Qualys Named a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Exposure Management Vendor Assessment
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We’re proud to announce that Qualys has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Exposure Management 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc #US52994525, August 2025). We believe this recognition underscores Qualys’ commitment to helping organizations proactively manage cyber risk with comprehensive visibility, contextualized prioritization, and integrated remediation.
IDC MarketScape Recognition
IDC MarketScape’s report notes, “Traditional vulnerability management is slowly evolving to more holistic exposure management within security organizations. Those that are placing more emphasis on proactive cybersecurity can find solutions that help them evaluate their entire attack surface holistically, illuminate the exposures in their environment, prioritize their risks, and integrate with remediation workflows to close the gaps.” The report went on to note, “Managing exposures goes beyond investing in technology because doing it well often means changing people and processes, making sure they understand the impact these risks have on the organization. Therefore, vendors need to help customers mature their vulnerability and exposure management programs. Visibility and prioritization are only part of the solution; remediation through mitigations and patching must also be part of the workflow with the ability to track progress.”
The report cited the following strengths for Qualys:
- In addition to integration with ticketing solutions, the platform supports automated patch management, compensating controls, and workflow orchestration for remediation across IT, security, and cloud teams. Customers can leverage out-of-the-box playbooks or create custom remediation playbooks with QFlow. Last year, Qualys deployed 110 million patches, showing the confidence its customers have in its patching solution.
- Exposure management is under a single license with an option for a free self-service trial. Qualys’ flexible licensing model allows customers to dynamically allocate entitlements across use cases, cloud, and on premises, with free asset discovery and bundled support and training. This lets organizations of all sizes adopt security based on their fluid needs without introducing procurement delays.
The IDC MarketScape notes that: “buyers should consider Qualys when seeking an exposure management solution that combines first-party vulnerability detection, broad asset coverage, and scalable integration of third-party risk data. The platform is particularly well suited for organizations that value integrated remediation and need to align cyber-risk with business objectives.”
Why We Believe This Matters
Exposure management is now critical as attack surfaces expand across cloud, identities, applications, and AI-driven systems. According to the report, “According to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), the exploitation of vulnerabilities was the second most used initial access vector, just behind credential abuse. The 34% rise shows that organizations should not take exposure risk lightly, instead managing risks just as they do alerts from security tools.”
Qualys helps customers accomplish this by providing:
- Holistic visibility across hybrid environments.
- Contextual prioritization powered by threat intelligence, asset criticality, and business impact.
- Automated remediation through patching, mitigation, and workflow orchestration.
- Actionable reporting that works for both security and business stakeholders with risk quantification.
Qualys’ Enterprise TruRisk Management platform delivers the key values of holistic exposure management while continuing to innovate with capabilities like Agentic AI and prioritization based on financial impact.
Looking Ahead
We believe this IDC MarketScape recognition reinforces our mission: to empower security and IT teams to measure, communicate, and eliminate cyber risk effectively. We remain committed to continuous innovation — from expanding third-party integrations to advancing our Risk Operations Center (ROC) vision. Qualys is pioneering the ROC, powered by the AI-native Enterprise TruRisk Management platform, to help organizations intelligently operationalize cyber risk management, including exposures across all attack surfaces, so customers can stay ahead of evolving threats.
Learn more about how Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Management can help your organization proactively reduce risk.
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