Enhanced Cloud Security Tool Offered by Qualys for Security Consultants
In the rapidly evolving landscape of IT security, consultants are facing increasingly complex challenges, demands, and pressures. The intricate nature of customers' IT infrastructures, coupled with the aggression and effectiveness of hackers, necessitates a solution that streamlines the process of vulnerability and PCI compliance assessments.
Enter Qualys Consultant, a game-changing tool designed specifically for individual consultants, auditors, and security firms. This cloud-based, centrally managed software tool, built on the Qualys Cloud Platform, stands at the forefront of the market for such tools.
Qualys Consultant offers a laptop scanner that allows consultants to perform comprehensive security assessments on customer networks. The new packages aim to eliminate the time-consuming tasks of manually installing, managing, and administering these tools. With Qualys Consultant, consultants can focus on what truly matters: delivering accurate and timely security assessments.
The latest update of Qualys Consultant has been enhanced with new features, packages, and flexible pricing. This has resulted in simplified client engagements, increased productivity, and reduced costs. Qualys is adding two new Consultant packages to the suite, consolidating multiple comprehensive security assessment tools in a centralized console.
One of the standout features of Qualys Consultant is its report-generation capabilities. These allow for the creation of customized reports tailored to each client's specific needs. Additionally, the laptop scanner provides the same accuracy and cloud-based reporting as the Qualys Cloud Platform.
For security firms, Qualys Consultant Professional is a new package offering a centralized cloud-based console and flexible scanner options. This package also includes powerful tools such as Qualys ThreatPROTECT, Security Assessment Questionnaire, Web Application Scanning, and Policy Compliance.
The Security Assessment Questionnaire module, available as an optional extra, automates the process of surveying an organization's vendors and third parties for risk assessments. It evaluates critical areas such as business continuity plans and human resources procedures.
Qualys Consultant Professional allows teams of consultants to perform remote or local vulnerability and PCI scanning, scheduling, reporting, and remediation services. It does not require the setting up of servers, installation of software, management of storage, or physical presence on customer premises, thanks to its virtual, remotely-managed scanner appliances.
Another significant advantage of Qualys Consultant is its affordability. The base package starts at $2,995 per scanner (annually), including unlimited scans. Qualys Consultant Professional, meanwhile, features an affordable price of $4,995 per scanner (annually) in its unlimited scan version.
Organizations entrust security consultants with high-stakes jobs of making comprehensive and accurate security assessments of their IT environments. With Qualys Consultant, consultants can deliver on this responsibility with ease and efficiency, helping to ensure the security of businesses across the globe.
However, there is currently no publicly available news about which security consulting firms use the latest update of the Qualys Consultant package or how their use of Qualys Consultant has impacted their business performance. As more firms adopt this innovative tool, it will be interesting to see how it shapes the future of IT security consultancy.
