Qualys and Azure: Strengthening Linux Security in AKS and ACI | Qualys
Summary: Qualys introduced a capability to scan Microsoft Azure Linux instances directly using the Qualys Cloud Agent, aimed at managing risk at both the host OS and container levels in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). The offering combines host scanning, Qualys Container Security for container workloads, and TotalCloud CSPM for posture management and compliance, with a quote from Microsoft's Ravi Rao, Director of the Linux Platforms Group, on real-time visibility into deployments.
What you should know: Containers are ephemeral and sit under a shared responsibility model between host OS and container, so vulnerabilities can propagate rapidly across environments - the gap Qualys is positioning its agent to close is the same one where your existing controls may have no visibility at all.
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