Qualys unveils new add-on to vulnerability management

Qualys, a leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, has announced Security Configuration Assessment (SCA), a new add-on for Vulnerability Management (VM) that provides customers cloud-based tools to automate configuration assessment of global IT assets using the latest out-of-the-box Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks.

Philippe Courtot, Chairman and CEO at Qualys

“Recent global cyber-attacks have served as a reminder that companies must take a proactive stance in securing the infrastructure and operations underpinning their digital transformation,” said Philippe Courtot, Chairman and CEO at Qualys. “Qualys SCA helps customers automate the security best practices behind leading benchmarks, and integrate them with DevSecOps for a more proactive approach towards securing today’s digital business.”

Configuration issues are a major source of breaches, and basic hardening of all systems — whether on-premise or in the cloud — is required to protect today’s complex environments. To help customers with this challenge, Qualys is introducing SCA for automated configuration assessment of large and small IT environments. SCA provides benchmark-based guidance and simplified workflows for scanning and reporting, eliminating the cost, resource and deployment issues associated with traditional configuration management software point products.  Leveraging the Qualys Cloud Platform, SCA enables more customers to better safeguard global endpoints, on-premise and cloud assets against today’s evolving cyber threats.

SCA will be generally available starting July 2017 as an add-on to VM, and annual subscriptions are priced on a cost-per-IP basis.

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