SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.: Qualys, Inc. has announced that it has collaborated with the SANS Institute and the Council on CyberSecurity to release a new free service to help organisations implement the Top 4 Critical Security Controls to fend off attacks. The new service, available at https://qualys.com/top4, helps organisations quickly determine if the PCs in their environments have properly implemented the Top 4 Critical Security Controls, which the Council on CyberSecurity estimates can help companies prevent 85% of cyber-attacks.
"The Qualys Top 4 service is an extremely elegant and effective solution that helps both small and large businesses determine how resilient they are to today's advanced threats,” said Jonathan Trull, CISO for the State of Colorado. “This is exactly the type of public-private partnership our country needs to address the cyber attacks threatening our economy and critical infrastructure."
“This is the first time that a major security vendor has implemented a scoring and reporting algorithm that allows organisations to compare themselves with peers,” said Alan Paller, director of research for the SANS Institute. “Scoring like this is the only technique I have ever seen that causes organisations to implement the changes that lead to effective security.”
IT Administrators can then use the reports from the free service to track endpoints that are not in compliance and apply the necessary measures to make them more resilient to attacks.
“The strength of the Security Controls is that they reflect the combined knowledge of actual attacks and effective defences from experts that have extensive knowledge about current threats,” said Philippe Courtot, chairman and CEO of Qualys. “We built this cloud service in collaboration with the SANS Institute and the Council of CyberSecurity to help organisations ensure that these controls are in place and as a result identify the PCs in their environments that require immediate attention.”