Vulnerability management

Qualys expertise, delivered as a managed service.

Qualys is one of the most capable vulnerability and risk platforms on the market. Combined with Secure Chain's managed reporting and remediation, it becomes a measurable, business-aligned defence — not just another scanner.

The platform

Qualys VMDR — visibility, prioritisation and response in one place.

Qualys Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR) has evolved from a traditional scanner into a unified risk platform. It continuously discovers every asset across hybrid estates, identifies vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, prioritises them against real-world threat intelligence, and integrates patching and workflow automation in the same console.

For UK SMEs and regulated firms, that means one trusted source of truth for the board, the auditor, the cyber insurer and the IT team — instead of five tools that disagree with each other.

At a glance
  • • 10,000+ customers worldwide, including a third of the Forbes Global 500.
  • • 25+ years of vulnerability research and signature engineering.
  • • Six sigma scanning accuracy (less than 0.003% false positives).
  • • Cloud-native architecture — no on-premise infrastructure required.
  • • 200+ integrations including ServiceNow, Jira, Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel.
Capabilities

One platform, every surface.

Qualys covers the surfaces attackers actually use — not just servers behind the firewall. That breadth is what makes it suitable for an entire business, not a single team.

Continuous discovery

Agent, agentless and passive sensors map every asset — on-premise, cloud, OT and remote — without waiting for a scan window.

TruRisk prioritisation

Qualys TruRisk scoring blends CVSS, threat intelligence, exploit maturity and asset criticality to surface what actually matters.

Cloud & SaaS posture

Native coverage for AWS, Azure, GCP and Microsoft 365 — misconfigurations, identity risk and compliance drift in one console.

Container & Kubernetes

Image scanning, runtime protection and registry integration shift vulnerability management left without slowing delivery.

Endpoint & mobile

Lightweight Cloud Agent covers Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile estates — including roaming users that never touch the office network.

External attack surface

EASM continuously monitors internet-facing assets, shadow IT and exposed services from an attacker's perspective.

Patch & configuration

Qualys Patch Management deploys fixes directly from the same platform — closing the gap between detection and remediation.

Compliance reporting

Mapped evidence for Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, DSPT and the FCA operational resilience expectations.

Business benefits

Why companies of every size choose Qualys.

One platform, one source of truth

No more reconciling spreadsheets from five different scanners. Qualys consolidates discovery, vulnerability, configuration, EDR and compliance data into a single asset record.

Scales with the business

From a 25-seat law firm to a 5,000-endpoint healthcare group, the same platform — and the same managed service wrap — grows without re-architecting.

Risk reduction you can prove

TruRisk trend reporting lets boards, auditors and insurers see measurable risk reduction month on month — not just a count of patches applied.

Faster mean-time-to-remediate

Combined with Secure Chain's managed service, typical clients see critical-vulnerability MTTR drop from weeks to days within the first quarter.

Innovation

Constantly pushing the envelope.

Qualys reinvests heavily in research and engineering. The platform we deploy today is materially more capable than it was twelve months ago — and the roadmap keeps pace with attacker tradecraft.

  • TruRisk Eliminate — risk-based remediation that recommends compensating controls when patching isn't viable.
  • Enterprise TruRisk Management — unifies findings from Qualys and third-party tools into one risk fabric.
  • Qualys Flow — low-code automation for triage, ticketing and remediation workflows across ServiceNow, Jira and Teams.
  • FixIT and PatchIT — agent-driven patching for Windows, macOS, Linux and 200+ third-party applications.
  • Continuous innovation in AI-assisted detection, mobile threat defence and OT/IoT visibility.
Secure Chain + Qualys

The platform is powerful. The service is what makes it work.

A scanner only reduces risk when someone acts on the output. Secure Chain wraps Qualys with a UK-based managed service that turns findings into fixes — and findings into board-ready evidence.

Deploy & tune

We deploy Cloud Agents and scanners, baseline your environment and tune authenticated scanning so findings are accurate from day one.

Triage & prioritise

Our analysts review every critical and high finding, suppress noise, validate exploitability and align remediation to your change windows.

Remediate or advise

We can hand findings to your IT team with clear guidance, co-manage remediation, or take the work end-to-end through our patching service.

Report & govern

Monthly executive reports, board-ready risk trends and audit evidence packs — mapped to Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO 27001 controls.

Why Secure Chain

A delivery partner, not just a reseller.

We've been deploying and operating Qualys in regulated UK environments for years. Our engineers hold current Qualys certifications across VMDR, Patch Management, Policy Compliance and Cloud Security — and we run the platform every day, not just at deployment.

  • Certified Qualys engineers with hands-on VMDR, PM, EASM and Cloud Security experience.
  • UK-based SOC and service desk — no offshore handoffs, no language barriers.
  • industry-standard frameworks and ISO 27001 governed delivery.
  • Sector experience across legal, healthcare, financial services and professional services.
  • Fixed-fee managed service — predictable cost, no surprise overages.
Next step

See what Qualys finds in your environment.

Request a sample vulnerability report, or book a 30-minute call to scope a proof-of-value across a slice of your estate.