About Qualys Cloud
Qualys Cloud VA is a cloud-based vulnerability assessment solution offered by Qualys. It provides organizations with real-time visibility into their IT infrastructure's vulnerabilities, helping them proactively identify and address potential security risks. With its scalable and comprehensive capabilities, Qualys Cloud VA enables businesses to strengthen their security defenses and protect their critical assets from cyber threats.
Qualys' robust VA capabilities combined with the SIRP offer organizations a comprehensive view of their vulnerabilities. This integration allows for accurate identification, assessment, and prioritization of vulnerabilities across the entire infrastructure. SOC analysts and GRC teams can prioritize vulnerabilities based on severity, potential impact, and exploitability. This helps focus resources on addressing critical vulnerabilities that pose the highest risk to the organization.
Supported Actions:
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Get Scan Reports |
Ingest reports of current scans |
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Initiate Scan |
Initiate an automated scan from SIRP |
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Get Policies |
Get current policies from Qualys |
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Get Assets |
Ingest scanned Assets into SIRP from Qualys |
Configuring Qualys Cloud on SIRP
Prerequisites from Qualys
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Qualys Credentials
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Authentication with valid Qualys account credentials is required for making Qualys API requests to the Qualys API servers.
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API URLs
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For the integration to work, you will need the API Server URL and API Gateway URL. The corresponding URLs can be found in the following link. Choose the one used in your environment: https://www.qualys.com/platform-identification/
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(Note these down, as this information will be required later)
Enable the Qualys app in SIRP
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Search the app Qualys in SIRP and click on the Status toggle button to enable the app
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Enabling the app will redirect to the configuration form. Add configuration details a follows:
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Configuration Name can be any name of choice
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URL will be the API Server URL of your instance
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Gateway-URL will be the API Gateway URL of your instance.
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Username used to authenticate into Qualys
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Password used to authenticate into Qualys
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Once the configured details are added, click Save. You have successfully configured Qualys.
The following guide covers how you can use Qualyst integration for Importing Assets from Qualys:
http://docs.sirp.io/en/articles/8123926-qualys-integration-exporting-assets