The upcoming release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC), version 8.21.7, will include new features in Qualys Cloud Platform and Qualys Policy Compliance. This release will also add new technology support for Riverbed SteelHead RiOS in Qualys Policy Compliance via Qualys Out-of-Band Configuration Assessment (OCA).
This release is scheduled to go live across the shared platforms starting November 26, 2019.
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.
The October release includes the following new policy and updates:
Qualys’ Certification Page at CIS has been updated.
The upcoming release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC), version 8.21.6, will include several new features in Qualys Cloud Platform, Vulnerability Management, and Policy Compliance. 8.21.6 will also add support for multiple technologies in Qualys Policy Compliance.
This release is scheduled to go live across the shared platforms starting November 15, 2019.
This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC), version 8.21.2, includes Virtual Scanner Appliance support for Alibaba Cloud Compute, scheduling of EC2 scans with no scannable EC2 assets in Asset Tags in Qualys Vulnerability Management, expanded support for instance discovery and auto record creation in Qualys Policy Compliance, compliance support for Oracle 19c, and more.
The upcoming release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC), version 8.21.2, includes several new features in Qualys Cloud Platform and support for multiple technologies in Qualys Policy Compliance. The 8.21.2 release is scheduled to go live on 16th Sept, 2019.
See full 8.21.2 new features blog post for additional details on this release.
Are you a FedRamp-certified organization looking to more effectively maintain your FedRAMP status? There are tools available to help simplify the process and while the process involves some terminology, it is easily understood as outlined below. Additionally, it is supported by pre-built dashboards in the Qualys Cloud Platform that help organizations meet SLAs for required remediations.
This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC), version 8.21, adds new technologies and platforms, and support for scanning ESXi hosts on vCenter for vulnerabilities.
This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC), version 8.20.1, includes support for new technologies and platforms, addition of new technology for Windows UDCs as well as an update in an existing option name (“Scan agent hosts in my target”) in the Launch Vulnerability Scan page.
This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC), version 8.20, includes several new features in Qualys Cloud Platform and additional support for multiple technologies in Qualys Policy Compliance.
Qualys is extending the Cloud Agent capabilities for users of the Policy Compliance (PC) application by letting them define controls.
Until now, the Cloud Agent could only assess Qualys PC’s “out of the box” controls. By adding support for user defined controls (UDC), Qualys PC users now can use Cloud Agents to evaluate those types of controls. UDCs allows users to create their own controls dynamically, as needed, without having to submit control requests to Qualys development.
The UDC controls you’ve already defined in your Qualys Policy Compliance account for compliance scanning will also be evaluated by Qualys Cloud Agent with no action required from you.
