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.

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This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC), version 8.16, contains several new improvements in Qualys Vulnerability Management and Qualys Policy Compliance, which includes new password security option, increased limit for virtual hosts that can be added to a subscription, added support for Scanning ESXi Hosts on vCenter, and more.

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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 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 September and October releases include the following new policies and updates:

• New CIS Benchmark for Palo Alto Firewall 8, IBM DB2 9.x, IBM DB2 10.x, and Oracle 12c
• New Industry and Best Practices policies for IBM DB2 11.x, MariaDB 10.x, Microsoft Windows, and Microsoft SQL Server 2017
• Updates to several existing library policies

Qualys’ Certification Page at CIS has been updated.

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Patch release of Qualys Cloud Platform, version 8.15.2, includes new support for Apache instance auto-discovery in Qualys Policy Compliance.

Policy Compliance

• Apache Instance Auto-Discovery – This new feature in Qualys PC enables automatic discovery of Apache during compliance scans.  Once one or more apache instances are discovered, the required authentication records are automatically created. We’ve also simplified authentication records for Apache allowing multiple instances to share a single authentication record.  In cases where multiple Apache instances are found, users no longer need to provide separate authentication records for each instance.

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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 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 policies and updates:

• New CIS Benchmarks for MySQL and updates to latest versions of Windows, SUSE, and Ubuntu benchmarks
• New best practice and industry policies for NIST 800.53, Amazon Linux, and Juniper JunOS
• New DISA STIG Policies for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008/2012 Domain Controllers and several existing DISA STIGs updated to latest version
• Updates to several existing library policies

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This new patch release of the Qualys Cloud Platform, version 8.15.1, includes updates to Qualys Vulnerability Management.

Vulnerability Management

• IP Update Handling for Agents – External IP address for Agents will no longer overwrite previous internal IP address when an internal address is not available during inventory data collection. The previous internal IP will remain as the Agent’s IP until the Agent recollects inventory data.

For more details about the above feature – please review the release notes. Release notes will be posted as soon as they are available on the Qualys Cloud Platform Release Notes page.

Platform release dates will be published on the Qualys Status page when available.

This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, SCA, PC), version 8.15, includes several new improvements across the VM, PC, and SCA Apps including new IPv6 configuration options for the scanner, improvements to several VM reports including ability to display EC2 metadata, a new Policy Compliance report, and expanded platform support for VM, PC, and SCA.

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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 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:

• New policies for Apple OS X, Splunk, and Windows 10 1709
• New versions of already supported CIS Benchmarks and DISA STIGs
• Updates to controls and technology coverage in existing library policies

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This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, SCA, PC), version 8.14, includes several new feature improvements across the apps such as Wallix AdminBastion support, EC2 scan improvements, VM reporting improvements, ESX/ESXi PC support for vCenter, PC STIG Report, and expanded technology support for 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 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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