Case Study: Cigna achieves efficient risk management, streamlined compliance, and stronger system security with QualysGuard (Qualys)

Builds A More Efficient Risk Management, Streamlined Compliance, and System Security Program

CIGNA, a global employee benefits provider serving millions of customers, faced growing security and regulatory demands (SOX, GLBA, HIPAA) across a complex, distributed IT environment. Its legacy vulnerability scanning process was manual, fragmented, and lacked visibility—making it difficult to find all servers, prioritize real risks, and meet compliance obligations.

CIGNA deployed QualysGuard’s on-demand scanners and appliances to automate asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, and reporting, integrating results with other tools like Symantec ESM. The solution scaled across the network, accelerated zero-day detection and remediation, produced tailored reports for security, operations and auditors, and strengthened compliance while improving collaboration between IT and security teams.

Cigna

Craig Shumard

Chief Information Protection Officer