Research indicates that 69% of organizations have suffered cyberattacks stemming from exploits targeting unknown or unmanaged assets such as software, cloud services, user accounts, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Maintaining security in the face of evolving threats demands constant vigilance. Qualys addresses this challenge by enhancing its Cloud Agent to provide passive sensing capabilities, empowering security teams to counter internal network threats without disrupting operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This advancement solidifies Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management’s position as a leader in integrated internal and external attack surface management. By leveraging Qualys Cloud Agents to monitor network traffic, customers have identified an average of 34% more unmanaged and untrusted assets, seamlessly integrating them into vulnerability management programs with contextual insights and risk assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key benefits of Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management with passive sensing include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sumedh Thakar, President and CEO of Qualys, emphasized the significance of passive discovery integrated into the expansive network of over 100 million deployed Cloud Agents. This expansion of attack surface coverage requires no additional overhead, cost, or resources, empowering organizations to bolster their risk management efforts and defend against shadow IT. This advancement marks a significant step toward implementing a Zero Trust Security Architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Qualys Cloud Agent Passive Sensor is now available as part of the Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Qualys Inc., among leading providers of innovative cloud-based IT, security, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":80897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9716],"tags":[1072,314,5690,211,189,966],"contributor":[9732],"class_list":["post-80894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-brands","tag-cloud","tag-cybersecurity-2","tag-hybrid","tag-innovation","tag-it","tag-qualys","contributor-news-desk"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-2024-02-21T131042.984.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Rabab","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/rabab\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
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