At the moment, the organization where I work, Alior Bank, is using Qualys TotalCloud, although in the past we used Nessus Professional, which we dropped about two years ago. It was Professional, not the enterprise Tenable version, just Nessus.

I have been familiar with Qualys TotalCloud from the beginning of the implementation in our bank, which was in 2024 when we purchased it and started implementing it. I am part of the implementation and current management of Qualys TotalCloud.

Regarding Kubernetes and containers, I don't recall if it's part of Qualys TotalCloud or a different component.

We are utilizing Azure and GCP with Qualys TotalCloud.

Qualys TotalCloud provides unified vulnerability and threat assessment across both IAS and SaaS.

This solution provides a single prioritized view of risk, which helps reduce the work I would have to do. We are no longer based on CVSS; we are based on Qualys risk scoring, which is based on CVSS plus internal findings made by Qualys, and then assigns its own score.

The TruRisk insight feature has found a small number of assets with high vulnerability scores, though I am cautious since some information is classified.

Qualys TotalCloud has positively impacted our bank's performance, and we have definitely seen benefits after implementing this solution.

Improvements in Qualys TotalCloud could include technologies to cover compliance scanning, such as CIS benchmark scanning. It is somewhat difficult to set up Qualys TotalCloud properly for certain technologies. Additionally, while they moved to UI4, which is nicer, some parts of Qualys TotalCloud dashboards still look very old. You can switch between those interfaces and adopt them because some things are better in the new one, while others are not.

Overall, Qualys TotalCloud is a stable solution. I remember encountering a problem once, which was an issue for the whole EU2 platform and affected tenants on Qualys TotalCloud placed in EU2 areas. As I saw on the status page, it was only a problem in Europe, not in America or Asia.

Regarding technical support from Qualys, they respond, but the response time can be too long. Sometimes we need to wait weeks for solutions to simple questions.

If I had to rate Qualys support based on my experience from one to ten, I would say around six or weak seven, perhaps six plus.

It is difficult to compare the helpfulness of written explanations with other solutions as we used Nessus for a few years. We only had two or three years of experience with that support, and it was simply Nessus Professional and not Tenable Enterprise, so I could not make a comparison. However, currently we have very good support from our integrator, plus the support from Qualys itself.

Regarding deployment of Qualys TotalCloud, the installation of Cloud agents was given to administrators from each team who manage servers and workstations, including components in Azure or GCP cloud. This was not handled by me or my team, as I work in the cybersecurity department. We manage the use of Qualys TotalCloud, but installation is up to the administrators, and we provide them support.

Currently, in the cybersecurity department, we have two people involved in the deployment of Qualys TotalCloud, along with over one hundred administrators involved in implementing and installing agents on the machines.

The deployment of Qualys TotalCloud within our organization was a continuous process. However, the installation of Cloud agents on the machines took place within two to three months, about a quarter.

The benefits we see are related to cost reductions.

For a mid-size bank like ours, the licensing cost for Qualys TotalCloud is cheap. Tenable Enterprise costs double that of Qualys TotalCloud and Rapid7. We explored those three solutions and decided to go with Qualys TotalCloud.

Qualys TotalCloud provides written explanations to help guide remediation paths and eliminate cyber risks in our organization. I would rate this review an eight overall.

I am working with Qualys TotalCloud for vulnerability management, and the major use cases are patch management and scanning.

If I had to say something positive about the product that brings me the biggest benefit, I would say it has accurate reports, gets new update CVEs, zero-day attack detection, and is easy to manage with its GUI. Qualys TotalCloud does provide written explanations to help guide remediation paths and thus eliminate cyber risk. When it provides written explanations with guidance to remediate a path and eliminate cyber risk, it helps in general and helps a lot. The product does have a so-called TruRisk Insights feature, but I do not have experience with it. Qualys TotalCloud for vulnerability management provides unified vulnerability and threat assessment across both IaaS and SaaS, and I think overall it helps with security posture management. It is very good for patching vulnerabilities and getting zero-day attacks with accurate reports, not like Nessus. With Nessus, if you start to scan, it gives you many vulnerabilities, but it is not accurate and shows old vulnerabilities. If you compare it with Qualys TotalCloud, it is accurate and has updated CVEs. It saves a lot of time.

If Qualys could add some new features to Qualys TotalCloud in future releases, the results for the report and remediation should be more clear and very straightforward. Once we export the report, sometimes we do not get the correct path to patching the vulnerability.

I have been working with the product for around two years, and in general, I have been in this domain with security products for around 12 or 13 years.

Qualys TotalCloud is stable.

Regarding scalability, I would rate it seven out of ten. The reason I rate it seven points, not ten points, is that it is not that easy to manage. The problem when I manage it basically is that you need someone who has some experience to manage it, as it is not user-friendly.

The technical support from Qualys is good, to be honest.

Apart from Tenable and Qualys, I did not work with any other competitors. I only worked with these two and OpenVAS, which is an open-source solution for vulnerability assessment.

The installation of Qualys TotalCloud is very straightforward, and you can easily install the agent for Windows, Linux, and Mac.

I cannot provide information about seeing ROI with Qualys TotalCloud.

The price is very expensive, actually.

If I compare Qualys TotalCloud with other vendors, I compare it with Nessus and Tenable. If I compare Qualys TotalCloud and Tenable, I would say Qualys TotalCloud is better in terms of functionality, and Tenable is better in terms of price.

We are using Qualys TotalCloud Vulnerability Management and web applications, enterprise solutions, plus Nessus also. For vulnerability management, we installed an agent for each machine and servers and start scanning to get the vulnerabilities.

If I speak about some negative sides of Qualys TotalCloud, I think the negative side is the license. It accounts for approximately 30 percent of the concerns.

Qualys TotalCloud provides container security, vulnerability management, posture management, and more.

Qualys TotalCloud saves about a third of resources. Qualys TotalCloud provides written explanations to guide remediation paths and eliminate cyber risk, and I appreciate the written explanation and the visualization of attack paths.

Qualys TotalCloud provides unified vulnerability and threat assessment for IaaS and SaaS. Qualys TotalCloud provides a single prioritized view of risk, which helps reduce my workload by not having to combine multiple sources.

In my opinion, what can be improved in Qualys TotalCloud includes pricing and container scanning.

I started working with Qualys TotalCloud approximately one year ago.

I assess Qualys TotalCloud as stable, and I would rate it an 8, with 10 being the best.

I would rate Qualys TotalCloud a 7 for scalability on a scale from 1 to 10.

I would rate the technical support for Qualys TotalCloud about a 7 on a scale from 1 to 10.

It is easy to deploy Qualys TotalCloud.

Qualys TotalCloud is on the pricier side, and I would rate the pricing around an 8 on a scale from 1 to 10.

I compare Qualys TotalCloud with other solutions and other vendors as a good contender, though I acknowledge there are differences. In comparison with other vendors, including Microsoft, Qualys TotalCloud holds its own but presents distinct features.

I do use the TruRisk Insight feature with Qualys TotalCloud. I assess the comprehensiveness and the range of risks found with TruRisk Insights as adequate.

The TruRisk Insights feature has found a small number of assets with high vulnerability scores. The effect of TruRisk Insights on security posture is significant, as it provides better awareness and focus on critical risks.

I would recommend this product to other users, and my advice would include doing a proof of concept to see if it fits their needs. I would rate this product an 8 overall.

I use Qualys TotalCloud for cloud security posture management across AWS and Google Cloud. I use this tool for compliance and other purposes. I scan AWS and Azure for S3 buckets, security groups, unencrypted databases, and generally for IAM roles. It helps in terms of securing the data. I also use CIS benchmarks as a standard for hardening cloud posture management. Qualys TotalCloud helps to ensure I am enforcing the CIS benchmarks automatically.

For the TrueRisk insights, it provides context-aware prioritization of findings, asset criticality, risk trends, and real-time exposures of risk parameters. It ensures I can make informed decisions with higher management.

FlexScan helps me run targeted, on-demand cloud security checks instead of waiting for full scheduled scans. It allows for immediate results on risky configurations or vulnerabilities after major configuration changes. I use it to validate checks post-scan.

TrueRisk Eliminates helps in lowering risks from the organization's context by comparing with global standards. Though not used extensively, it aids in reducing exposure ratings or ensuring compliance.

One of the valuable features of Qualys TotalCloud is its recurring scanning patterns, which detect misconfigurations, risky configurations, and weak IAM policies. The tool automates the maintenance of CIS benchmarks at scale, which is very useful. Qualys TotalCloud serves as a single-point tool integrating various modules such as VM and policy compliance and security, providing a holistic view of my security posture.

Qualys TotalCloud provides threat intelligence feeds or threat integration, enabling me to mix data with other modules to identify recurring vulnerabilities or threats I face in my organization.

From a downside perspective, the UI is not user-friendly and feels dated compared to other tools like Prisma Cloud. The navigation is difficult in terms of understanding risk relationships. Attack path analysis is another area needing improvement. It struggles to predict how attackers may move through phases. Automating remediation could also be improved, as many tasks remain manual. The lack of data load speed sometimes leads to system lags. Customizing reports based on business standards is cumbersome. Pricing is high compared to competitors.

Installation could be simplified with fewer integration issues. Documentation focused on detailed user cases with if and else scenarios would be beneficial.

I have been using Qualys TotalCloud for the past four years with different organizations. I have been with two organizations in the past four years and have been using it at both.

It happens not very often, but sometimes it does occur. In terms of stability, I could say Qualys TotalCloud operates at 95% of the time, and the rest 5% depends on how I manage it.

From a scalability standpoint, I could say it is 90% scalable. The remaining 10% presents a challenge that Qualys could address.

From a technical support perspective, those individuals are competent enough to provide information regarding the product. They offer level one support initially, escalating as needed. I rate them four out of five because they respond quickly if issues are marked as high priority. I would give them 8.5.

I used Prisma Cloud previously. Prisma Cloud has better navigation and UI compared to Qualys TotalCloud. However, I have taken a whole package of Qualys and tend to use it.

In terms of installation, it could be simplified compared to other tools due to its packaging and tooling. A lack of specific help articles and integration issues are present. From a security standpoint, it is good but requires time.

For one of the organizations, I partnered with Qualys as a team since I have large projects. They assisted with a global rollout.

Pricing compared to competitor tools is high. My costs depend on asset subscriptions. Pricing remains constant regardless of asset utilization, whereas other tools employ a credit system.

Prisma Cloud and similar tools have slight variations in flow but follow the same frameworks. Prisma Cloud offers user-friendly navigation that is better than Qualys TotalCloud.

From a technical support perspective, those individuals are competent enough to provide information regarding the product feel. They provide level one support first to understand better. If they cannot resolve the issue, they can escalate it to the next level and come on a call. However, it does not make sense for them to escalate if it is a medium or low priority issue; they address those according to their SLAs. From another perspective, there could be some downsides. In my opinion, this is the best tool. My overall review rating for Qualys TotalCloud is 8.

I have approximately three to four years of experience working with Qualys TotalCloud.

I have been using Qualys TotalCloud while working with EY, Ernst & Young, where I utilize cloud tools for Qualys, employing two types of tools: one for policy and compliance, for security and compliance audits, and another for security audits such as vulnerability assessments and risk assessments. Based on that tool, it is very easy to go through the inventory and easily deploy the compliance policies as needed while also receiving comprehensive assessment scores.

I use Qualys TotalCloud primarily for compliance and cloud security, and I am also getting certified from Qualys in both compliance auditing and vulnerability management, making me a certified specialist for Qualys.

In Qualys TotalCloud, everything is in a single platform and as a unified CNAP application, it combines CSPM, CWPM, CIEMs, and workload securities with a lightweight agent that covers everything, including cloud resources, configuration, misconfigurations, and shadow assets, allowing us to work around AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms while generating compliance reports and providing end-users with easy access to dashboard audit reports and executive views.

To eliminate cyber risk, I think the best method in Qualys TotalCloud is correlating vulnerability exposure and configuration with identity instead of just CVs, making it the perfect option for use within Qualys TotalCloud. If someone were to ask me to review Qualys TotalCloud, I would summarize it as an end-to-end solution for cloud security with visibility and governance-grade controls without needing to manage multiple disconnected tools. In comparison to other tools such as Prisma, Wiz, and Defender, Qualys TotalCloud helps unify vulnerability and threat assessment in IaaS and SaaS environments because it has an intuitive web interface that is simple enough for anyone to learn with just a few hours of preliminary training, allowing users to easily deploy initial assets and policy configurations as needed while generating customized reports.

I have compared Qualys TotalCloud with other vendors such as Prisma, Wiz, and Defender, noting that despite some limitations in those other tools, Qualys TotalCloud performs exceptionally well across various compliance requirements, offering a simple interface for customizing reports while meeting auditors' needs with regulatory benchmarks, including CIS, NIST, ISO, and PCI.

Qualys TotalCloud provides a single unified dashboard for all types of reports, executive views, and dashboards, allowing you to easily access key summaries and recommendations.

I think Qualys TotalCloud needs to improve its handling of zero-day vulnerabilities and supply chain management because modern ransomware attacks not only target prime critical infrastructures but also the supply chain system. If Qualys TotalCloud can solely assess risks based on initially added assets, there may be vulnerabilities within supporting firms that go undetected.

For stability, I would rate Qualys TotalCloud a nine out of ten. While there may be occasional disruptions due to internet connectivity issues, the application supports both offline and online functionality, maintaining operability even under hybrid working conditions.

Qualys TotalCloud is highly scalable, rated at ten out of ten, facilitating easy scale-up or scale-down based on audit and compliance needs.

I rate the technical support from Qualys TotalCloud a perfect ten out of ten because whenever we log incidents, all service level agreements are met within half an hour, with prompt provision of root cause analyses by the support teams.

I have limited feedback on how Qualys TotalCloud helps my cloud security posture management, but it works well with misconfiguration detections and provides deep mapping with CIS, NIST, ISO frameworks, PCI compliance, and regulatory benchmarks.

In terms of pricing, compared with the top market leaders in Gartner's reports, I find Qualys TotalCloud to have a reasonable standard rate, which is not too hard to access. They have also introduced use case basis rates that allow auditors to purchase specific instances of the cloud service, leading to a flexible pay-per-usage model.

Overall, deploying Qualys TotalCloud across all cloud platforms is very easy.

We handle clients of all sizes, including direct work with government entities, and are currently deployed in various states within government and public sectors.

Vendor maintenance, such as patches for Qualys TotalCloud, is conducted promptly. I observe that if a zero-day vulnerability emerges, the vendor deploys patches as per market recommendations without significant delays.

While we do not work directly with Qualys in our organization, I utilize it during audit activities at client premises alongside various other tools such as Metasploit, Rapid7, and others that I prefer not to disclose. We can deploy Qualys TotalCloud where needed, particularly for presentation layers, while other tools handle deeper network layer security requirements.

I recommend Qualys TotalCloud, having written various articles on it. I suggest potential users align their use cases with its capabilities before deciding, as a proof of concept could be beneficial.

I have given this review an overall rating of eight out of ten.

I use Qualys TotalCloud for vulnerability as a service, vulnerability management as a service. I use it to check my devices to see if they're free from vulnerabilities, to send updates, and also as a form of inventory for the devices.

I can use Qualys TotalCloud to uninstall unwanted devices, which is great. I can also use the feature of seeing what my vulnerabilities are, a form of inventory, and knowing the criticals and the less criticals. Once you have your vulnerabilities fixed and your patches pushed out using Qualys TotalCloud, then you are able to eliminate threats and cyber risk. Qualys TotalCloud is also used to provide unified vulnerability and threat assessment across both IaaS and SaaS.

I sometimes have difficulty detecting or uninstalling certain versions of applications, which I have to do manually. More advanced features or AI could improve this process. A single prioritized view of risk is also lacking, which could enhance decision-making. Additionally, it could use improvements to perform actions without requiring manual intervention.

I have been using Qualys TotalCloud for one year now.

It is stable. I have not had any issues with it.

I rate the documentation they provide or the knowledge base between five to seven.

I have done POC with Okta and CrowdStrike. Qualys TotalCloud focuses on vulnerability management and security features. Okta focuses more on identities and IAMs. CrowdStrike is more of intrusion detection and assessment.

The application was quite easy to deploy in over 3,000 applications using Qualys TotalCloud.

It's just me using Qualys TotalCloud. The users don't really have anything to do with it. I do all the admin side from my end.

The return on investment I've seen in the past year with Qualys TotalCloud is quite significant, around 10% to 20%.

Qualys TotalCloud's pricing is fair. It is not expensive and is affordable.

Cloud security posture changes with time when using Qualys TotalCloud. It depends on how early you detect threats and fix them. Qualys TotalCloud doesn't provide a single prioritized view of risk. The product does what it says it's going to do, so I recommend it. I rate Qualys TotalCloud six out of ten.

We are managing AWS, Azure, as well as Google Cloud services in the cloud. We have different applications using those. We were previously checking the configurations manually. Qualys is helping us identify vulnerabilities related to the cloud. It identifies if something is misconfigured or if any AWS key or private key is exposed. We receive this information from Qualys TotalCloud.

Qualys TotalCloud provides written explanations to help guide the remediation paths and eliminate cyber risk. We are using TruRisk for the remediations. The TruRisk shows anything critical, and we can then focus on that. We also assess manually whether an asset is a critical target or not.

Qualys TotalCloud provides a single, prioritized view of risk. We are using CIS-CAT standards to harden our clouds, such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. We are able to analyze the scans and identify which policies have failed and how we can remediate them. We can customize policies as per our organization's requirements. That is very helpful for us.

With the TruRisk Insights feature, security has significantly improved. In six months of using it, we see that everything is under control. We've solved many problems related to asset management, cloud configuration, and the new asset identification. If an application team has onboarded any cloud asset, we can see that. We have that information now.

The best features in Qualys TotalCloud include the total asset management of the cloud environment. It is very easy to export the report and see the vulnerabilities related to the cloud specifically. We can segregate that particular report and give it to the appropriate team for remediation. Before, we were doing it manually. From the whole sheet, we had to find out the cloud vulnerabilities and check manually if it was a cloud vulnerability.

It is very helpful for us to generate reports related to the cloud vulnerabilities.

The onboarding process is a bit difficult. In the initial phase, it is very difficult to understand the features, what the dashboard contains, and what criteria they are using. This information is very difficult to understand as a newcomer to Qualys TotalCloud. Once we learn it, it becomes easy. It is hard for a complete newcomer.

I have been using Qualys TotalCloud for the last six months. There was one Qualys conference, and after that, we purchased it. Our management people were there, and they saw the usage of Qualys TotalCloud and how we could secure the cloud environment. They looked at how we can identify cloud vulnerabilities. That's why they decided to use this product.

Qualys TotalCloud is stable. We didn't experience any lag or slowness issues. They inform us beforehand that maintenance is scheduled, and there might be some slowness. Apart from that, there are no issues. I would rate it a ten out of ten for stability.

For scalability, I would rate it a ten out of ten. It does not matter how many assets we have; it's very manageable. It's centralized.

Our environment consists of multiple clouds and multiple locations. We have only three members using Qualys TotalCloud. The team is narrow. After six months, more users will come since they're having different customizations available.

The support from Qualys TotalCloud is a ten out of ten. The support team is very helpful in every aspect. If we get any issues, we can directly communicate with them. They have been helpful from day one. They have been solving issues efficiently.

Before using Qualys TotalCloud, we were using the cloud-native tools. For example, for AWS, we used the AWS console. We were doing the misconfiguration identification manually, checking everything manually. If any new policies or vulnerabilities came, we needed to check those manually. They provided some advice, and we relied on them, but we don't need to depend on them anymore. Qualys TotalCloud is identifying everything, and we take action based on that.

The deployment was handled by a third-party vendor. They completed it within one week because they had expertise in that. Afterward, they did a knowledge transfer with us about how we can deploy and the process involved.

Qualys TotalCloud does not require any maintenance as it is based on the cloud.

It isn't cheap, but it's reasonable. It helps us to manage things with very few resources.

Currently, AI access is restricted in our environment. We are testing the outcomes and possibilities. Within two months, we may start using GenAI.

I would definitely recommend Qualys TotalCloud to other users. If someone is looking for a centralized management tool while using different cloud platforms, Qualys TotalCloud is very helpful. It helps manage and identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. It helps with asset management. It helps understand how many AWS or Google Cloud instances are in the environments.

I would rate Qualys TotalCloud a ten out of ten.

Qualys TotalCloud is very helpful for me for auditing purposes.

Qualys TotalCloud has helped us with centralized cloud management. We have Azure and AWS machines on the cloud. Previously, we were facing a lot of issues with vulnerability remediation. With Qualys TotalCloud, we can see vulnerabilities and misconfigurations and provide them to the remediation team with a timeline for fixing. Previously, we were unable to do that. It has helped us identify and plan the timeframe for the updates.

Qualys TotalCloud helped us show the attack vectors and their criticality to the client. The client could take immediate action. Previously, the client could not understand how critical an issue was. This automation is beneficial for us compared to the manual process.

Qualys TotalCloud has made asset management easy. We have many cloud resources. Previously, the cloud team was not aware of all of the resources. It is pretty easy now because we have visibility into the assets hosted on the cloud.

Qualys TotalCloud provides a single, prioritized view of risk. It reduces the work needed to combine multiple sources to prioritize risk. We can see them categorized based on the criticality which saves time. Previously, it would take us a week to manage, investigate the issues, and configure three or four cloud resources. We can now do that in two days. Once we have the report, we need to analyze it and showcase it to the client. They can then start the remediation.

Over three months, we have seen 20% to 25% improvement in the security posture. It identified about 70% misconfigurations which have now been reduced to 20%.

With TotalCloud, we can scan through the API. If we are not able to deploy cloud agents on the machine, we can use the API. This feature is quite nice.

It is already perfect, but they can bring some newer dashboards and customization options for the dashboard. It would be great to be able to include on-prem assets on the dashboard. For example, when I am hosting my own server to the public, I should be able to segregate the dashboard to monitor that particular server.

I have been using Qualys TotalCloud for about three months.

Initially, we faced some performance issues. After implementing it, I noticed it took a lot of time to load. However, it was not an issue from the Qualys side, so we waited on our end. After logging out and in again, the issue was resolved, and it became perfectly smooth. The initial gathering of data seems to have contributed to the delay.

We have not scaled it yet.

We did not need any support so far because TotalCloud has been working well. However, in the future, I might require support, and I expect good assistance from the company. It should not take much time.

This is the first time I am working on a cloud security platform like this.

We did not encounter complexity because TotalCloud supports AWS. We do not need much customization or configuration either. The options for configuration are user-friendly. It took around two weeks to complete, with some management approval delays contributing to the timeframe.

Its maintenance is easy. We do not need more utilization or resources. We currently have 7 applications, and we will be onboarding 17 applications soon.

There are five members in our team. Three of us were deploying and configuring the cloud setup, while others managed tasks, analyzed errors, and showcased the progress to the client.

Its price seems higher compared to other tools, but it is worth it. If they could adjust the pricing and make it comparable with other tools, that would be great.

We evaluated WIZ cloud security. It has a limited number of dashboards, and customization is not possible. We have to rely on the data showcased on the dashboards, whereas Qualys TotalCloud shows us a lot of parameters and data which makes it easier to show information to the management.

I would definitely recommend it because it is easy to handle any cloud resources. Asset management is possible, and we can effectively do an audit of cloud resources.

I would rate Qualys TotalCloud a ten out of ten.