Cybersecurity Evolution from Reactive Approach to Proactive Management: Introducing Autonomous AI on the Qualys Platform
In a significant stride towards combating sophisticated cyber threats, Qualys has announced the launch of the Qualys AI Fabric. This innovative system is designed to empower lean security teams and enhance the efficiency of Security Operations Centers (SOCs) through AI-powered cybersecurity solutions.
At the heart of Qualys AI Fabric are the Cyber Risk Agents. These agents are designed to perform specific tasks, such as vulnerability management, risk assessment, and compliance monitoring.
Agent Sara, for instance, is a standout agent that detects MSPT vulnerabilities and prioritizes them based on factors like their presence in the CISA KEV catalog, the availability of public exploits, active weaponization, or links to ransomware. Sara goes beyond regular patching by identifying the right mitigations and applying them to make vulnerabilities unexploitable until patches can be safely deployed.
Agent Nova provides visibility into internet-facing assets and prioritizes full vulnerability scans based on risky open ports, EoL/EoS software, or potential vulnerabilities. On the other hand, Agent Chang delivers dynamic dashboards for assessing compliance posture by business unit or framework, and automates continuous evidence collection and audit-ready reporting across all in-scope assets and environments in real time.
The self-healing capability of Agent Sophia, another Cyber Risk Agent, is an engineered system of AI agents executing a rigorous workflow that mirrors and enhances enterprise-grade best practices for vulnerability management. Sophia uses a multi-agent AI system to build and maintain vulnerability management for the entire IT environment, ensuring every action is explainable, auditable, and ruled by configurable safety policies.
The Qualys AI Fabric also includes the prompt-driven Cyber Risk Assistant. This assistant democratizes access to diverse security data, helping users evaluate their risk posture with natural-language queries. It translates complex exposure data into clear, context-driven actions with autonomous execution.
Moreover, the Qualys Agentic AI marketplace offers pre-built Cyber Risk Agents for specific use cases and an intuitive no-code builder for creating custom agents. This flexibility allows organizations to tailor their cybersecurity approach to their unique needs.
Agent Nyra, another Cyber Risk Agent, monitors adversaries and threat intelligence that matters most to an organization's unique industry and environment. It alerts teams to threats they need to be aware of and can initiate playbooks for patching or mitigation actions based on that intelligence.
Key benefits of Qualys Agentic AI include democratized data access, intelligent decision support, and enhanced productivity. These benefits are crucial in the face of increasingly complex and rapidly evolving cyber threats.
In summary, the Qualys AI Fabric represents a significant leap forward in autonomous cybersecurity. By automating many aspects of cybersecurity management, it empowers lean security teams to combat sophisticated threats more effectively and efficiently.
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