- Qualys (QLYS, Financial) announces Policy Audit, enhancing its compliance solution for continuous audit readiness.
- The solution boasts a 95% reduction in audit failures and a 50% cut in audit costs.
- Policy Audit covers 450 technologies and maps to over 90 frameworks, ready by Q2 2025.
Qualys, Inc. (QLYS), a leader in cloud-based IT, security, and compliance solutions, has unveiled Policy Audit, a significant enhancement to its policy compliance offering. Designed to streamline audit processes and ensure continuous readiness, this update prioritizes risk-based remediation and automates evidence collection.
Policy Audit expands its coverage to 450 technologies and leverages over 1,000 out-of-the-box policies across more than 90 frameworks, including PCI DSS 4.0, DORA, NIST, and FedRAMP. This comprehensive solution aims to reduce audit failure rates by up to 95% while cutting associated costs by 50%.
A notable feature, Audit Fix, is introduced as an optional addition to Policy Audit. This feature allows proactive remediation of audit findings using pre-defined scripts and golden policies, seamlessly integrating into CI/CD pipelines to minimize breach exposure.
The enhanced Policy Audit will be available in the second quarter of 2025, with a 30-day trial option for interested customers. This strategic launch comes at a time when nearly 70% of service organizations are required to comply with six or more regulatory frameworks, presenting a promising market opportunity for automated compliance solutions like those offered by Qualys.
