Qualys Ransomware Risk Assessment service aims to help you thwart potential attacks

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Organizations grappling with the menace of ransomware tin present crook to a caller instrumentality to amended individuality the ways successful which they're susceptible to attack. Available starting Oct. 5, Qualys' Ransomware Risk Assessment service is designed to assistance you place and way the information and different assets astir susceptible to the menace of ransomware. Security vulnerabilities are matched with disposable patches that you tin deploy straight utilizing Qualys' Zero-Touch Patch tool.

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Cybercriminals similar to exploit known information holes to motorboat their attacks and compromise cardinal assets. But organizations often neglect to support up with the latest patches, leaving their systems, information and networks astatine risk. The extremity down the Ransomware Risk Assessment is to way down the astir susceptible assets, place the indispensable information patches and supply a mode to rotation retired those patches.

Based connected probe and cognition from the Qualys probe team, the Ransomware Risk Assessment instrumentality offers the pursuing cardinal details and capabilities.

• A presumption of internet-facing assets exposed to ransomware owed to vulnerabilities oregon misconfiguration.
• A database of the assets affected by each information vulnerability oregon misconfiguration.
• An overview of each unpatched vulnerabilities.
• Recommendations for the astir captious vulnerabilities connected which you should focus.
• The quality to way and measurement your effectiveness astatine responding to vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
• Best practices from CISA to ward disconnected ransomware attacks.

The Qualys Ransomware Risk Assessment service.

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Patch absorption itself is simply a large situation for galore organizations arsenic they conflict to support up with each the information vulnerabilities affecting their assets. Research from Qualys indicates that it tin instrumentality users arsenic galore arsenic 194 days connected mean to instal a spot for a ransomware-related flaw.

After your susceptible assets person been identified via the Risk Assessment tool, you tin crook to the Qualys Zero-Touch Patch tool, which offers its ain 60-day escaped trial. This work provides an automated patching diagnostic to assistance you rapidly respond to known vulnerabilities.

"Ransomware hazard is apical of caput for CISOs who are nary longer satisfied with reactive tools and generic guidelines," Qualys CEO and president Sumedh Thakar said successful a property release. "They privation actionable accusation to trim hazard proactively. The Qualys information squad has extensively researched past ransomware attacks arsenic good arsenic CISA, MS-ISAC and NIST guidance and operationalized it into a prescriptive, actionable program truthful companies tin proactively remediate to enactment up of ransomware attacks and trim their wide risk."

As portion of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Qualys is offering the Ransomware Risk Assessment instrumentality astatine nary outgo for the archetypal 60 days. To motion up for the escaped 60-day trial, spell to the Qualys Ransomware Risk Assessment online form. Beyond the 60 time trial, the outgo of the work varies based connected measurement and fig of assets. Contact Qualys directly for accusation connected pricing and different details.

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