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Qualys Adds Custom Assessment and Remediation to its Cloud Platform
New solution opens the Qualys Cloud Platform allowing security teams to swiftly respond to zero-day threats and conduct compliance audits of custom
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[{"type":"text","content":"New solution opens the Qualys Cloud Platform allowing security teams to swiftly respond to zero-day threats and conduct compliance audits of custom applications \nFOSTER CITY, Calif., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today unveiled Qualys Custom Assessment and Remediation, opening its Cloud Platform to give security architects access to custom scripts that can be natively integrated with other Qualys solutions. This new solution significantly reduces response time by empowering security teams to orchestrate workflows, secure custom applications, and take immediate action to counter threats like zero-day attacks lessening the need to rely on the IT operations teams. \n\nWhen threats hit, security teams need to quickly discover, assess and remediate both their third-party and custom applications. A typical response involves creating new out-of-band processes and custom scripts that need to be rolled out across hundreds or thousands of applications and endpoints by the security teams using a variety of techniques and ITSM tools. This approach creates a blind spot from an auditing and tracking standpoint and negatively impacts responsiveness.\n\"Reducing mean time to respond (MTTR) is the key metric for managing security risk, but it requires having the right security tools in place to optimize efficiency,\" said Melinda Marks, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. \"Qualys Custom Assessment and Remediation leverages the comprehensive capabilities of the Qualys Cloud Platform to speed up your ability to respond to a detected security issue. It provides centralized control while helping teams remediate issues within their existing tools and workflows, saving them from inefficient, costly out-of-band rework cycles.\" \nQualys Custom Assessment and Remediation opens the Qualys Platform for security architects allowing the creation of custom scripts in popular scripting languages, user-defined controls and automation, all seamlessly integrated within existing programs to quickly assess, respond and remediate threats across your global hybrid environment. \nQualys Custom Assessment and Remediation enables security teams to: \nQuickly Address Zero-Day Threats– The solution puts the power to rapidly respond to zer...