Qualys Patch Management (TruRisk Patch)

Turn vulnerability findings into deployed fixes, without a separate patch tool.

For many IT and security teams, the hardest part of vulnerability management is the fix itself: traditional patch tools can’t map vulnerabilities to remediation actions, so the correlation is done by hand. Qualys Patch Management (TruRisk Patch) is tightly integrated with VMDR and links each vulnerability to its remediation based on risk and business criticality. Part of TruRisk Eliminate on the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform, it lets you patch critical vulnerabilities across your global hybrid IT, OT and IoT landscape from one cloud platform and one agent.

Patch faster, and let risk decide what goes first

Traditional vulnerability management stops at reporting. With Qualys, VMDR and Patch Management share the same data, so remediation starts directly from the Qualys platform and automated workflows narrow the gap between detection and fix. In a Qualys comparison of remediation times for actively exploited vulnerabilities on the CISA/NCSC lists, customers using integrated Qualys patching remediated 43% faster on average. Qualys applied 110 million patches in 2024.

• Native vulnerability-to-patch mapping: Within the VMDR lifecycle, every vulnerability is linked to the patch that fixes it, with no spreadsheets or manual correlation.
• Risk-based, zero-touch deployment: Fully automate patch jobs based on risk so the most dangerous exposures close first.
• OS and third-party coverage: Patch Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems as well as third-party applications.
• Test, deploy, validate: Test patches before rollout, deploy them, then validate and track patch success.
• Patch caching: Qualys Gateway Service, a packaged virtual appliance, provides proxy services for the Cloud Agent and a cache for patches.
• One platform for IT and security: Both teams work from the same prioritized view, with fewer hand-offs and a shorter MTTR.

How it works

• Agent: The same lightweight Qualys Cloud Agent used for asset inventory, vulnerability and compliance, so there is nothing new to install.
• Supported platforms: Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems, plus third-party applications.
• Integration: Native to Qualys VMDR, and part of TruRisk Eliminate alongside TruRisk Mitigate and TruRisk Isolate for vulnerabilities that can’t be patched.
• Optional: Qualys Gateway Service for patch caching at distributed sites.

“Clearing the patch backlog”: Facing a long list of open findings, the team sorts them by TruRisk score in VMDR, sets up an automated patch job for actively exploited vulnerabilities on servers and third-party applications, and validates patch success from the same platform.

Ready to bring patching and vulnerability management together?

As Qualys’s distributor in Turkey, Komtera and its technical team help you design and deploy Qualys Patch Management. Get in touch to request a demo or a POC in your own environment.