LAS VEGAS, Aug. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Hat
USA 2018, Booth #204 -- Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer
and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, today announced that it has significantly expanded the
power of its Cloud Platform by introducing Passive Network Sensor (PNS), a new member of the Qualys sensor family that natively
integrates network analysis functions into the Qualys Cloud Platform, delivering customers complete IT visibility at scale, while
drastically reducing cost and complexity.
The Qualys Cloud Platform, with its active scanning, always-on agents, container and cloud sensors, provides global
enterprises with unprecedented 2-second visibility of their hybrid IT infrastructure covering on-premises assets, multi-cloud
environments, containers and traveling workforces. The highly scalable platform performs over 3 billion device assessments
annually, analyzing a trillion change events with its Kafka clusters that process billions of messages daily, and indexing over
250 billion security data points in its Elasticsearch clusters.
Such an unprecedented near real-time processing of data coupled with millisecond search responses of the Qualys Cloud Platform
indexing clusters give customers and Managed Security Providers (MSSP) instant, continuous visibility of all their IT global
assets with a continuous view of their security and compliance posture in a single-pane-of-glass view, via dynamic and
customizable dashboards.
By getting real-time access to network analysis data, multiple additional capabilities such as global IT asset discovery and
inventory with two-way CMDB synchronization, detection of compromised assets and Network Access Control (NAC) can now be
delivered natively from the Qualys Cloud Platform with high accuracy and automation.
"While Digital transformation is now essential for businesses to remain competitive, building security in is the only viable
approach and the days of bolting security on are over," said Philippe Courtot, chairman and CEO,
Qualys, Inc. "Natively integrating Network Analysis with our Cloud Platform brings it to its next level as it provides customers
unprecedented visibility and immediacy across their entire hybrid IT environments. With this new capability, we are now well on
our way to providing CIOs with a continuous and updated view of their global IT assets with two-way CMDB synchronization. Such
capability is the cornerstone of security, as without visibility, there is no security."
Furthermore, with this native integration, the Qualys Cloud Platform is uniquely suited to address the number of unmanaged
connected devices, like Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) devices and the exploding new security exposures
they now bring. Having the continuous visibility of these devices is critical for IT and security teams to monitor, track, assess
and effectively respond to threats.
Qualys Passive Network Sensor (PNS)
This first release of PNS adds a powerful set of asset discovery and inventory capabilities providing tracking and a continuous
view into all IT assets connected to the network, non-intrusively and in real-time. It monitors asset activity and illuminates
any anomaly, enabling security teams to more effectively contain threats and remediate vulnerabilities. This ability to act with
immediacy and at scale delivers these teams higher confidence in the metrics guiding their global security and compliance
programs.
PNS will enable organizations to:
- Eliminate blind spots: The Qualys Cloud Platform aggregates asset telemetry from Passive Network Sensors, network
scanners and always-on cloud agents to provide a comprehensive, detailed and multidimensional inventory of all IT assets across
hybrid infrastructures, including unmanaged devices such as BYOD and rogue IT. PNS also helps discover and profile assets that
for different reasons can't be actively scanned nor monitored with cloud agents, such as industrial equipment, IoT and medical
devices. Expected beta available in Q3 2018.
- Identify suspicious traffic: PNS provides deep packet inspection to continuously analyze and detect suspicious
traffic. The Qualys Cloud Platform then correlates these network anomalies to other indications of compromise. Expected beta
available in Q1 2019.
- Secure and control network access: Native integration with network access control functionality, resulting from
Qualys' acquisition of Nevis Networks, enables customers to respond to threats automatically by controlling access to critical
resources. Network access control, informed by PNS real-time detection, autonomously protects the network by quarantining
non-compliant devices based on established policies and security posture. Expected beta available in Q1 2019.
Qualys Sensor Family
Passive Network Sensor is part of the Qualys family of sensors and third-party cloud connectors that provide customers
comprehensive and multidimensional visibility across hybrid IT environments. They provide a powerful combination of active and
passive detection to collect complete asset telemetry. These sensors are remotely deployable, centrally managed and
self-updating, always-on, and give customers continuous 2-second visibility of all IT assets.
Availability
Passive Network Sensor will be available in private beta later this month. This first phase delivers capabilities
focused on asset discovery and profiling. General availability is planned for early 2019.
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About Qualys
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a pioneer and
leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions with over 10,300 customers in more than 130 countries,
including a majority of each of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and consolidate
their security and compliance solutions in a single platform and build security into digital transformation initiatives for
greater agility, better business outcomes and substantial cost savings. The Qualys Cloud Platform and its integrated Cloud Apps
deliver businesses critical security intelligence continuously, enabling them to automate the full spectrum of auditing,
compliance and protection for IT systems and web applications on premises, on endpoints and elastic clouds. Founded in 1999 as
one of the first SaaS security companies, Qualys has established strategic partnerships with leading managed service providers
and consulting organizations including Accenture, BT, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Deutsche Telekom, Fujitsu, HCL
Technologies, DXC Technologies, IBM, Infosys, NTT, Optiv, SecureWorks, Tata Communications, Verizon and Wipro. The Company is
also a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance. For more information, please visit www.qualys.com.
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Qualys, Inc.
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