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Say goodbye to your fragmented cyber risk program
Shift away from the platform-by-portal method of Tenable and embrace the streamlined efficiency of Qualys. Measure, communicate, and eliminate cyber risk across your extended enterprise the Enterprise TruRisk™️ Platform seamlessly integrated with External Attack Surface Management (EASM), Cloud Security, and Patch Management solutions.
Measure Risk
6x faster
than competitive VM platformsCommunicate Risk
200K+Vulnerabilities
sourced from 25+ threat intelligence feedsEliminate Critical Risk
60% faster
with a one-click workflow and ITSM integrationsIn today's dynamic business landscape, scalability, flexibility, and seamless orchestration of asset data are essential for effective cyber risk management. While other solutions like Tenable fall short, Qualys offers a superior approach tailored to unique needs of modern enterprises.
Top 5 reasons to switch to Qualys from Tenable
Data without actionable risk insights
Tenable One's dependency on separate portals for managing cloud, on-premises, and external asset data flows frequently leads to fragmented operations and strained relationships between IT and security teams. In contrast, Qualys provides a unified experience with a single source of risk guidance.
Limited external attack surface management
While Tenable One lacks the ability to unify catalogs and manage external, internal, traditional, and cloud asset data, Qualys excels with natively integrated & orchestrated data flows.
No remediation / Slow MTTR
Qualys outpaces remediation of zero-day threats to under 4 hours, while Tenable One often takes six times longer. Tenable’s lack of patch management further slows mitigation.
Vulnerabilities lack risk-based prioritization
Tenable One lacks remediation capabilities, while the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform uses TruRisk scoring to uniformly and effectively prioritize vulnerabilities.
Not able to measure risk in real time
Tenable One cannot provide granular business context for actionable real-time insights. Qualys delivers real-time risk measurement needed for demonstrating ROI and security success.
Still not convinced?
The Enterprise TruRisk Platform is the only natively developed cyber risk management platform.
Because it’s built on a foundation of risk-based vulnerability management, it’s a highly scalable solution that allows businesses to add in external attack surface management, patch management, web application scanning (WAS), first-party (custom) software risk management, endpoint detection and response, policy compliance, and cloud workflow protection (CWPP) - all with the click of the mouse.
Combined with the scalability and flexibility of Qualys VMDR and TotalCloudTM 2.0, the Enterprise TruRisk Platform provides you with a unified view of your entire risk posture by leveraging powerful functionality. Let’s compare the difference.
How Qualys compares to Tenable
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 Ease of DeploymentCloud-delivered or on-premises with 100% feature parity. |  PartialCloud-based service and additional platform features require managing an on-premises version of the product. | |
Asset CoverageCovers the entire Hybrid IT landscape, on-premises servers (Windows, Linux, Mac), workstations, network devices, cloud assets, databases, containers, and more. |  PartialCovers servers, workstations, network devices, cloud assets, databases, containers, cloud storage, smartphones, tablets, and OT infrastructure. | |
Agent SupportSupports Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, IBM AIX, Red Hat CoreOS, Solaris, and Chrome OS. | PartialSupports Windows, Linux, and macOS. | |
Vulnerability IdentificationDetected using network scanners, agents, containers, passive scanners, and API connections. |  PartialDetected using vulnerability scanner appliances powered by Nessus. | |
Six Sigma AccuracyQualys consistently exceeds Six Sigma with 99.99966% accuracy. | PartialClaims Six Sigma accuracy with Nessus but lacks integrated remediation capabilities. | |
Comprehensive Vulnerability Coverage102K+ CVEs including AI-specific detections and deep scanning for open-source components. | PartialCovers 90K+ CVEs with plugins added within 24 hours of disclosure. | |
Real-time Vulnerability AssessmentMean time to detect new vulnerabilities is 4 hours or less. | PartialNot clearly specified how quickly real-time detection occurs. | |
Security ConfigurationVMDR provides CIS benchmark-based configuration assessments. | PartialCIS benchmark assessments require separate on-premise solutions. | |
Vulnerability PrioritizationUses 25+ threat intelligence sources to assign TruRisk ratings. | PartialUses a priority rating combining threat intelligence to predict exploit likelihood. | |
Asset Discovery and InventoryUses passive sensors and agents to build real-time hybrid IT inventories. | PartialUses discovery scans, web apps, and cloud connectors for asset inventory. | |
Risk RemediationPerforms patch detection & deployment without requiring VPN. |  PartialRelies on third-party systems such as BigFix, SCCM, and WSUS. | |
Risk ReportingProvides ready dashboards for risk visibility across environments. | PartialProvides custom reporting with eight widget types. | |
IntegrationsComes with full-featured ITSM app for ServiceNow with change mgmt. | PartialProvides limited ServiceNow integration without change mgmt or exception handling. |
Say goodbye to your fragmented approaches and hello to a unified system that maximizes your security efforts.
The Enterprise TruRisk Platform provides you with a unified view of your entire cyber risk posture so you can efficiently aggregate and measure all Qualys & non-Qualys risk factors in a unified view, communicate cyber risk with context to your business, and go beyond patching to eliminate the risk that threatens the business in any area of your attack surface.
Qualys VMDR has helped us improve our program by providing additional threat and risk context to better identifr high-risk vulnerabilities. The transparency of the rating algorithm also made it easy to justify prioritization and align all relevant security and IT stakeholders so we could move quickly to remediate the risk.
Brian Penn
Manager, Security Posture at AflacWe performed a proof-of-concept exercise for the Enterprise TruRisk Platform, and the solutions ticked all of the boxes. Qualys offers accurate and reliable monitoring of vulnerabilities, with very low rates of false positives; allows for prompt management and resolution of potential threats; and helps us achieve full compliance with our internal and external security standards.
