CISOs face mounting challenges as expanding attack surfaces and vulnerabilities transform cyber risk into a critical business concern. Fragmented tools and siloed strategies waste resources and create dangerous blind spots. Effective risk management requires redefining the "risk surface" in business terms and implementing integrated, proactive cybersecurity approaches.

The Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Management, or ETM, platform represents this shift from disconnected security lists toward focused, business-aligned risk reduction. ETM integrates vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, threat intelligence and asset context to deliver AI-driven insights. This comprehensive approach powers a proactive Risk Operations Center model, addresses cross-silo toxic combinations, aligns remediation with business impact, establishes stakeholder accountability and leverages real-time intelligence to prioritize high-impact threats.

In this session, D Parthasarathy, principal technical account manager - post sales, Qualys, will share insights on:

• The evolution of vulnerability management into comprehensive risk management;
• Key challenges in transitioning from reactive to proactive security approaches;
• Building a risk operations center within the existing security infrastructure.