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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Vulnerability Management

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM by Kenna Security, which was acquired by Cisco in June of 2021), is a vulnerability management platform featuring real-time cyber-risk analysis and predictive modeling based on intelligence feeds and global attack telemetries to provide accurate, reliable risk prioritization and protection.N/A

    Qualys VMDR

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AQualys VMDR 2.0 with TruRisk gives enterprises visibility and insight into cyber risk exposure with the goal of making it easy to prioritize vulnerabilities, assets, or groups of assets based on business risk. Security teams can take action to mitigate risk, helping the business measure its true risk, and track risk reduction over time.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Cisco Vulnerability ManagementQualys VMDR
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Cisco Vulnerability Management and Qualys VMDR
    Feature
    Cisco Vulnerability Management
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Qualys VMDR
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Threat Recognition10.01 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification10.01 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting10.01 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Threat Analysis10.01 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting10.01 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification10.01 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Network Analytics00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management Tools
    Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Cisco Vulnerability Management and Qualys VMDR
    Feature
    Cisco Vulnerability Management
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Qualys VMDR
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    IT Asset Realization10.01 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Configuration Monitoring10.01 Ratings9.15 Ratings
    Vulnerability Intelligence10.01 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Authentication00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Web Scanning00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco Vulnerability ManagementQualys VMDR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Vulnerability ManagementQualys VMDR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    For user end devices this product has worked great for us. We have been able to find vulnerabilities/risks with certain software in bulk on devices and implement fixes for them very quickly. CVM has also provided us visabity on all our devices that we never had before and we can close gaps security wise a lot faster knowing now where problems are at
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    Qualys
    Qualys VMDR is best suited for larger companies with a very large IT asset footprint. Qualys VMDR is not suited for businesses that are small and upcoming as the price for the tool is very expensive and could be a budget sink if not used properly. In our organization we use the Qualys VMDR dashboard and reporting in order to collect any vulnerabilities we miss during our routine audits to ensure that our environment is stable and protected for attacks.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Vulnerability tracking
    • Risk Meter reporting to pinpoint specific systems or vulnerabilities
    • Provides vulnerability scores to see what is high / medium / low urgency
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    Qualys
    • Seamless reporting across the different widgets (i.e. TruRisk)
    • DEEP-DIVE into an asset's info/vulns
    • Baked-in PCI ASV scans that a Qualys QSA can approve
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Faster system scan times in background
    • more accurate vulnerability remediation links
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    Qualys
    • Qualys VMDR can definitely improve on its reporting of assets as we have caught devices not captured in the Qualys VMDR scans.
    • We would like to see an improvement on the dashboard interface as it is faulty sometimes.
    • Qualys VMDR should focus on more competitive pricing as it is very expensive.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
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    Qualys
    Next to Veeam (which is a tremendous product for backup/DR) this is the best service/software I have used in the past three decades. Should be called the Swiss Army Knife of security.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    CVM provides a very easy to understand and use interfaces. Dashboards and reporting are compiled nicely when risk meters are created. After initial setup of software cisco onboarding teams do an amazing job going over all areas of this software to provide best overall usability of the product. Against other tools setup and usability is at a higher standard
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    Qualys
    infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
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    Qualys
    Always available with the exception on maint windows
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    Performance
    Cisco
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    Qualys
    Once in a while it would be slow -
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
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    Qualys
    This is iron but I am giving it 5 star and I can give more If I can do because they are best in support. So once you own this product they will assign a dedicated support for you and when you are under the weather with anything just connect them with anything call, ping or ticket they will come like Genie.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Qualys
    Not really - the integrations via connectors is not heavy lifting. Any complexity has to do with a service that requires more steps (i.e. AWS/GCP)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    We run a flavor of multiple products and CVM enhances/complements those tools by pinpointing where the vulnerabilities are at on our network. Intune and Automox being products CVM works well with when its time to patch affected systems. Tenable we used prior to CVM and its product was too complex and clunky and always had issues with asset duplication. CVM simplified vulnerability scanning and made it a lot easier to manage compared to Tenable
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    Qualys
    It is a very similar tool but Qualys VMDR is much better when it comes to reporting and solutions provided. Asset management is really good in Qualys VMDR. Qualys VMDR support is really quick , you can get a TPM if you run into any issues. Qualys VMDR has wide variety of scanning options which lacks in tenable.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cisco
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    Qualys
    MOSTLY good - but as noted having all features purchased on portal only - nothing that is not purchased.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Qualys
    Outside some pretty arcane apps or OS this is painless. The problem - and self-inflicted - is that older stuff is not supported.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • We have lowered our companies risk score from 850 to 660 in less than 6 months.
    • We have mitigated over 120,000 Vulnerabilities on our network since using CVM.
    • We have been able to streamline/prioritize patch management based off scans CVM provides from our assets.
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    Qualys
    • Cut down on manual efforts to investigate or remediate vulnerabilities, which can be a big driver of ROI
    • Avoidance of potential incidents with upfront risk mitigation
    • Patching efficiency gains
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