Qualys Ranked as a “Strong Performer” Among Top Vendors in Forrester Wave™ for Attack Surface Management
As the threat landscape evolves and presents new risks to security teams, the bar for attack surface management solutions is higher than ever. When Qualys introduced CyberSecurity Asset Management in 2021, the goal was to provide a unified view of the entire attack surface with visibility into security gaps. That approach remains, but the landscape has grown more demanding.
There are evolving threats to internet-facing assets, multi-cloud, OT/IoT assets, exploitable vulnerabilities on EoS software, and countless other risks to identify and prioritize across the attack surface.
Cybersecurity leaders need a solution for entire attack surface monitoring (both internal and external) and Cyber Risk Quantification across the dynamic attack surface, and preferably one that can operationalize asset data for remediation. According to The Forrester Wave™: Attack Surface Management Solutions, Q3 2024, Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management is a strong performer among top vendors in the market.
Forrester ASM Wave: How Did Qualys Perform?
This week, Forrester published their review of the Attack Surface Management vendor market in the Forrester Wave™: report. Evaluating vendors across three categories—strategy, current offering, and market presence—in criteria including vision, asset discovery, security controls, asset risk context, and remediation, Forrester denotes each vendor as a Leader, Strong Performer, Contender, or Challenger.
In its debut in the report, Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management appears as a Strong Performer and tied for the third-highest ranking in the current offering category. The Forrester report, authored by senior analyst Erik Nost, notes that “Qualys brings risks into proactive security…” citing that Qualys’ “strategy is to create a TruRisk platform to measure, communicate, and eliminate risk for security operations teams.” The detailed Forrester report provides insights into specific use cases, capabilities, and company vision to project solutions that can help cybersecurity teams solve evolving challenges.
Four Years of Foundational Risk Assessment
We take pride in our placement in the 2024 Forrester Wave as we feel it validates our investment in unified attack surface management as the foundation for a security program. When Qualys released CyberSecurity Asset Management 3.0 earlier this year, we focused on expanded attack surface discovery and cyber risk assessment. The release included innovative technology such as Cloud Agent Passive Sensing (CAPS) for discovery of IoT and rogue devices, as well as significant enhancements to patent-pending External Attack Surface Management (EASM) scanning and real-time risk assessment of previously unknown devices.
While Qualys continues to invest in specific discovery methods and enhanced use cases, each iteration is tied to a larger vision: unified attack surface inventory and cyber risk assessment. Customers will continue to see Qualys invest in attack surface management coverage, strengthening risk-based vulnerability management, and actionable cyber risk quantification.
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The reason Qualys introduced CyberSecurity Asset Management nearly four years ago was to provide VMDR customers with a means to inventory and scan every asset in the environment with a native solution. As the attack surface evolves, that remains the number one advantage for CyberSecurity Asset Management. It continues to provide Qualys customers with a built-in solution to discover every asset and assess the risk beyond vulnerabilities.
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