Qualys, a cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions company, will collaborate with Red Hat to drive greater security for both the container and host operating system for Red Hat OpenShift.
Teaming with Red Hat, Qualys is offering a unique approach providing a containerised Qualys Cloud Agent that extends security to the operating system. The Cloud Agent for Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS on OpenShift, combined with the Qualys solution for Container Security, provides continuous discovery of packages and vulnerabilities for the complete Red Hat OpenShift stack. It seamlessly integrates with customers’ vulnerability management workflows, reporting and metrics to help reduce risk.
“Security is one of the biggest areas of concern for nearly every organisation, and we believe that a strong partner ecosystem helps to address these concerns by giving our customers a wide range of solution choices,” said Aaron Levey, Head of Security Partner Ecosystem at Red Hat. “Qualys’ Cloud Platform and Cloud Agent helps administrators gain deeper visibility into known vulnerabilities that may be present on their Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS nodes with pointers to associated Security Advisories, leaning on the expertise of both company’s skills in driving cloud-native security.”
The Qualys Cloud Agent for Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS helps customers see the full inventory, manage host hygiene, easily deploy to the host and get complete coverage.
“As security teams look to support modern applications built on cutting edge technology like Red Hat OpenShift, they need to secure both the running container images and the underlying OpenShift cluster,” said Sumedh Thakar, president and CEO of Qualys.
“With this collaboration, we have built a unique approach to secure Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS that provides complete control over containerised workloads enhancing Qualys’ ability to help customers discover, track and continuously secure containers.”
