Qualys Performance Tuning Series: Remove Stale Compliance Data for the Best Performance

In our first post in the Performance Tuning Series, we talked about removing stale assets to improve performance. In this installment, we will address the benefits of removing data once it becomes stale. Why does data become stale? The IT environment of any enterprise is very dynamic, and more so...

Modernizing Your VM Program with Rapid7 Exposure Command: A Path to Effective Continuous Threat Exposure Management

In today’s threat landscape, where cyber-attacks are increasingly sophisticated and pervasive, organizations face the daunting challenge of securing a constantly expanding attack surface. Traditional vulnerability management VM programs, while necessary, are no longer sufficient on their own. The...

Pentera's 2024 Report Reveals Hundreds of Security Events per Week, Highlighting the Criticality of Continuous Validation

Over the past two years, a shocking 51% of organizations surveyed in a leading industry report have been compromised by a cyberattack. Yes, over half. And this, in a world where enterprises deploy an average of 53 different security solutions to safeguard their digital domain. Alarming? Absolutel...

Cybersecurity for businesses of all sizes: A blueprint for protection

One of the primary reasons why cybersecurity remains a complex undertaking is the increased sophistication of modern cyber threats. As the internet and digital technologies continue to advance, so do the methods and tools cybercriminals use. This means that even the most secure systems are...

Is API Security on Your Radar?

With the growth in digital transformation, the API management market is set to grow by more than 30% by the year 2025 as more businesses build web APIs and consumers grow to rely on them for everything from mobile apps to customized digital services. As part of strategic business planning, an API...

Vulnerability Remediation: It’s Not Just Patching

Vulnerability does not equal a patch, as such remediating a detected vulnerability requires deploying the right patches and, in some cases, making the right configuration changes. Using multiple tools to detect, map and deploy the right remediation actions is time consuming and will result in les...

Dive Deep into VMDR

Qualys devoted the second day of the Qualys Security Conference entirely to vulnerability management, detection and response VMDR, a critical area for the security and compliance of hybrid cloud IT environments. Mehul Revankar, VP of Product Management and Engineering for VMDR at Qualys, set the...

Pen Testing By Numbers: Tracking Pen Testing Trends and Challenges

Over the years, penetration testing has had to change and adapt alongside the IT environments and technology that need to be assessed. Broad cybersecurity issues often influence the strategy and growth of pen-testing. In such a fast-paced field, organizations get real value from learning about...

Simplify compliance and manage risk with Microsoft Compliance Manager

The cost of non-compliance is more than twice that of compliance costs. Non-compliance with the ever-increasing and changing regulatory requirements can have a significant impact on your organizations brand, reputation, and revenue. According to a study by the Ponemon Institute and Globalscape,...

Global IT Asset Inventory: The Foundation for Security and Compliance

Pablo Quiroga, Qualys’ Director of Product Management for IT Asset Management, talks about the new Asset Inventory solution When IT directors and CISOs look at their digitally transformed networks, they encounter many shadows that their legacy enterprise software tools can’t illuminate. These bli...

Imperva and Amazon Partner to Help Mitigate Risks Associated With Cloud Migration

Helping our customers reduce the risks associated with migrating to the cloud, and preventing availability and security incidents, has been a major development focus for Imperva over the last several years. Why the partnership matters Although cloud service providers take a host of IT management...

Qualys Broadens Security Offerings for Azure

Qualys is expanding its security and compliance capabilities for Microsoft Azure, by adding protection for the on-premises Azure Stack and extending capabilities for public cloud deployments. By using Qualys’ platform to defend hybrid IT environments, organizations get a unified view of their...

QSC18 Virtual Edition – Securing our Networks and Enabling the Digital Transformation: One App at a Time

Qualys Chairman and CEO Philippe Courtot set the tone for the company’s first virtual conference, the QSC18 Virtual Edition, with a call to the industry to re-invent security to protect digital transformation efforts. CIOs and CISOs can’t continue accumulating disparate, point solutions that are...