Qualys

Qualys

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Foster City, California, Qualys was among the first to launch cloud-based vulnerability management with QualysGuard in 2000. Today, it supports over 10,000 customers—including the majority of Forbes Global 500—across 130+ countries. The Qualys Cloud Platform delivers continuous, agent-based security intelligence and automated remediation for assets spanning on-premises, cloud, endpoints, containers, and mobile. In 2023, they launched their Enterprise TruRisk risk-scoring framework and added advanced agentless network sensing capabilities. Backed by lightweight agents and partnerships with AWS, GCP, Azure, and top MSSPs, Qualys has evolved into a leading unified cloud security and compliance provider.

Core Services Offered:

• Vulnerability scanning & patch prioritization (VMDR)
• Asset discovery & continuous inventory (agent-based & passive)
• Cloud & container security (CSPM, CWP, IaC, CIEM, CDR)
• Web application & API scanning (WAS, WAF integration)
• Compliance management & policy audit (PCI, ISO, etc.)
• TruRisk enterprise risk scoring
• File integrity monitoring (FIM) & malware detection
• Workflow automation via Qualys Flow