Groundbreaking functionality enables
millions of cloud agents to discover risky unmanaged devices in
real time with one click
FOSTER
CITY, Calif., Feb. 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Qualys Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and
leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security, and
compliance solutions, today announced it is expanding Qualys
CyberSecurity Asset Management (CSAM) to identify unmanaged and
untrusted devices in real-time. Leveraging the Qualys Cloud Agent
to continuously monitor the network, this passive discovery method
complements scans, agents, and API-based discovery to build a
comprehensive asset inventory, calculate the TruRisk of every
asset, and eliminate risk based on business impact.
Sixty-nine percent of organizations said they experienced at
least one cyberattack resulting from an exploit of an unknown or
unmanaged asset such as software, cloud-based workloads, user
accounts, and connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Staying
on top of a changing attack surface requires constant vigilance.
Qualys is tackling this critical issue by enriching its Cloud Agent
to offer passive sensing, empowering security teams to protect
against threats that originate within the internal network, without
disrupting operations.
With this new capability, Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management
strengthens its position as the industry leader in combining
internal and external attack surface management. By leveraging
Qualys Cloud Agents to sniff network traffic, customers have
identified an average of 34%[1] more unmanaged and untrusted
assets, seamlessly integrating them into their vulnerability
management programs with business context and risk assessment.
"In navigating intricate enterprise landscapes, real-time
visibility of the entire infrastructure is difficult, and at times,
appears impossible," said Gary
Bowen, director of Security Operations, Brown & Brown
Insurance. "The Qualys Cloud Agent passive sensor has proven to be
a game-changer, providing us with unparalleled visibility and
immediate insights across our hybrid IT and OT domains, all without
the complexities of identifying optimal locations for network taps.
By helping to eradicate blind spots, this passive sensing
capability empowers our security teams to identify and address
potential risks the moment they arise, offering a comprehensive
view of cyber risk across our entire attack surface."
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management with passive sensing
provides organizations with:
- Complete Internal Attack Surface Coverage: Incorporates
the final component of a comprehensive asset inventory to detect
risk from IoT devices, unauthorized cloud instances and any network
devices that may have been previously missed. By adding previously
unmanaged and untrusted network device inventory, organizations can
perform automated vulnerability management and compliance scans to
identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, calculate TruRisk,
and prioritize remediation actions based on business risk—all
within a single platform.
- Lays the Foundation for Zero Trust Security
Architecture: CyberSecurity Asset Management proactively
identifies devices connected to the network that are not
authenticated, missing security agents, or otherwise untrusted in
real-time. This provides cyber risk assessment—without additional
overhead, cost, or resource deployment.
- Turbocharges CMDB Accuracy and Coverage: Automatically
add discovered assets to the configuration management database
(CMDB), enabling IT with comprehensive visibility required to
manage asset inventory lifecycle and remediate cyber risk.
"By adding passive discovery to Qualys' more than 100 million
deployed Cloud Agents, we are providing organizations with a unique
expansion of attack surface coverage that requires no additional
overhead, cost, or resources to maintain," said Sumedh Thakar, president and CEO of Qualys.
"Bringing significantly more visibility to unknown devices as part
of their risk management programs, CISOs now have an
ace-in-the-hole to defend against shadow IT; a huge step as
organizations move toward a Zero Trust Security Architecture."
Availability
The Qualys Cloud Agent Passive Sensor is
now available as part of Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management app.
To learn more, join our webinar or read our blog, "Identify and
De-risk Unmanaged, Unauthorized Devices With Qualys CyberSecurity
Asset Management (CSAM)."
Additional Resources
- Learn more about Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management with
passive sensing
- Explore the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform
- Follow Qualys on LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter)
About Qualys
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a
pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based security,
compliance and IT solutions with more than 10,000 subscription
customers worldwide, including a majority of the Forbes Global 100
and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and
automate their security and compliance solutions onto a single
platform for greater agility, better business outcomes, and
substantial cost savings.
The Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform leverages a single agent
to continuously deliver critical security intelligence while
enabling enterprises to automate the full spectrum of vulnerability
detection, compliance, and protection for IT systems, workloads and
web applications across on premises, endpoints, servers, public and
private clouds, containers, and mobile devices. Founded in 1999 as
one of the first SaaS security companies, Qualys has strategic
partnerships and seamlessly integrates its vulnerability management
capabilities into security offerings from cloud service providers,
including Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services, the
Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, along with a number of
leading managed service providers and global consulting
organizations. For more information, please visit
http://www.qualys.com.
Qualys, Qualys VMDR®, Qualys TruRisk and the Qualys logo are
proprietary trademarks of Qualys, Inc. All other products or names
may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Media Contact:
Rachel Winship
Qualys
Media@Qualys.com
1 According to Qualys data
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