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Qualys Web Application Scanning (WAS)

Reduce Attack Surface and Risk for Modern Web Apps and APIs.

Web Application Scanning

Qualys Web Application Scanning (WAS) is a robust cloud-based application security product that continuously discovers, detects, and catalogs web applications and APIs. It performs comprehensive and accurate scans to uncover runtime vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, PII exposures, and web malware across modern web applications and APIs. It can also insert vulnerability scanning into the DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines through native integrations to Jenkins, AzureDevOps, Bamboo, and Team City.

With Qualys WAS, implement shift left and shift right methodologies to address security issues with speed. Qualys WAS helps you to automate scanning in CI/CD environments enabling you to perform shift left DAST testing. Accelerate risk reduction and mitigation by leveraging ITSM ticketing automation after scans complete and reduce MTTR.

Discover vulnerabilities in modern web apps and API’s

Discover runtime vulnerabilities, security misconfigurations, and compliance failures of your web apps and APIs. Visualize security risk related to OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and findings from 3rd party scans.

Proactively and continuously monitor for web malware

Proactively monitor websites continuously for malware infections and address potential threats whenever new vulnerabilities appear to prevent loss of reputation and brand value.

Quickly remediate vulnerabilities

Implement shift left and shift right app security testing processes by integrating vulnerability scanning into CI/CD environments and leveraging ITSM ticketing automation to reduce MTTR.

Qualys WAS is easy to deploy, manage, and scales to scan millions of modern web apps and APIs

Highlights

Comprehensive discovery for modern web apps and APIs

Comprehensive discovery, finding, and fixing of vulnerabilities in modern web apps and APIs with Qualys WAS. Modern Web apps, plagued by vulnerabilities and misconfigurations due to poor coding and deployment checks can be deployed across production environments. Qualys WAS gives you visibility and control by finding known, ‘shadow’, and forgotten applications and APIs throughout your environment with built-in dashboard for OWASP Top 10 vulnerability mapping.

Consolidate 3rd party vulnerability scan results

Import vulnerabilities from 3rd party manual penetration tests (Burp, ZAP, BugCrowd etc.) for a holistic view of vulnerabilities and security gaps across web app, API, infrastructure, and cloud web assets. It enables risk-based prioritization and remediation across entire modern web app and API attack surface for effective risk management and compliance enforcement.

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Collection and Exposure Discovery

Scan web applications and APIs to find where PII is collected or exposed, which if left exposed could result in reputational damage, loss of brand value, security breaches, and compliance failures.

API Security

Scan REST & SOAP APIs and reduce your organization’s attack surface. Qualys WAS supports OpenAPI and Swagger specification files as well as Postman Collections for building a comprehensive inventory of API endpoints to scan for vulnerabilities and other security configuration issues.

Malware detection

Scan websites to find malware, including known and novel malware, via signatures, reputational checks, heuristics, and behavioral analysis to protect your reputation and brand value.

Remediation

Shift left and shift right to address security issues with speed for faster remediation
Shift left: WAS can insert security testing into development, testing, and production environments. With a robust API and native connectors for Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Team City, and Bamboo, Qualys WAS provides everything needed to automate scanning in CI/CD environments.
Shift right: Leverage ITSM ticketing automation after scans complete to start remediation at once and reduce MTTR

Qualys Web Application Scanning: modern web apps and APIs | Qualys

Comprehensive discovery for modern web apps and APIs

Discover, monitor, and reduce your entire modern web app and API attack surface. Modern Web apps, plagued by vulnerabilities and misconfigurations due to poor coding and deployment checks, can be deployed across production environments. Large organizations have hundreds, even thousands of them. Qualys WAS gives you visibility and control by finding official, ‘unofficial’, and forgotten applications, OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, and APIs throughout your environment for triage and scanning.

  • Find approved, unapproved, and forgotten web apps and APIs in your network with continuous, comprehensive discovery and cataloging in any cloud-native or on-prem architecture environment.

  • Organize your data and reports using your labels with customizable web application asset tagging.

Qualys Web Application Scanning: modern web apps and APIs | Qualys
Qualys Web Application Scanning: vulnerability scan results | Qualys

Consolidate 3rd party vulnerability scan results

Import vulnerabilities from 3rd party manual penetration tests (Burp, ZAP, BugCrowd etc.,) for a unified view of web app and API security for better attack surface management.

  • Provides better alignment between risk and compliance activities.

  • Prevents ad hoc risk assessments and switching between tools, improving organizational efficiency, reducing time spent in testing, and lowering operational costs.

  • Reduces the chances of a data breach by using the power of automated scanning alongside business logic attacks through manual penetration testing.

Qualys Web Application Scanning: vulnerability scan results | Qualys
Qualys Web Application Scanning : Personally Identifiable Information | Qualys

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) collection and exposure discovery

Scan web applications and APIs to find where PII is collected or exposed, which if left exposed could result in reputational damage, loss of brand value, security breaches, and compliance failures.

Scanning of web applications and APIs to find where PII is collected or exposed leads to reduced risk of PII related security breaches, compliance failures, and financial losses due to PII data theft and fines.

Qualys Web Application Scanning : Personally Identifiable Information | Qualys
Qualys Web Application Scanning : API Security | Qualys

API Security

The new attack surface for malicious actors is your organization’s APIs. Over 83% of web traffic is now API traffic, powering web applications, microservices, and mobile apps. Scanning REST and SOAP APIs has been a core capability of Qualys WAS since 2017. In 2018, WAS added support for Swagger version 2 specification files. In 2019, WAS adopted Postman Collection support for parsing API endpoints and operational methods. In 2020, WAS added support for OpenAPI. Additionally, WAS can also scan SOAP APIs through WSDL files.

  • Scan REST and SOAP APIs and reduce your organization’s attack surface. Qualys WAS supports Swagger version 2 specification files and adopted Postman Collection support for parsing API endpoints and operational methods.

  • Runtime vulnerabilities in REST and SOAP APIs can be found before attackers can exploit them. Scan API-based business-to-business connectors and microservices quickly and easily.

Qualys Web Application Scanning : API Security | Qualys
Qualys Web Application Scanning : Malware detection | Qualys

Malware detection

Scan websites to find malware, including known and novel malware, via signatures, reputational checks, heuristics, and behavioral analysis to protect your reputation and brand value.

  • Detailed malware infection alerting, and reports find infected websites for remediation. In addition, a central dashboard displays scan activity, infected pages, and malware infection trends so users can initiate actions directly from its interface.

  • Malware detection leads to better data theft prevention, business reputation, and brand value. It also prevents financial loss due to malware data theft.

Qualys Web Application Scanning : Malware detection | Qualys
Qualys Web Application Scanning : Remediation | Qualys

Remediation

Shift left and shift right to address security issues with speed for faster remediation.

Shift left: WAS can insert security testing into development, testing, and production environments. With a robust API and native connectors for Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Team City, and Bamboo, Qualys WAS provides everything needed to automate scanning in CI/CD environments.

Shift right: Leverage ITSM ticketing automation after scans complete to start remediation immediately and reduce MTTR.

  • Shifting left and shifting right to address security issues as part of pre-scan and post scan vulnerability activities results in accelerated MTTR (Mean-time-to-remediate), improved security, increased productivity, and reduced downtime.

Qualys Web Application Scanning : Remediation | Qualys

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Qualys Cloud Platform

With its advanced features and intuitive interface, the Qualys Cloud Platform simplifies the process of finding vulnerabilities and reducing cyber risk. It offers robust reporting and analytics capabilities, enabling users to gain deep insights into their enterprises security posture. It highlights vulnerabilities, prioritizes risks, and provides actionable recommendations for remediation.

Centralized & Customized

Keep security data private with our end-to-end encryption and strong access controls. You can centrally manage users’ access to their Qualys accounts through your enterprise’s single sign-on (SSO). Our Role-Based Access Control ensures that users are granted access only to the resources and functionalities necessary for their specific roles within an organization.

Easy Deployment

Deploy from a public or private cloud — fully managed by Qualys. With Qualys, there are no servers to provide, software to install, or databases to maintain. You always have the latest Qualys features available through your browser, without setting up special client software or VPN connections.

Scalable and Extensible

With its scalability and cloud-based architecture, Qualys can handle large-scale scanning needs effortlessly. It integrates seamlessly into existing workflows, allowing organizations to incorporate vulnerability management into their overall security strategies effectively. You can use Qualys with a broad range of security and compliance systems, such as GRC, ticketing systems, SIEM, ERM, and IDS.

Learn more about the Qualys Cloud Platform

Qualys Cloud Platform uniquely provides real-time visibility of IT security and compliance posture on a global scale.

John Wheeler Vice President, Services Strategy and Offering Management at IBM Security

With the Qualys Cloud Platform, were succeeding in making the business aware of what they need to do to keep their systems safe—its a valuable layer of protection against potential threats.

Hans Petter Holen CISO

Qualys has enabled us to integrate into build, test, operational and automation efforts, whether on premise or in the cloud.

Abie John CISO at Avaya

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