EP246 From Scanners to AI: 25 Years of Vulnerability Management with Qualys CEO Sumedh Thakar
Oct 06, 2025•37 min•Season 1Ep. 246
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Episode description
Guest:
- Sumedh Thakar, President and CEO, Qualys
Topics:
- How did vulnerability management (VM) change since Qualys was founded in 1999? What is different about VM today?
- Can we actually remediate vulnerabilities automatically at scale? Why did this work for you even though many expected it would not?
- Where does cloud fit into modern vulnerability management?
- How does AI help vulnerability management today? What is real?
- What is this Risk Operations Center (ROC) concept and how it helps in vulnerability management?
Resources:
- 2025 DBIR Report
- Qualys ROC concept defined
- Qualys ROC-on conference
- Shaping the Future of Cyber Risk Management blog
- Qualys State of Cyber Risk Assessment Report
- EP109 How Google Does Vulnerability Management: The Not So Secret Secrets!
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