Complimentary Whitepaper

Transforming Government Cybersecurity

How a Risk Operations Center (ROC) Redefines Cyber Risk Management

Government Cyber Risk is Evolving. Your Strategy Should Too. Cyber threats are growing more sophisticated—fueled by AI, weaponized vulnerabilities, and expanding attack surfaces. For government agencies, the stakes are higher than ever: mission disruption, regulatory failures, and national security are all on the line. It’s time to move beyond fragmented tools and reactive security operations.

This whitepaper introduces a transformative model for cyber resilience: the Risk Operations Center (ROC) powered by Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Management (ETM)—the first cloud-native, FedRAMP Authorized ROC platform.

Why Read This Whitepaper

Learn how agencies can:

• Replace fragmented tools and reactive alerting with proactive, mission-aligned risk management
• Operationalize NIST and DoD Risk Management Frameworks (RMF) with real-time visibility and automation
• Break down silos between IT, cybersecurity, and mission teams to enable unified governance and faster remediation
• Prioritize and eliminate risks before they impact High Value Assets (HVAs), national missions, or regulatory compliance
• Navigate constrained resources with a consolidated platform that simplifies and automates cyber risk decisions

What You’ll Learn

• Why traditional SOCs are insufficient for managing cyber risk in government
• How a ROC redefines risk governance with business context, automation, and real-time telemetry
• The key components of a ROC—from unified asset inventory to risk response orchestration
• How Qualys ETM enables a fully operational ROC across cloud, OT, on-prem, and hybrid environments
• How agencies can align cyber risk to mission objectives—ensuring security investments support what matters most
• Designed for Government. Built for Mission Impact.

FedRAMP Authorized, Qualys ETM empowers agencies to:

• Consolidate risk signals across their cyber ecosystem
• Quantify exposure in dollars and mission-critical context
• Automate mitigation workflows across IT and cybersecurity teams