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Qualys Offers Free Ransomware Risk Assessment & Remediation Service
New service, leveraging analysis from Qualys researchers, delivers a ransomware focused, prescriptive plan with patch deployment to help organizations reduce
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[{"type":"text","content":"New service, leveraging analysis from Qualys researchers, delivers a ransomware focused, prescriptive plan with patch deployment to help organizations reduce risk\n\n\n FOSTER CITY, Calif., Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced the availability of its Ransomware Risk Assessment Service to provide companies with visibility into their ransomware exposure and automate the patching and configuration changes needed to reduce risk immediately. As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month and to help organizations proactively combat ransomware, Qualys is making the solution available at no cost for 60 days. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nRansomware continues to escalate with the FBI reporting a 62% year-over-year increase for the period ending July 31, and President Biden convening with global leaders in an effort to protect economic and national security. Unpatched vulnerabilities, device misconfigurations, internet-facing assets and unauthorized software rank consistently among the top attack vectors. Authorities like CISA and NIST recommend that organizations strengthen their defense by proactively assessing ransomware risk including quickly patching associated vulnerabilities. \n\"While there is no silver bullet to prevent ransomware, companies can take charge with proactive measures including solid cybersecurity hygiene, patching for known ransomware vulnerabilities, changing configurations and adjusting security policies,\" said Jim Reavis, co-founder and CEO of the Cloud Security Alliance. \"Qualys Ransomware Risk Assessment puts cybersecurity teams in control by operationalizing government guidelines and providing a company-specific ransomware heatmap so they can eliminate an area of risk and shrink their attack surface.\"\nQualys vulnerability and threat researchers analyzed ransomware attacks over the last five years to identify approximately 100 CVEs commonly used by ransomware threat actors. Researchers mapped CVEs to ransomware families like Locky, Ryuk/Conti and WannaCry along with specific misconfigurations that are typically leveraged by the threat actors. \nLeveraging the research, Qualys developed the Ransomware Risk Assessment Service, powered by the VMDR platform, to help organizations proactiv...