Re: Vulnerability Assessment Scanner qualysguard

["Beechey, Jim" <beechey () NORTHWOOD EDU>]

Anand

We have used Qualys for 2 years now and are very satisfied.  We have three scanners, one at each of our main campuses.  
Qualys has great reporting and is extremely easy to setup and maintain.  I have only encountered two false positives in 
two years.  We've also been able to take advantage of built in integration with our SIM.  They won't be the cheapest 
solution, but I feel the cost is well worth it.  Data is stored at their data centers, but we were able to live with 
this risk given the protections in place.

Feel free to contact me directly if I can answer any specifics.
Jim

Jim Beechey
Associate Director, Networks and Information Security
Northwood University
4000 Whiting Drive
Midland, MI 48640
989-837-4169
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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Anand S 
Malwade
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 4:30 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Vulnerability Assessment Scanner qualysguard


 We are looking to deploy a Vulnerability Management scanning solution and potentially looking at the qualys-guard on 
demand system taking into consideration of ease of deployment and maintenance.  I would like to know if any other 
universities have evaluated/deployed this solution and feedback on the same.

Thanks,
Anand

Anand Malwade
Seton Hall University