Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS and application vendors and other industry best practices.

In order to keep up with the latest changes in security control requirements and new technologies, Qualys publishes new content to the Policy Library every month.

This release includes the following new policy and updates:

• CID 3777 and 3781 will be removed in 30 days and have newer replacement controls.
• CIS Benchmark coverage for Network Devices including Cisco Firewall ASA, Palo Alto Firewall, Cisco NX-OS, JunOS 12/13
• CIS for Oracle 11gR2, 12c, and Microsoft Windows 10 r1607/r1703
• Adobe Common Controls Framework for Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Refresh of several DISA STIG and CIS Benchmarks to latest versions
• Updated control settings in mandate-based policies

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This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC), version 8.13, includes several new feature improvements across the apps such as the ability to test authentication records, as well as improvements to UDC’s and report options in Qualys Policy Compliance.

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Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware.

In order to keep up with the latest changes in security control requirements and new technologies, Qualys publishes new content to the Policy Library every month.

This release includes the following new policies and updates:

• New CIS policy for Palo Alto Firewall 7 and Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release 1607
• New mandate-based policies Adobe Common Controls Framework for Microsoft Windows, and HITRUST for VMware & Network Devices
• Several updates to existing library policies

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This new release of the Qualys Cloud Suite, version 8.12 adds new reporting options for the PC Report, allowing you to include new summaries in the remediation section of the report for control failures.

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Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware.

In order to keep up with the latest changes in security control requirements and new technologies, Qualys publishes new content to the Policy Library every month.

This release includes the following new policies and updates:

• New CIS policies for Internet Explorer and Chrome on Windows, Apache Tomcat, RHEL, Windows 10, Sybase ASE, and MongoDB
• New DISA STIG policies for Internet Explorer 10 and 11
• New Best Practice & Mandate Policies for SAP ASE 16 and HiTRUST CSF on Linux
• Several updates to existing library policies

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The Qualys library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware.

In order to keep up with the latest changes in security control requirements and new technologies, Qualys publishes new content to the Policy Library every month.

This release includes the following new policies and updates:

• New CIS benchmarks for Docker
• New policies for USGCB for Microsoft Windows
• New best practice controls for reducing risk related to malware/ransomware
• Several updates to existing Mandate-based, CIS and DISA STIG Policies

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This new patch release of the Qualys Cloud Platform, version 8.11.2, includes updates to shared platform features, Qualys Vulnerability Management and Qualys Policy Compliance SCAP scanning.

Update 12/1/2017: New Vulnerability Management feature added below.

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This new release of the Qualys Cloud Suite, version 8.11, adds several new major features including:

• Customizable Login Banners
• New VM features including QID Changelog View, PCAP Scanning in Express Lite subscriptions, Scanning Options, and Timestamps on IG QID’s.
• PC improvements to File Monitoring UDC as well as Policy Compliance Reporting Options.
• Expanded Policy Compliance platform support including Palo Alto Firewall, MongoDB, and Apache Tomcat on Windows.

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Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware.

In order to keep up with the latest changes in security control requirements and new technologies, Qualys publishes new content to the Policy Library every month.

This release includes the following new policies and updates:

• New CIS Benchmarks for Amazon Linux, Apple OS X, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows, and Ubuntu Linux
• New DISA STIG policy for Windows Server 2016
• New Best Practice Policies for Amazon Linux, PostGRE SQL, and HITRUST CSF
• Several updates to existing CIS Certified benchmarks

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Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with commonly adhered to security standards and regulations. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as ones based on security guidelines from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware.

In order to keep up with the latest changes in security control requirements and new technologies, Qualys publishes new content to the Policy Library monthly.

This release includes new policies and updates covering:

• New CIS versions for Apache HTTP Server, Solaris, Microsoft Windows 2016, centOS, Microsoft IIS, Oracle Linux, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• New DISA STIG policies for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows 2016
• New Security & Configuration Policies for IIS, MS SQL Server 2016
• New Mandate mappings for CIS Critical Security Controls & First Five CIS Controls
• Several updates to minor versions for Vendor Recommended and CIS policies

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