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Qualys Scanner Appliance
Foster City, California, USA
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- Asset coverage
- It supports IP-based assets across on-premises, cloud, and data-center environments, including databases, IP phones, and IoT devices.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- The appliance stores customer data on an encrypted filesystem, and scan data is cleaned up after completion and sent to the cloud platform for processing.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Scanner options include physical, virtual, containerized, offline, and Qualys-managed perimeter scanners.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- Qualys offers physical, virtual, cloud, and container scanner appliance environments.docs.qualys.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Environments
- It extends the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform into on-premises environments and assesses systems and devices on the network, including IoT devices.docs.qualys.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The scanner overview lists support for vaults including Secret Server, CyberArk, and Azure Key Vault, and for Thales HSM, HashiCorp, and BeyondTrust PBPS.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Management integration
- Scanner appliances integrate with the Qualys Cloud Platform for centralized management, reporting, and scan-result analysis.docs.qualys.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Network requirement
- Physical and virtual appliances need outbound HTTPS on port 443 to communicate with their managing Qualys Cloud Platform.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Offline scanning
- Offline appliances support vulnerability management, policy compliance, and network mapping scans in disconnected or air-gapped mode; results upload after a scan finishes.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Platform limitation
- Scanner Appliance does not support ARM-based infrastructure, including Apple products with M1 and M2 chipsets.docs.qualys.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Platform support
- Virtual scanner distributions are available for platforms including VMware, Hyper-V, OpenStack, KVM, Proxmox, and cloud providers; full support is limited to qualified platforms and versions.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The appliance scans assets on internal or internet-facing networks for vulnerabilities and compliance issues.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Scan types
- Supported scan types include vulnerability management, policy compliance, web application scanning, network mapping, and PCI compliance.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- The scanner initiates outbound HTTPS communication to Qualys platform endpoints and has no listening TCP ports or inbound internet connection requirement.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Subscription requirement
- The virtual scanner is an extension of an existing Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform subscription and is not a standalone solution; each license allows one active virtual scanner appliance.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- The documentation directs users to Qualys Support for information about perimeter scanner subscription details.docs.qualys.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Supported virtualization
- Virtual scanner distributions are listed for platforms including VMware, Hyper-V, OpenStack, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Nutanix, KVM, Proxmox, and OpenShift.docs.qualys.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Updates
- The product page says scanner appliances receive automatic updates to vulnerability signatures, security checks, and patches.docs.qualys.com · read 2 Oct 2026
