Adaptive Cloud Risk Assessment with the Agentic AI Agent Vikram
Summary: Qualys introduced an Agentic AI capability in its Enterprise TruRisk Management platform, with an agent named Vikram that connects to cloud providers through existing connectors to inventory VM instances and determine which ones are not being scanned. Qualys research cited in the post found that over 30% of virtual machines have high or critical vulnerabilities, and the agent autonomously selects and applies a scanning method for each workload based on its runtime state and system configuration.
Key Takeaway: Qualys's own research puts more than 30% of virtual machines at high or critical vulnerability levels, and the instances going unscanned are exactly where those flaws persist - so the coverage gap, not the vulnerability count, is the number to sit with.
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