

In 2015 Rapid7 introduced the Insight platform, built to reduce the complexity inherent in security analytics. This reality was introduced first to our InsightIDR users, who now had the capabilities of a SIEM, powered by user behavior analytics UBA and endpoint detection. Soon we started to roll...