NIST NVD Update: What it Means For Vulnerability Management

The shift from static CVE scoring to risk-based prioritization signals a new era for Vulnerability Managers...

The Backlog Became Policy

& In February, we called the gap between CVE disclosure and scanner signatures the "breach zone." On April 15, 2026, NIST made that gap permanent — and signatureless detection stopped being an advantage. It became a requirement. This post updates Attackers Don't Need Signatures. Neither Should Yo...

Qualys VMDR and TotalCloud™ Now Available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace

Key Takeaways Qualys VMDR and TotalCloud are now available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, simplifying procurement and deployment for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OCI customers. Organizations can deploy security faster with native OCI integration and one-click provisioning. The combined platform...

The Complete Vulnerability Management Lifecycle: A 6-Stage Framework for Proactive Security

The National Vulnerability Database adds over 2,000 new CVEs every month. No security team can patch them all, and trying to do so is a fast track to burnout. The organizations that stay ahead of breaches aren't the ones that scan the most. They're the ones that follow a structured, repeatable...

External Attack Surface Management: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get It Right

Every organization with internet-facing assets has an external attack surface. The question is whether you can see all of it before an attacker does. External attack surface management EASM gives security teams the continuous visibility, context, and control they need to find and fix exposures...

What is CTEM? A Guide to Proactive Cybersecurity

Most security teams are great at finding problems. The real challenge is figuring out which problems to solve first. When everything is a priority, nothing is. This is a common frustration that leaves teams feeling overworked and unsure if their efforts are making a real difference. A more...

How to Modernize Your Vulnerability Management Program A Helpful Resource Guide For CISOS and Vuln teams

Running a vulnerability scan can feel like opening Pandora's box. You’re suddenly faced with a report listing thousands of potential weaknesses, and the pressure to "fix everything" is immense. But this approach is a recipe for burnout, leaving your team chasing low-impact issues while a real...

What is Patch Management Automation and Why It Matters

Executive Summary Environments rarely stay as orderly as they begin. New workloads, faster releases, and growing attack surfaces stretch manual patching beyond its limits. The real risk emerges in the widening gap between spotting a vulnerability and fixing it. Automated patch management closes...

Steps to TruRisk™ – 1: Shift to Priority-Driven Strategies

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” — Sun Tzu Security and IT teams are drowning in alerts, scrambling to patch everything they can, yet breaches still happen. Not all vulnerabilities pose the same risk. While reducing totals may seem like...

Evolution of Attack Surface Management

The Early Days: Basic Asset Management While it was not called ASM, the concept of managing attack surface management began with basic asset management practices in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Organizations focused on keeping an inventory of their digital assets, such as servers, desktops, an...

Implement Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with Qualys TruRisk™: Part 3

In this final blog of the series, we will discuss the importance of implementing effective risk-based remediation strategies to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities being exploited in your environment. In the earlier blogs, we covered how to operationalize Qualys TruRisk and to effectively visualiz...

Dive Deep into VMDR

Qualys devoted the second day of the QSC USA 2020 virtual 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...