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Best Practices for Selecting a Vulnerability Management Solution
WHITEPAPER ©2022 Qualys, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Best Practices For Selecting a Vulnerability Management (VM) Solution Architecture Is the VM solution a software product or a cloud service? Traditional VM software products that you install in your network require you to acquire, configure, and manage servers, do backups, and handle patch updates. In contrast, modern cloud-based VMDR solutions such as a software-as-a-service or SaaS offering: 9 Don’t lock you in with up-front investments in equipment 9 Don’t require ongoing updates, database backups, etc. 9 Can immediately reach your perimeter systems 9 Can be used directly from your browser 9 Scale easily to handle new devices, users, and locations 9 Have costs that are more predictable 9 Enable results to be s