Integrate Qualys VMDR with Vulnetix. Export vulnerability detections via the Qualys API in JSON or XML format for centralised management.
How Vulnetix compares: better together
Vulnetix does not replace Qualys VMDR. Keep running it. Vulnetix sits on top of Qualys VMDR (and every other scanner you already own) turning disconnected tool outputs into one prioritised, fixable queue.
Qualys VMDR is strongest at its core category and also carries features in Cloud Security & CSPM, Container & Image Scanning, Compliance & Policy Engines, just as Vulnetix spans categories.
| Capability | Vulnetix | Qualys VMDR |
|---|---|---|
| Security coverage | ||
| SAST (static code analysis) | ✓ Built-in rules + Semgrep augmentation | ✗ |
| SCA / dependencies | ✓ 40+ ecosystems, transitive graph | ~ Authenticated software inventory maps installed packages to CVEs (host-level) |
| DAST (dynamic testing) | ~ Ingests DAST results; no native dynamic engine | ✗ |
| Container & image | ✓ Image CVEs, base image, Dockerfile | ~ Qualys Container Security scans images/registries and runtime (separate module) |
| IaC / misconfiguration | ✓ Terraform, k8s, CloudFormation | ✗ |
| Secret scanning | ✓ 1,000+ rules, source + binary + git history | ✗ |
| Cloud / CSPM | ✓ Cloud-posture findings, compliance tab | ~ TotalCloud CSPM module provides cloud posture assessment within the Enterprise TruRisk platform |
| Mobile (MAST) | ~ Ingests mobile scanner output; no native mobile engine | ✗ |
| License compliance | ✓ SPDX, copyleft/AGPL/SSPL policy | ✗ |
| SBOM generation | ✓ CycloneDX 1.7 + SPDX 2.3, cosign-signable | ✗ |
| Malware / supply-chain | ✓ De-duplicated corpus + install-time firewall (25+ registries) | ✗ |
| Network / infra vuln | ~ Ingests network scanner output; no native network scanner | ✓ Core: agent + network authenticated/unauthenticated vulnerability detection |
| Fuzzing | ✗ Ingests fuzzing crashes; no native fuzzer | ✗ |
| Pentest / bug bounty | ✗ Ingests pentest/bug-bounty findings; not a testing service | ✗ |
| The Vulnetix orchestration layer | ||
| Cross-scanner dedup & one queue (ASPM) | ✓ Correlates every scanner into one prioritised queue with ownership routing | ~ Correlates findings per asset across agent/scan sources into unified risk view (single-vendor, not cross-scanner ASPM) |
| Exploit-intel prioritisation | ✓ EPSS, CISA KEV, Coalition ESS, CWSS, Vulnetix LEV | ✓ TruRisk QDS blends EPSS, CISA KEV, exploit maturity, malware/ransomware and threat-actor intel |
| Reachability analysis | ✓ Tree-sitter + CVEAffected; direct/transitive/semantic | ✗ |
| Versioned VEX + audit trail | ✓ Immutable OpenVEX/CycloneDX, cosign-signable | ✗ |
| Safe Harbour autofix | ✓ Resolves + applies the nearest safe version | ~ VMDR 2.0 automated remediation workflows and integrated patch management |
| End-of-life policy | ✓ Flags/blocks past-EOL runtimes & packages | ✗ |
| SSVC / risk-based policy | ✓ SSVC v2 + CISA/FedRAMP/Essential-8 presets | ✗ |
✓ full · ~ partial · ✗ not covered
What Qualys VMDR does well
- Enterprise-grade agent + authenticated/unauthenticated network scanning at scale with mature asset inventory and REST/API export
- TruRisk (QDS/QVS) prioritisation drawing on 25+ threat/exploit sources including CISA KEV, EPSS, Metasploit, Canvas, malware and ransomware signals across 185k+ CVEs
- Single-platform breadth: TotalCloud CSPM, Container Security, patch/remediation automation and ServiceNow workflow integration
- Automated remediation and patch orchestration built into VMDR 2.0 to close the detect-to-fix loop
Where Vulnetix adds to it: Vulnetix ingests and orchestrates Qualys VMDR output. It does not run network/agent scans itself. Where TruRisk consolidates Qualys' own telemetry, Vulnetix is a vendor-neutral ASPM layer that dedups VMDR host CVEs together with independent SAST/SCA/IaC/secrets scanners into one prioritised queue, adds reachability, immutable versioned VEX + audit, Safe Harbour autofix PRs and SSVC policy across the whole software supply chain rather than infrastructure alone.
No migration, no rip-and-replace. Qualys VMDR keeps doing what it does best; Vulnetix adds the orchestration, exploit-intelligence prioritisation and remediation layer built for the way AppSec works today.
Centralise Qualys VMDR results in Vulnetix
Upload Qualys VMDR JSON, XML output to the Vulnetix platform to deduplicate findings, prioritise them with EPSS, CISA KEV and Coalition ESS exploit intelligence, and track remediation across every scanner in a single queue.