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Qualys CSPM

About Qualys CSPM

Qualys CSPM is a cloud-native solution designed to continuously assess and improve the security posture of cloud environments. It provides enterprises with real-time visibility into their cloud assets, configurations, and compliance status across multiple cloud platforms. By automating the detection of misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance violations, Qualys CSPM helps organizations reduce risk and maintain a strong security posture in dynamic cloud environments.

Targeted at large enterprises with complex cloud infrastructures, Qualys CSPM supports security, compliance, and IT teams by delivering actionable insights and prioritized remediation guidance. Its integration with Qualys' broader security and compliance platform enables a unified approach to vulnerability management and cloud security. The primary value proposition lies in its ability to provide continuous monitoring, comprehensive risk assessment, and compliance assurance, helping CIOs and security leaders enforce governance and reduce the attack surface in multi-cloud deployments.

How to evaluate Cloud Security & CSPM

CIOPages Research Team evaluation framework for this category — not an assessment of Qualys CSPM. From our Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) buyer guide.

25%
Risk Prioritization & Attack-Path Analysis
Context graph that correlates misconfiguration, internet reachability, identity/permissions, vulnerabilities, secrets, and data sensitivity into ranked attack paths to crown-jewel assets; toxic-combination detection; quality of the “fix these 10” output versus raw finding volume; false-positive rate in your own accounts
20%
Coverage Model: Agentless Breadth vs. Runtime Depth
Agentless snapshot/API scanning for fast 100%-estate visibility versus agent/eBPF runtime for in-production threat detection (CDR); container, serverless, and Kubernetes (KSPM) coverage; how the two models combine without double-counting; performance impact and deployment friction
20%
Multi-Cloud & Platform Consolidation (CNAPP)
Depth and parity across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and Kubernetes from one console; how many of CSPM, CIEM, CWPP, DSPM, KSPM, and code/IaC security are genuinely unified on one data model versus bolted-on acquisitions; single policy and one risk score across domains
15%
Identity & Entitlements (CIEM)
Effective-permission analysis across human and machine identities, cross-account and federated role mapping, detection of unused and over-privileged entitlements, least-privilege right-sizing recommendations, and privilege escalation / lateral-movement path discovery
10%
Remediation, Automation & Developer Workflow
Guided and auto-remediation, IaC and pull-request fixes (shift-left to code), guardrails that prevent drift, ticketing/SOAR integration, ownership routing to the right team, and API/Terraform coverage for security-as-code
10%
Compliance, Reporting & SOC Integration
Out-of-the-box frameworks (CIS, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP, NIST) with custom policy authoring, audit-ready evidence and drift history, RBAC/SSO on the console, and clean export of correlated cloud risk into the SIEM/SOC rather than a siloed dashboard

Related Buyer Guides

Independent evaluation frameworks for this category.

API Security Platforms
The API is now the primary attack surface, and a WAF pointed at it isn't API security. Evaluate Salt, Akamai (Noname), Imperva, F5, Traceable, Wallarm, Cequence, and Data Theorem on whether they actually discover your shadow APIs and catch BOLA and business-logic abuse at runtime — not just sign endpoints off as “protected.”
Attack Surface Management (ASM / CTEM)
Evaluate Wiz, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, Microsoft Defender EASM, Cortex Xpanse, Censys, CyCognito, Tenable, and runZero across EASM, CAASM, and platform-embedded camps — judged on discovery accuracy and how cleanly the surface feeds prioritization, not how many assets it claims to find.
Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
Evaluate Netskope, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Zscaler, and Palo Alto for SaaS security, shadow IT discovery, and data protection.

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Quick Facts

www.qualys.com/apps/cloud-security
CategoryCybersecurity
SubcategoryCloud Security & CSPM
PricingSubscription
Founded1999
HeadquartersFoster City, USA
DeploymentSaaS
Target SizeEnterprise