Security News > 2021 > October > Qualys Ransomware Risk Assessment service aims to help you thwart potential attacks
Free for the first 60 days, the new service is designed to help you better understand your organization's exposure to ransomware and automate the steps needed to reduce your risk.
Available starting Oct. 5, Qualys' Ransomware Risk Assessment service is designed to help you identify and track the data and other assets most susceptible to the threat of ransomware.
The goal behind the Ransomware Risk Assessment is to track down the most vulnerable assets, identify the necessary security patches and provide a way to roll out those patches.
Based on research and knowledge from the Qualys research team, the Ransomware Risk Assessment tool offers the following key details and capabilities.
"They want actionable information to reduce risk proactively. The Qualys security team has extensively researched past ransomware attacks as well as CISA, MS-ISAC and NIST guidance and operationalized it into a prescriptive, actionable plan so companies can proactively remediate to stay ahead of ransomware attacks and reduce their overall risk."
As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Qualys is offering the Ransomware Risk Assessment tool at no cost for the first 60 days.
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