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Qualys Cloud Suite 8.10 New Features

Posted by Tim White in Qualys Technology on May 15, 2017

This new release of the Qualys Cloud Suite, version 8.10, includes new capabilities and improvements to for VM, PC and shared platform improvements:

Authentication Vault integration with BeyondTrust
Mandate-Based reporting for Policy Compliance to simplify reporting against multiple mandates and audit frameworks.
Expanded support & features for scanning Cloud Environments such as Amazon EC2, Azure, and Google GCE.
VM Scanning, Reporting, and SSL Labs Improvements
Ability to export/import UDC definitions with Policy XML and Qualys Library Content
Policy Compliance support for PostGRE SQL and UDC Support for Amazon Linux 2016

SANS 2017 Cybersecurity Trend Report Checklist

Posted by Juan C. Perez in Qualys News, Qualys Technology on April 5, 2017

The SANS Institute recently released its 2017 report on cybersecurity trends. We examined the report’s six threat trends in a recent blog post, as well as in a webcast with the report’s author, security analyst John Pescatore, and with Qualys Product Management Vice President Chris Carlson. Now, we’re providing you with a useful checklist to help put you in a better position to respond these trends, which are expected to continue to dominate this year.

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Tags: asset inventory, cloud, mobile, ransomware, third party risk, vulnerabilities, vulnerability management

SANS Study: To Take On New InfoSec Challenges, First Get the Basics Right

Posted by Chris Carlson in Qualys News, Qualys Technology on March 22, 2017

A major challenge for enterprise InfoSec teams is keeping their finger on the pulse of two constantly changing elements: external cyber threats and internal technology needs.

Staying a step ahead and proactively adjusting their organization’s security posture accordingly is a must in order to keep attack risks as low as possible. So what are the major shifts in threats and business technology use that CISOs and their staff face in 2017? And how should they respond to these changes?

You will find comprehensive answers to those and other critical InfoSec questions in a new SANS Institute whitepaper written by security analyst John Pescatore.

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Tags: asset inventory, asset management, cloud, devops, devsecops, mobile, ransomware, vendor risk, vulnerability management

Qualys Cloud Suite 8.9.2 New Features

Posted by Tim White in Qualys Technology on February 1, 2017

This new patch release of the Qualys Cloud Suite, version 8.9.2, includes updates for Cloud-based scanner deployments and expanded platform coverage for PC.

Feature Highlights

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Tags: aws, cloud, ec2, notification, pc, platform, product news, qualysguard

Philippe Courtot at Qualys Security Conference: Achieving Security When Everything is Connected to Everything

Posted by George Hulme in Security Labs on October 8, 2015

LAS VEGAS – Philippe Courtot, Qualys (QLYS) founder and CEO, in his keynote address today at the Qualys Security Conference 2015, spoke to the massive and rapid evolution in business-technology systems currently underway in the enterprise. They are grappling with the complexities of securing their information in the public and private cloud, on mobile devices, and the data gathered by all of the sensors associated with the Internet of Things. Enterprises are “faced with the challenge of having to retool their entire infrastructure,” Courtot said.