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Enhancing Cloud-Native Security: Qualys Introduces Scanning for Container-Optimized OS in Google Kubernetes Engine
- Qualys has introduced a tool to scan Google cloud’s Container-Optimized OS instances directly, using the Qualys Cloud Agent, to enhance cloud-native security by offering comprehensive visibility into both the host OS and container.
- Containers bring added complexity and require a fresh approach to security, as vulnerabilities can quickly spread across systems and visibility into containerized applications is often limited.
- Securing containerized applications on Containers-Optimized OS poses challenges and lack of asset visibility, actionable intelligence and the need among other industries with stringent regulatory requirements for security auditing.
- Qualys addresses these challenges through host scanning Qualys Cloud Agent, Qualys TotalCloud CSPM and Qualys Container Security.
- With a comprehensive security solution, Qualys addresses these challenges by performing in-depth host scanning and Container Security scans container workloads in Google Cloud’s Container-Optimized OS, offering complete view of the cloud environment and empowering organizations to enforce security policies.
- Qualys targets Container-Optimized OS instances, ensuring vulnerabilities are swiftly detected and addressed and synchronized with instances running in GKE.
- Google Container-Optimized OS is open-source and designed to offer an immutable operating system with an emphasis on heightened security and scalability.
- Qualys Cloud Agent for Container-Optimized OS is containerized, lightweight and provides comprehensive host scanning to identify and remediate vulnerabilities effectively.
- Qualys TotalCloud CSPM offers a holistic view of cloud infrastructure with automated policy enforcement while Qualys Container Security offers comprehensive vulnerability management, malware detection, and actionable insights for threat mitigation.
- Qualys is the first and only solution capable of scanning Container-Optimized OS with the Qualys Cloud Agent.
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