Qualys VMDR Reviews

I mainly use Qualys VM for CSAM, to complement vulnerability management on our assets, and to check for intrusions through our email gateways.

Qualys VM has allowed us to know the vulnerabilities we need to prioritize based on the threat levels and the possible impact if there's an intrusion. It also provides a view of inventories and vulnerabilities in the containers running on my infrastructure, which helps me to do better roadmapping on where I need to put my resources.

Qualys VM's best features are its machine-learning-backed intelligence, real-time inventory of vulnerabilities, backup, threat intelligence exposure database, and that it doesn't hold on to infrastructure resources like memory.

Qualys VM's machine learning and artificial intelligence features could be improved.

I've been using Qualys VM for over a year.

I've had no issues with Qualys VM's stability.

Qualys VM is scalable.

Qualys has an impeccable, readily available technical support team.

Positive

The initial setup is very simple - it's just a deploy-and-run.

Qualys VM is reasonably priced.

I would rate Qualys VM as nine out of ten.

It was responsible for vulnerability scanning. It enforces vulnerability management websites.

The reporting and the GUI need improvements. Tenable dominated in these two areas: reporting and graphical user interface.

Qualys VM was used once for one of our customers.

We were using the latest version.

Qualys VM is very stable.

I didn't have all of the necessary information regarding the scalability or how to scale this solution, but all vulnerability management solutions have the same idea. 

I believe that it is easy to scale.

I did not contact technical support.

I have also used Rapid7, which is very similar to Qualys VM.

Scaling is more difficult with Rapid7. When it comes to scaling, Rapid7 is not my first choice.

I did not implement this solution, I performed one scan for our client.

We have regulations in place in Saudi Arabia and Egypt that require all vulnerability management solutions to be implemented on-premise.

I would recommend this solution to others but Tenable is my preferred option.

I would rate Qualys VM a five out of ten.

Vulnerability management.

It has helped to automate the vulnerability management program, increasing the security posture and helped us to identify the security risks in our infrastructure.

Web application security model needs some work.

I've been using it for four years, including including VM, PCI, WAS and MDS features.

No issues encountered.

There's been a few times, related to reporting, that we've had issues, but overall it's stable.

Excellent, the Qualys support team always helps on a priority basis.

Excellent!

No previous solution was used.

It was straightforward.

It was done in-house.

No other options were looked at.

Qualys Container Security scans similar to a runtime container and it scans the entire cluster.

The most valuable feature of Qualys Container Security is the detailed information in the reports and the remediation. This is done to make sure there are no vulnerabilities.

Qualys Container Security can improve the interface. It could be easier to navigate and be enriched.

In a future release, it would be beneficial if the network and port policies we provided with some kind of automation AML script files. Having configuration files related to Kubernetes environments would be helpful.

I have been using one year.

Qualys Container Security is stable.

The scalability of Qualys Container Security is good.

I have used the support from Qualys Container Security and they could improve their knowledge.

I rate the support from Qualys Container Security a two out of five.

Neutral

I have not used another similar solution prior to Qualys Container Security.

The initial setup of Qualys Container Security is complex. The documentation could improve.

I rate the initial setup of Qualys Container Security a three out of five.

I rate Qualys Container Security a six out of ten.

Our primary use case is to manage vulnerabilities, scan web applications, and report assets throughout the network. Also, we create reports based on this data. 

• Tracks workstations and servers.
• Monitors workstations and servers for vulnerabilities and creates reports.
• Performs automated, regular scans in the network.
• Detects new hosts along with vulnerabilities.

The Qualys Agent is most valuable for getting insight into what is happening on what device with all its metadata.

• Improve the API speed. 
• Make some minimal dashboard improvements.
• Improve the user interface.

It is for vulnerability management. I used it in my previous company, and I also used it for my home network.

It is a SaaS platform. So, there is always the latest version.

The vulnerability management feature is what I used the most. It is a good SaaS product. It is easy to use. It has a nice UI where you can see all the assets and vulnerabilities.

Certain integration factors between different options could be improved.

I worked with this solution for two years. 

Its stability and performance are good.

People use it for hundreds and thousands of assets, so it is definitely scalable.

I used to run technical support there. So, I didn't need to go for support.

It is easy and straightforward to set it up. It takes 5 to 10 minutes to set up a new asset.

I used to work there, so I never paid for the product. As an employee, we get a lifetime license for personal use, and that's what I'm using.

It is a comprehensive platform, so there is a lot more to it. There could be other solutions that are probably a little bit cheaper, but it depends on what people need. Different people have different needs. It offers many things on the same platform. If you add all the things up, it should be cheaper, but I have not done any analysis specifically.

It is a good product. I would recommend it to others. It had whatever I needed for my personal use case. There are a lot of features that I have not explored. Some of the features are applicable for corporate networks, and they can't be used for personal use cases.

I would rate it a nine out of 10.

The first thing we like is the scanner, the device which checks vulnerability management.

They also have threat detection which maps threats. There is a feed that comes from Qualys when a new vulnerability is found. It tells us which machines are infected with that vulnerability. If there is a new attack, we definitely know that it is happening, what is happening in our environment.

What we have found is that the solution is not closely tied with the patch management. It is okay with newer ones, like Windows 10 machines; it gives the correct patch. But for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008, it does not give us the correct patch so we have to manually identify the patches. This is a major problem.

It's stable. Every month we scan more than 5,000 IP addresses and we are able to detect vulnerabilities.

Our experience is that the problems we send them take too much time to resolve. For example, we opened a case for the problem I mentioned earlier, the vulnerabilities with Windows 7 and Server 2008 where it's trying the wrong patch. It took them a long time to even give us the correct explanation. So this is a problem.

The initial setup was very easy. We just needed to download the virtual machine. There is a key and we just needed to provide a proxy setting. That's it.

We did all the configuration as a one-time job where we defined our subnet and mapped. We needed to schedule the scan and the map and we needed to schedule a group of, say, Windows. It was just a one-time job where needed to configure the query and run it. It created a report and sent it to the administrators. After that one-time job, everything happens automatically.

We did it on our own.

I would recommend Qualys because it's very easy to use. It does not require many specific skills. We are always on the latest version because Qualys provides automatic updates.

We have a virtual appliance in each site and that sends the logs to the cloud. We have the consoles on the cloud which enable us to query and scan. All this happens through the cloud.

We only have one administrator for the solution who monitors and checks if there is anything to be aware of. It sends the reports to all the different administrators, such as network, Linux, and Windows administrators and they take it from there.

We also have Qualys configuration management module. If there are any particular issues in any servers or in any network, it gives us a report to suggest and rectify the issues. It tells us what changes are needed to on that device.