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Qualys Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR)

Version 6.8.0 (View all)
Compatible Kibana version(s) 8.19.0 or higher
9.1.0 or higher
Supported Serverless project types
What's this?
Security
Observability
Subscription level
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Basic
Level of support
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Elastic

This Qualys VMDR integration is a cloud-based service that gives you immediate, global visibility into where your IT systems might be vulnerable to the latest Internet threats and how to protect them. It helps you to continuously identify threats and monitor unexpected changes in your network before they turn into breaches.

The Qualys VMDR integration uses REST API mode to collect data. Elastic Agent fetches data via API endpoints.

This module has been tested against the latest Qualys VMDR version v2.

The Qualys VMDR integration collects data for the following three events:

Event Type
Asset Host Detection
Knowledge Base
User Activity Log

Reference for Rest APIs of Qualys VMDR.

Starting from Qualys VMDR integration version 6.0, the Asset Host Detection data stream includes enriched vulnerabilities data from Qualys Knowledge Base API.

Agentless integrations allow you to collect data without having to manage Elastic Agent in your cloud. They make manual agent deployment unnecessary, so you can focus on your data instead of the agent that collects it. For more information, refer to Agentless integrations and the Agentless integrations FAQ. Agentless deployments are only supported in Elastic Serverless and Elastic Cloud environments. This functionality is in beta and is subject to change. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.

Elastic Agent must be installed. For more details, check the Elastic Agent installation instructions. You can install only one Elastic Agent per host.

Role Permission
Managers All VM scanned hosts in subscription
Unit Managers VM scanned hosts in user’s business unit
Scanners VM scanned hosts in user’s account
Readers VM scanned hosts in user’s account

Managers, Unit Managers, Scanners, Readers have permission to download vulnerability data from the KnowledgeBase.

Role Permission
Managers All actions taken by all users
Unit Managers Actions taken by users in their business unit
Scanners Own actions only
Readers Own actions only

Assuming that you already have a Qualys user account, to identify your Qualys platform and get the API URL, check the Qualys documentation. Alternatively, to get the API URL log in to your Qualys account and go to Help > About. You’ll find your URL under Security Operations Center (SOC).

  1. In Kibana navigate to Management > Integrations.

  2. In the search top bar, type Qualys VMDR.

  3. Select the Qualys VMDR integration and add it.

  4. While adding the integration, if you want to collect Asset Host Detection data via REST API, then you have to put the following details:

    • username
    • password
    • url
    • interval
    • input parameters
    • batch size

    or if you want to collect Knowledge Base data via REST API, then you have to put the following details:

    • username
    • password
    • url
    • initial interval
    • interval
    • input parameters

    or if you want to collect User Activity log data via REST API, then you have to put the following details:

    • username
    • password
    • url
    • initial interval
    • interval
  5. Save the integration.

Note

By default, the input parameter is set to action=list.

This is the Asset Host Detection dataset.

This is the Knowledge Base dataset.

This is the User Activity dataset. It connects to an API that exports the user activity log.