Modeling Local Exploit Hazard - a Bayesian Framework for Quantifying Exploit Risk and Operational Efficiency

This paper presents a local exploit hazard model : a Bayesian framework that converts the global probabilities produced by an exploit likelihood model ELM, such as the Exploit Prediction Scoring System EPSS, into a daily exploit hazard rate for an organization's own assets. The model measures the...

Inside the 2026 Verizon DBIR: What One Billion Records Revealed About Vulnerability Remediation

The Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report has been published. Qualys is proud to have served as a research partner and contributor, contributing analysis of more than one billion anonymized vulnerability remediation records across four consecutive DBIR reporting cycles of CISA Known...