Case Study: Manitowoc achieves a secure, sustainable global IT infrastructure with QualysGuard (Qualys)

Building a Secure and Sustainable Infrastructure

Manitowoc Company, a global manufacturer with more than 100 facilities in 27 countries and 12,000 employees, needed to optimize its vulnerability management program to ensure consistent patching, eliminate misconfigurations, and centrally manage security across a distributed IT environment. The company sought an automated, scalable solution to reduce the manual effort of scanning, prioritizing, and tracking remediation while enforcing internal security policy worldwide.

Manitowoc chose the on-demand QualysGuard Vulnerability Management suite, deploying distributed scanners and using its centralized KnowledgeBase, automated ticketing and API for custom reports. The solution delivers biweekly, identical scans, assigns and tracks fixes automatically, and provides comprehensive global endpoint visibility—dramatically reducing time spent researching and remediating exposures, improving audit consistency, and strengthening the company’s overall security posture.

Manitowoc

Kevin Sonnemann

IS Security Analyst