Factual Product Summary
TotalCloud from Qualys focuses on cloud posture assessment and workload risk visibility. It is cloud security technology used for assessing cloud exposure or protecting running workloads. Capabilities - Cloud security posture management: Finds cloud configuration risks so teams can prioritize corrections across connected environments. - Container security: Addresses security issues in container images or running containerized applications within the documented scope. - Cloud compliance checks: Compares observed cloud settings with the control checks supported by the product. - Vulnerability prioritization: Helps order remediation work using the risk context available in the platform. Use and operational context TotalCloud is relevant to cloud and security teams working across accounts and workloads when the requirement centers on assessing cloud exposure or protecting running workloads. Scope the evaluation around the functions listed above and the assets or workflows that need coverage. A useful trial should use representative business conditions so the team can assess the quality of the results and the effort needed to act on them. Deployment and evaluation Before adoption, review cloud permissions required for onboarding, the assets assessed, runtime coverage and how findings reach remediation owners. Assign an owner for administration, document required permissions and identify how the product or service will fit the existing operating process. Buyer questions - What is the main purpose? TotalCloud focuses on assessing cloud exposure or protecting running workloads. - What should a proof of concept establish? Test the listed capabilities against representative assets and workflows, record useful results and unresolved gaps, and confirm who handles follow-up work. - What should be confirmed before purchase? Ask the vendor which edition or service scope includes the required features, which dependencies must be configured and what licensing or contract terms apply. Pricing has not been verified for this catalog.
Documented Technical Capabilities
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Combines agentless multi-cloud API scanning with deep Cloud Agent telemetry to eliminate cloud blind spots.
Documented Capabilities & Sourced Claims
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Unified dual scanning combining API-driven snapshot scanning with persistent runtime agent metrics
Audited Capability Specifications
Structured criteria validated against official vendor documentation for buyer comparison.
Supported cloud security postures across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes.
Support for API-based, read-only VM disk snapshot and container scanning without agents.
Scanning Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm, and ARM templates in CI/CD.
Real-time kernel or eBPF-based container and serverless workload threat detection.
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Deployment & Specifications
- Deployment Models
- Not documented in our sources
- Supported Platforms
- Not documented in our sources
- Customer Segments
- Enterprise, Mid-Market
- Service Geography
- Global
Pricing Transparency
About the Vendor
Qualys offers a portfolio covering coordinating controls, evidence and risk decisions, assessing cloud exposure or protecting running workloads, identifying and prioritizing security weaknesses and finding or addressing weaknesses in software. The entries in this catalog include Policy Compliance, TotalCloud, VMDR and Web Application Scanning. Policy Compliance focuses on configuration compliance assessment and reporting. TotalCloud focuses on cloud posture assessment and workload risk visibility. VMDR focuses on vulnerability management and remediation prioritization. When reviewing Qualys, compare the named products individually: a platform family, a specific module and a managed service can have different scopes and purchasing requirements. Selection should account for supported frameworks, evidence ownership, assessment workflows and how the system fits existing governance responsibilities. Portfolio detail - Policy Compliance: the catalog lists Control monitoring, Audit preparation, Policy and task coordination. - TotalCloud: the catalog lists Cloud security posture management, Container security, Cloud compliance checks. - VMDR: the catalog lists Asset discovery, Vulnerability scanning, Risk-based prioritization. - Web Application Scanning: the catalog lists Dynamic application security testing, Developer workflow integration, CI/CD integration. For procurement, map each required capability to a named offering and confirm the edition, dependencies and delivery responsibility with the vendor. Product-level entries below provide the operational context and evaluation questions for that comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions: TotalCloud
Key technical, architectural, and procurement questions documented for TotalCloud by Qualys.